Linde Joins NIAMS Legislative Office
Anita M. Linde
recently joined the National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases as legislative liaison in the Office
of the Director. She comes to NIAMS from the NIH Office of the
Director, where she served as special assistant to the deputy director
for management and as a legislative analyst in the Office of
Legislative Policy and Analysis. A Bethesda native, Linde began her
NIH career in 1994 as a presidential management intern from
Vanderbilt University, where she received a master's degree in
public policy.
Hirschberg Named Chief of CSR Review Group
Dr. Rona Hirschberg
recently joined the Center for Scientific
Review as chief of the infectious diseases and microbiology initial
review group and also scientific review administrator of the
microbial physiology and genetics-2 study section. Before joining
CSR, she had been an associate professor in the division of
molecular biology and biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences,
University of Missouri-Kansas City. Since 1990, she had also been
associate dean in the same school; and from 1995 to 1999, she was
director of the metabolic biochemistry program at the National
Science Foundation.
Gordon Heads NINDS Office
Dr. Alfred W. Gordon
is head of the new Office of Special
Programs in Neuroscience, NINDS. Key objectives of the office
include developing a diverse, highly trained national workforce of
neuroscience research and health professionals; helping minority
institutions sustain competitive research programs; and developing
effective programs to better serve the needs of regions that rely on
minority health institutions. Gordon most recently served as the
NINDS special initiatives and developmental programs officer and
spent 6 years managing the institute's training grant and career
development review committee.
Flores Named Chief of DAIDS Branch
Dr. Jorge Flores
has been named chief of the Clinical Development
Branch in the Vaccine and Prevention Research Program of
NIAID's Division of AIDS. Since 1995, he has served as medical
officer in the Efficacy Trials Branch, VPRP, where he made several
important contributions to AIDS vaccine research, including bringing
plans to initiate the first AIDS vaccine trial in Africa to fruition;
formulating and implementing plans to expand AIDS vaccine
research in Southern Africa; and contributing to a better
understanding of antigenic epitopes shared among various clades of
HIV.
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