NEWS 07/14/1993
NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS Monica Revelle July 14, 1993 (301) 443-4177 DR. QUINNAN ACCEPTS POSITION AT UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY Gerald V. Quinnan, Jr. M.D., Acting Director, Office of Blood Research and Review, has announced that he has accepted a teaching and research position with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Quinnan, who will leave the Center for Biologic Evaluation and Review (CBER) on August 1, 1993, joined FDA in 1977 as a research associate and medical officer in the Division of Virology, Bureau of Biologics. In 1980, he was appointed Director of the Herpes Virus Branch of the Division of Virology, and in 1981, he was named Director of that Division. In 1988, Dr. Quinnan became Deputy Director of CBER. From 1989 to 1992, Dr. Quinnan served as Acting Center Director. He subsequently resumed his duties as Deputy Director, and in 1992, when CBER was reorganized, he was named Acting Director of the Office of Blood Research and Review. Dr. Quinnan, who has received several Public Health Service medals and awards, holds the rank of Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General in the U.S. Public Health Service. As of August 1, Jay S. Epstein, M.D., will assume the position of Acting Director of the Office of Blood Research and Review. Dr. Epstein has been with FDA since 1981; he currently is the Acting Director of the Division of Transfusion Transmitted Diseases.