AWIS Present Mentoring Awards
The Association for Women in Science Bethesda chapter presented
its annual Awards for Excellence in Mentoring to Dr. Suzanne
Epstein (l) and to Dr. Anita Roberts as part of its Mar. 21 meeting
in the Cloisters chapel in Bldg. 60. Epstein is chief of the
Laboratory of Immunology and Developmental Biology, Division
of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Food and Drug Administration.
During her 17 years at FDA as a researcher and reviewer, she has
mentored several postdoctoral students and a large number of
summer students. As laboratory chief, she has recruited several
tenure-track investigators and been very supportive of their career
development. She is experienced in regulatory review of
applications to FDA and has mentored a number of new reviewers.
Roberts is chief of the Laboratory of Cell Regulation and
Carcinogenesis at the National Cancer Institute. She was
recognized for being a superb mentor to many members of her
laboratory and has taken an active role in helping with their
career development. According to AWIS, she creates an unusually
cooperative, nurturing and supportive environment in the
laboratory and handles personal problems with great sensitivity
and fairness. She has helped many of her former fellows obtain
excellent academic positions.
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