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Date: Monday, Nov. 3, 1997 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Irene Edwards (301) 496-2075
"We are very pleased that these distinguished scientists and educators have agreed to serve on our advisory board," said
Dr. Philip E. Schambra, FIC director, in announcing the appointments. "Their expertise will be of great help in guiding the Fogarty center in the years ahead," he added.
Joining the 12-member advisory board are Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr. of Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Rita Colwell of Bethesda, Md.; Dr. Samuel Katz of Durham, N.C.; Dr. Cora Marrett of Amherst, Mass.; and Dr. Donald Nutter of Chicago, Ill.
Dr. Thomas Cole is the first President of Clark Atlanta University, which was formed in 1989 after the consolidation of Clark College and Atlanta University. He was President of West Virginia State College from 1982-1986 and became Chancellor of the West Virginia Board of Regents in 1986. He was appointed President of Clark College in 1988 and served simultaneously as President of Atlanta University prior to the consolidation of the two institutions. An organic chemist, he held faculty positions at Atlanta University and visiting professorships at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. His professional activities are numerous and include membership on the Council of Presidents of the Atlanta University Center, where he serves as Chair, and the Board of the Quality Education for Minorities Project.
Dr. Rita Colwell is President of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and has been a Professor of Microbiology at the University since 1972. Active in national and international research and teaching, she has focused much of her research on marine microbiology and the molecular genetics of marine, estuarine, and deep ocean bacteria. She is the recipient of national and international honorary degrees and awards and is a member of numerous professional societies. Dr. Colwell served as Presidential Appointee to the National Science Board of the United States from 1984-1990, is currently a member of the Food and Drug Administration Science Board, and was President of the American Society for Microbiology, 1985-1986, and President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1995-1996.
Dr. Samuel Katz is Wilburt C. Davison Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics at Duke University School of Medicine. He has had a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases, including AIDS, and vaccine development and research. His main area of continuing expertise is in vaccine research, development, testing, clinical trials, and policy. Before coming to Duke in 1968, he was Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and served in various capacities at Children's, Massachusetts General, and Beth Israel hospitals in Boston. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, he serves on many committees, boards, and study sections in his fields of interest and is a member of national and international professional societies. He is the recipient of many medals, honors, degrees and professional citations.
Dr. Cora Marrett is Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dr. Marrett is one of the most eminent social scientists in the United States. Prior to her current position, she was Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, whose faculty she joined in 1974. She served as Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) from 1992-1996 and was the first person to lead the Directorate for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences at NSF. Dr. Marrett's academic career has focused on minority and female students in precollege science and mathematics, and she is committed to increasing minority participation in the sciences.
Dr. Donald Nutter is Executive Associate Dean and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University School of Medicine. Before going to Northwestern, he held a number of academic and administrative positions in the departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University from 1968-1984.
Dr. Nutter has served on numerous committees, task forces, and boards in the area of health policy, including the Board of Directors of the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship Program of the Institute of Medicine, the Task Force for Health Policy of the Carter Center for Policy Studies at Emory University, and the Planning Committee for the Northwestern University Institute for Health Services and Policy Research. At present, he serves on the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the accreditation body for U.S. and Canadian medical schools.
The FIC advisory board is composed of scientists and representatives from the general public committed to the improvement of health around the world. It provides counsel on how the center's professional and fiscal resources may most effectively be used to contribute to biomedical and behavioral research of international significance. The board also provides programmatic review for research awards supported by the Fogarty International Center.