Ileana V. Trevino
Ileana V. Trevino
recently joined NIH as deputy director of the Office of
Equal Opportunity. Before coming to OEO, she was an EEO
consultant specializing in counseling, complaints
investigation and EEO training. From 1985 to 1989 she was
chief of employment programs for the Department of
Agriculture. She served as a personnel management specialist
with the Department of Transportation from 1979 to 1985.
Trevino earned a bachelor's degree from Boston College, and
a master's degree from Boston University.
Dr. Donald F. Summers
Dr. Donald F. Summers has
been named associate director for the Frederick Cancer
Research and Development Center by the National Cancer
Institute. He received his doctorate from the University of
Illinois College of Medicine in 1959. He completed 2 years
of residency training in internal medicine in Harvard
Medical Services at Boston City Hospital in 1960. In 1961,
he joined NIH as a research associate at NIAID. He taught at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 1964 -1974. He then
became professor and chair of the department of cellular,
viral, and molecular biology at the University of Utah
School of Medicine. In 1992, he became senior associate dean
and professor of microbiology and molecular genetics and
medicine at the University of California, Irvine. Summers
has published over 120 scientific papers, book chapters, and
reviews. He has research experience in biochemistry,
microbiology, virology, and molecular biology. He has worked
for more than 30 years with poliovirus, rhabdovirus,
influenza virus, and hepatitis A virus.
Dr. Josephine P. Briggs
Dr. Josephine P. Briggs
has been named to head the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and
Hematologic Diseases, NIDDK. She comes to NIH from the
University of Michigan, where she is professor of internal
medicine and physiology and associate chair of research and
faculty affairs in the department of internal medicine. Her
research has focused on the juxtaglomerular apparatus and
its role in regulating renin and renal blood flow. This work
is important in understanding progressive renal disease,
hypertension and congestive heart failure. Briggs has
authored or coauthored more than 75 papers in peer-reviewed
journals, including Science, at least a dozen in other
journals, and more than 15 book chapters. Having received
several NIH grants and having chaired an NIH study section,
she is no stranger to the NIH grants process.
National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Receives New Members
NIAAA director
Dr. Enoch Gordis (third
from l) and deputy director
Dr. Mary Dufour (bottom l)
welcome new members to the National Advisory Council on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. They are (standing, from l)
Dr. Mark Goldman,
University of South Florida;
Dr. Marc Galanter,
New York University School of Medicine; and
Roger Hartman,
ex-officio member representing the Department of
Defense. Seated are (second from l)
Dr. Carrie Randall,
Medical University of South Carolina, and
Joan Hamilton,
Yukon-Kuskokwin Health Corp. Missing are new members Dr.
Henri Begleiter, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, and
former Sen. George McGovern, Middle East Policy Council.
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