Salem Honored for Lipid Chemistry Research
Dr. Norman Salem, chief of NIAAA's Laboratory of Membrane
Biochemistry and Biophysics, recently won the Supelco-Nicholas
Pelick/American Oil Chemists' Society Research award, a major
honor for research in lipid chemistry. The award recognizes
outstanding original research in fats, oils, lipid chemistry or
biochemistry. The 2002 award to Salem is for work that, over 30
years, has explored and elucidated the physiological role and
importance of key fatty acids in health and development. In
particular, Salem's work has focused on docosahexaenoic acid
(DHA), a long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid that is present in
high concentrations in brain and retinal tissue. DHA and related fatty
acids are of key importance in the development of newborns and are
present in breast milk; these compounds are not required in, and
until recently were absent from, infant formulas.
NIAAA's Hilley Wins Trusty Award
NIAAA acting director Dr. Raynard Kington presents NIAAA's
Deputy Executive Officer Linda Hilley with the third annual Martin
K. Trusty Excellence in Management Award at the institute's annual
employee picnic at Clarksburg, Md.'s High Point Farm. The Trusty
award — named for a former NIAAA executive
officer — was established by the institute to recognize
long-term, outstanding commitment to and excellence in the
management of institute programs and administration. In presenting
the award, Kington noted Hilley's simultaneous service as acting
budget officer and grants management officer as an example of her
contributions to NIAAA. "Her managerial and technical skills have
contributed enormously to the successful performance of the
mission of NIAAA over the past 20 years," he said.
NIGMS Honors Employees
At the annual NIGMS awards ceremony recently, acting director Dr.
Judith Greenberg (second from l) recognized three employees with
the NIH Award of Merit. Traci Melvin (l), a personnel management
specialist in the Personnel Management Branch, was cited for her
dedication and exemplary service to the institute's personnel and
ethics programs. Sue Thompson (second from r), a secretary in the
Office of the Director, was cited for consistent, exemplary
performance and team spirit in assisting the OD and NIGMS as a
whole. Jim Onken (r), chief of the Office of Program Analysis and
Evaluation and assistant director for resource allocation and analysis
in the Division of Extramural Activities, was cited for developing
and implementing innovative strategies to manage the NIGMS
research and research training operational budget.
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