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Appendix E: Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 184-194

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... Among these are the Eli Lilly Award and the Banting Medal of the American Diabetes Association and the David Rumbough Award of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
From page 185...
... The Association for Moral Education recognized her contributions to moral psychology with its lifetime achievement award.
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... During his career he has served as an officer of many organizations and societies including president of the American College of Physicians, the Association of American Physicians, and the American Clinical and Climatological Association; acting president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; vice president of the American Heart Association and of the American Society for Clinical Investigation; chair of the board of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center; chair of the Council of Deans of the Association of American Medical Colleges; and chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges. From 1989 to 1995 he served as chair of the North Carolina Governors Commission on the Reduction of Infant Mortality, and from 1989 to the present he has served as vice chair of The Healthy Start Foundation.
From page 187...
... since 1990, where he develops and manages the association's activities related to professional ethics, science and society, and science and law. He is a AAAS fellow, editor of the association's quarterly publication, Professional Ethics Report, and staff officer for two AAAS committees: the Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility and the AAAS-American Bar Association National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists.
From page 188...
... Frederick Grinnell, Ph.D., is professor of cell biology and director of the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where he has worked since earning a doctorate in biochemistry from Tufts University in 1970. Research in his laboratory concerns the wound-repair process, which has resulted in three patents, a MERIT award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
From page 189...
... Her professional writings have appeared in such journals as Evaluation and Program Planning, Journal of Applied Gerontology, Journal of Applied Sociology, Sociological Practice, Handbook of Clinical Sociology, and Social Insight: Knowledge at Work. She coauthored The Sociologist as Consultant (Praeger, 1987)
From page 190...
... Dr. Korenman previously served as chief of the Department of Medicine of the UCLA San Fernando Valley Program and chief of the Medical Service at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Sepulveda, California; as chief of endocrinology at UCLA and the University of Iowa; as director of the Harbor-UCLA Clinical Research Center; and as a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute.
From page 191...
... in 1987, he served for 7 years as the Ted and Florence Baumritter Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and as physician-in-chief, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, New York. He had previously served as chair of the Department of Medicine at the Michael Reese Medical Center and professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, as well as associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Endocrine Unit at Beth Israel Hospital.
From page 192...
... In addition, he serves as the chair of the International Advisory Committee of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa, has been active in training activities in Africa since 1993, and coauthors with Ms. Fischer a monthly electronic column on professional skills for the International Brain Research Organization.
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... Dr. Hinshaw led the institute in its support of valuable research and training in many areas of nursing science, such as disease prevention, health promotion, acute and chronic illness, and the environments that enhance nursing care patient outcomes.
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... During his tenure at the National Academy of Sciences and since 1989 at the Institute of Medicine, Dr. Pope has directed numerous reports on topics that include injury control, disability prevention, biologic markers, neurotoxicology, indoor allergens, and the enhancement of environmental and occupational health content in medical and nursing school curricula.


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