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E Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 121-130

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From page 121...
... He has received numerous civic and academic awards and honors, including being voted Clinical Teacher of the Year at Barnes Hospital, Outstanding Clinician in the field of Diabetes by the American Diabetes Association, and Internist of the Year by the National Medical Association. He is a recipient of the 1998 Emory University Medal for Distinguished Achievement.
From page 122...
... She has been a visiting professor at Harvard and Stanford law schools. Professor Austin has written on various topics including the working conditions of low-status minority and female workers, the construction of black economic activity as deviance, and the minority grassroots environmental movement.
From page 123...
... and a Visiting Scholar in Residence research fellowship from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Morehouse School of Medicine. He is a member of the advisory board of the National Hispanic Medical Association and serves on the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Toxicology Program of NIEHS, as well as on the Biennial Report on Carcinogens Subcommittee.
From page 124...
... He has served as Executive Medical Director of the New York City Department of Public Health; Chief Executive Officer of the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County, Illinois; Executive Vice President of the Charles Drew Postgraduate Medical School; Director of Public Health and Human Services for the city of Houston, Texas; and Medical Director and Chief-of-Staff of Los Angeles County's King/Drew Medical Center.
From page 125...
... Mr. Lee is the architect of the two seminal national events in the emergence of environmental justice as a nationally prominent issue: the landmark 1987 report Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States and the historic 1991 National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit.
From page 126...
... During her 5 years at the Institute of Medicine, she worked with several committees, including the Committee on Assessing Genetic Risks, the Forum on Drug Development, the Forum on Blood Safety and Blood Availability, the Committee on Strengthening the Geriatric Content of Medical Training, the Committee on Xenograft Transplan
From page 127...
... She served as Administrative Assistant for the Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for several years prior to joining the Division of Health Sciences Policy in 1994. Linda provided administrative assistance to the Board on Health Sciences Policy and the Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention by coordinating specific tasks that are crucial to the progress and completion of program activities.
From page 128...
... As Head of the new Health Sciences Section, Dr. Evans has management responsibility for all scientific, administrative, and financial affairs of the Health Sciences Section, which includes the Health Sciences Policy Program and the Neuroscience and Behavioral Health Program and their respective boards in the Institute of Medicine.
From page 129...
... Dr. Setlow has conducted research in molecular hematology and virology and has had a distinguished career in government, serving in numerous positions including Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Research Programs at the National Institutes of Health and, in her last position, as Acting Director of the National AIDS Program Office.


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