Dr. Arthur Atkinson, Jr.
Dr. Arthur Atkinson, Jr., has joined the NIGMS Division of
Pharmacology, Physiology and Biological Chemistry as a special
expert in clinical pharmacology. He comes from Pharmacia and
Upjohn, Inc., where he was vice president for clinical research
and development and worldwide clinical pharmacology. Before
that he spent 24 years at Northwestern University, where he was
professor of pharmacology and medicine. He directed an
NIGMS-funded program project grant there for 18 years and a
postdoctoral fellowship training grant in clinical pharmacology
for 15 years. He has received numerous awards for his work.
New Members Welcomed to the NIAID Advisory Council
Four new members were recently welcomed to the National
Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council by NIAID
director Dr. Anthony Fauci (r). They are (from l) Dr. Robert B.
Couch, chairman of the department of microbiology and
immunology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston; Emily J.
Spitzer, vice president of research for the Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation International in New York City; and Stephan E.
Lawton, a partner in the law firm of Hogan & Hartson in
Washington, D.C. Not shown is Dr. Lowell Sung-yi Young,
director of the Kuzell Institute for Arthritis & Infectious Diseases
at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute in San
Francisco.
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