Edmonds Joins NIGMS
Dr. Charles G. Edmonds has joined NIGMS as a special expert in
the Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, where he will
administer grants in analytical chemistry and mass spectroscopy. He
will also assist in the development of two NIGMS
initiatives — one for the development of protein
crystallography synchrotron beamlines and one for structural
genomics. Edmonds is a chemist who comes to NIGMS from the
Department of Energy, where he served as a physical scientist in the
medical science division of the Office of Biological and
Environmental Research. While at DOE, he managed programs in
genome instrumentation research and computational structural
biology. His research interests include the application of mass
spectrometric techniques to the study of the structure and function
of biological macromolecules.
Rosenthal Named Director of New CIT Division
Alexander I. Rosenthal was recently named director of the new
Division of Enterprise and Custom Applications for CIT. He joined
NIH in 1995 as a special expert for the Office of Techno-logy and
Information Systems at NIAID and helped create its Management
and Information Systems Branch. Later, as chief of the branch,
Rosenthal helped implement NIAID's migration from a mainframe
environment to a more modern client/server system. He received the
1998 NIH Director's award for designing and developing NIAID's
electronic review administration initiative. Before coming to NIH, he
worked as a senior systems analyst for ROW Sciences, Inc. He is
also a former champion chess player.
Ruiz Bravo Appointed to NIGMS Extramural Post
Dr. Norka Ruiz Bravo was recently appointed deputy associate
director for extramural activities at the National Institute of General
Medical Sciences. She will assist in setting grant funding policies and
procedures and will serve as the institute's liaison to the Center for
Scientific Review. Ruiz Bravo, who has worked at NIH for the last
9 years, has served as deputy director of NCI's Division of Cancer
Biology since 1997 and acting director of the division since 1998.
She first came to NIH as a scientific review administrator in the
NIGMS Office of Scientific Review and later became a program
director in the institute's Division of Genetics and Developmental
Biology, where she administered grants related to the molecular
mechanisms of gene control. She has been active in the NIH STEP
committee and served as its chair.
Schatzkin To Head DCEG Branch
Dr. Arthur Schatzkin has been selected to head the Nutritional
Epidemiology Branch in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
Genetics (DCEG), NCI. He began work at NCI in 1984 as a senior
staff fellow in the Cancer Prevention Studies Branch of the Division
of Cancer Prevention and Control, becoming a senior investigator in
1988. He joined DCEG's Nutritional Epidemio-logy Branch in 1997.
His research focuses on the nutritional causes and prevention of
cancer. Schatzkin's ideas on the role of diet and nutrition in the
etiology of cancer and his vision for the Nutritional Epidemiology
Branch will be presented in the December issue of DCEG Linkage.
Torkashvan Joins NCRR
Esmail Torkashvan recently joined NCRR as a general engineer in
the research infrastructure area. He is a registered professional
engineer in the state of Maryland who specializes in administering
and evaluating construction and renovation grants. Previously, he
was the senior mechanical design engineer and project manager for
the in-house design team at the Division of Engineering Services at
NIH, where he was responsible for a variety of renovations and new
construction of biomedical research, vivarium, and clinical center
facilities. He was also the lead mechanical engineer responsible for
review of research infrastructure programs at NCRR. He has
reviewed construction documents for universities and research
facilities in both the U.S. and abroad to ensure accuracy. He is a
senior, voting member of the NIH Design Guidelines, a document
that sets and updates design guidelines and standards to be adopted
nationally for design of biomedical and vivarium facilities. At
NCRR, he will work primarily on the Research Facilities
Improvement and Animal Facilities Improvement Programs.
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