Staff News
This new column in CAM at the NIH announces recent NCCAM staff changes that may especially be of interest to the scientific and medical communities.
New Appointments
Peter Kozel, Ph.D., formerly a scientific analyst, is now a Scientific Review Officer. Dr. Kozel received his Ph.D. from the Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, at the University of Cincinnati.
Sheila Caldwell, Ph.D., also a former scientific analyst, is now a Program Officer for the Office of Special Populations. Dr. Caldwell received her Ph.D. in molecular and cellular oncology from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Departures
Margaret A. Chesney, Ph.D., has left NCCAM after 5 years as the Center's Deputy Director and Director of the Division of Extramural Research.
Nancy Pearson, Ph.D., has retired from Federal service. For 7 years at NCCAM, she was a Program Officer for programs in training, career development, and loan repayment, and for grant portfolios in the neurosciences and sleep disorders.
Marguerite Klein has departed NCCAM after serving for 8 years as a Program Officer for such topic areas as biologically based CAM practices, diabetes, the digestive system, ethnomedicine, obesity, and pediatrics.
