Thomsen Appointed NCCAM Communications Director
Christy A. Thomsen
recently joined the National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine as director of the Office
of Communications and Public Liaison, where she will develop
initiatives to disseminate science-based information on
complementary and alternative medicine research. Prior to
NCCAM, she served for 7 years as chief of the Cancer Information
Service, an NCI national information and education network.
Thomsen began her career at NIH in 1986. The author of numerous
publications for cancer patients and their families, she has received
many awards and commendations, including the NIH Director's
Award.
Komisaruk Joins NIGMS as Program Director
Dr. Barry R. Komisaruk
recently joined NIGMS as a program
director in the Division of Minority Opportunities in Research. He
comes to NIGMS from Rutgers, where he was a professor in the
department of psychology and director of the university's Minority
Biomedical Research Support program. Komisaruk conducted
postdoctoral research as a National Institute of Mental Health fellow
at the Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los
Angeles. His research interests include the neurophysiology,
pharmacology, and endocrinology of reproductive behavior, and
analgesia in laboratory animals and humans. He is a member of
several professional societies, including the Society for Neuroscience
and the American Physiological Society.
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