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BISTIC Members Biosketch Information
DR. RICHARD SWAJA
NIH OFFICE OF EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
Dr. Richard Swaja received his Ph.D. degree in Nuclear
Science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1973. From 1968 to 1980, he worked as a Senior Scientist at the
Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in areas associated with nuclear
physics, reactor design and testing, emergency planning, and health
physics. In 1980, he joined the Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as a Senior Research Staff Member where he
conducted research in radiobiology, radiation dosimetry, materials, and health
effects. From 1988 to 1999, Dr. Swaja
managed research and development programs at ORNL in areas concerned with
environmental pollutant detection and characterization, pollutant transport
modeling, human health risk
assessment, computational simulation
and dosimetry, nuclear medicine, photonics, visual information systems, and
life cycle analysis. He is the Editor
of the Health Physic Society’s Web site; established the International Center
for Dosimetric Modeling and Computation; served as Technical Program Chair for
a series of international conferences on radiation protection and
dosimetry from 1984 through 1994; and
served as consultant and US representative to several international scientific committees
and foreign nations for activities in health physics, radiation protection,
environmental risk assessment, and emergency planning. Dr. Swaja is currently the Senior Advisor
for Biomedical Engineering in the NIH’s Office of Extramural Research.
DR. MICHAEL MARRON
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
Dr. Michael Marron earned a Ph. D. Degree in Chemistry from
Johns Hopkins University in 1968 and conducted post-doctoral research at the
Theoretical Chemistry Institute in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1970, he began an academic career at the
University of Wisconsin where he served as a professor of chemistry, department
chairman, and Dean of Science at the Parkside Campus. During this time, Dr. Marron taught physical and biophysical
chemistry, conducted research on fundamental mechanisms of interaction between
extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and living organisms, and helped
found the Biomedical Research Institute to foster interdisciplinary
research. In 1983, Dr. Marron joined
the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to become Program Manager in Molecular
Biology where he managed multidisciplinary extramural research programs related
to marine biology, biosensors, biomaterials, nanotechnology, and environmental
biology. He also developed and managed
a program in laser medicine for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. During his tenure at the ONR, he served as
Chief Scientist for Biological Sciences, Director of Resources and Assessment
for the Chief of Naval Operations, and DoD biotechnology representative on
national and international committees.
Since November of 1999, Dr. Marron has been the Associate Director of Biomedical
Technology for the National Center for Research Resources.
DR. RICHARD MORRIS
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Dr. Richard Morris is an epidemiologist and computer scientist. Since 1999 he has served as Senior Technology Officer to the Director of the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation (DAIT), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). In 2002, Dr. Morris was appointed as Senior Advisor on Technology to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (OASPHEP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to joining NIH, Dr. Morris was Program Manager at the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with responsibilities in bioinformatics, instructional technology, knowledge management, and medical informatics. Over the course of his career as a program manager, he co-founded and/or managed the Adaptive Learning Systems Focused Program (NIST), the University of Texas Institute of Biotechnology, and the Bioprocessing and Pharmaceutical Research Center of Excellence (NASA). Dr. Morris has led systems integration and institutional building initiatives for Andersen Consulting, Science Applications International Corporation, the US National Research Council, and the World Bank. He developed or managed programs for the central technology ministries of Brazil, Germany, Hong Kong, and Indonesia, as well as various US federal and state technology agencies. In particular, he counseled the German government on programming in informatics, innovation, and life sciences research. While at Andersen Consulting and the World Bank, Dr. Morris played a leadership role in telecommunications restructuring and Internet infrastructure development in Indonesia. He has held faculty appointments at St. Joseph's University, St. Mary's University, and the University of Texas at San Antonio, teaching courses in epidemiology, healthcare administration, psycholinguistics, and toxicology. Recent board activities include the Life Sciences Research Domain Taskforce of OMG, Committee on Diversity of NIST, and the Biotechnology Workforce Advisory Board of Montgomery County Community College. Morris is trained in engineering (MSE, University of Pennsylvania) and public health/behavioral sciences (PhD, Rice University). He is a fellow of the American Academy, Robert Bosch Foundation, and Sigma Xi.
DR. FLORENCE HASELTINE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH
AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Florence Haseltine is currently the Director of the
Center for Population Research (CPR) in the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development (NICHD) at the NIH.
At the NICHD, she has led a large and comprehensive program of research
in the reproductive sciences, contraceptives, and reproductive products and
procedures, and she has helped to develop a program to train
obstetrician-gynecologists in basic research.
A board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and an expert in
reproductive endocrinology, Dr. Haseltine has helped to set the associated
research agenda for the coming decade.
Currently, she is working on the basis of gender differences and what
these differences teach us about the system and disease process. Dr. Haseltine received her undergraduate
training and the University of California at Berkeley, a doctorate in
biophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a medical degree
from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Following her internship at the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia and her residency at Boston Hospital for Women (Brigham and
Women’s Hospital), Dr. Haseltine served as assistant and associate professor in
the Department of Ob/Gyn and Pediatrics at Yale University. A champion of women and their professional
advancement, she founded the Society for the Advancement of Women’s Health
Research and is the Editor and Founding Editor of the Journal of Women’s
Health. Dr. Haseltine was on the Board
of Directors of the AAAS, a Weizmann Honored Scientist, a Kass Lecturer, a
recipient of the American Women’s Medical Association Scientist Award, a
recipient of the Kilby Award, a Health Hero honoree of the American Health for
Women Magazine, President of the Board of the Society for the Advancement of
Women’s Health Research, and a board member of the American Women in Science
and the Older Women’s League.
DR. KAREN SKINNER
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
Dr. Karen Skinner joined the NIH in 1989 as a program officer in Developmental Neurogenetics at the National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke. She moved to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in 1991, and currently serves as the Deputy Director for Science and Technology Development in the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior Research at NIDA. Prior to joining the NIH, Dr. Skinner served as a Special Assistant for Science Policy to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. During 1984-1986 she served as a Congressional Fellow in the office of Senator John Kerry (MA), concentrating on science, health and technology issues associated with the Senator's assignment on the Labor and Human Resources Committee. Dr. Skinner received her B.S. in Chemistry with Special Honors from George Washington University and her doctorate in chemistry from Yale University, where her research involved studying steric influences upon reaction pathways, including calculations of electrostatic and van der Waals forces among atoms in a known crystal structure. Dr. Skinner also holds a Masters degree in Public Administration from Harvard University where her studies included decision theory, statistics, information management systems and macro- and microeconomics. Throughout her career, Dr. Skinner has devoted herself to scientific communication. Prior to joining the government, she served as an Assistant Editor at Chemical and Engineering News magazine, authoring early reports on the emerging field of biotechnology.
DR. MICHAEL HUERTA
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Dr. Michael Huerta is Associate Director of the Division of
Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science at the National Institute on Mental
Health (NIMH). He is responsible for a
variety of programs that support basic neuroscience research as well as
research and development of technology relevant to the mission of the
Division. Technology research
supported in these programs include
hardware, software, and wetware. Dr.
Huerta received his Ph. D. Degree in Anatomy from the University of Wisconsin
at Madison where his research focused on the structure and function of the
sensorimotor systems in the brain.
DR. YUAN LIU
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
Dr. Yuan Liu received her bachelors and masters degrees in
neurophysiology from the Peking University in the People’s Republic of China,
and she received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Biozentrum at the
Universitat in Switzerland. After her
postdoctoral training at SUNY in Stony Brook, Dr. Liu joined the intramural
program at the NIH. During
her 14 year active research career, Dr. Liu’s major interests have focused on
presynaptic channels, postsynaptic receptors, mechanisms of synaptic
transmission, plasticity, and synaptogenesis. In 1995, Dr. Liu joined the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism (NIAAA) as the Program Director for Basic Neuroscience Research
where she promoted molecular, cellular, and system levels of neuroscience
research related to alcoholism. Since
1999, she has been the Program Director for Channels, Synapses, and Circuits at
the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Dr. Liu’s current program focuses on basic
and translational research in channels, synapses, and neural circuits that
underlie normal and abnormal brain function.
She is also the NINDS representative to various trans-NIH bioinformatics
and biocomputing programs and initiatives including the BISTI, NifTI, and the
HBP.
DR. MILTON CORN
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
Dr. Milton Corn is Associate Director of the National
Library of Medicine with responsibility for the extramural programs. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale
Medical School and was trained in internal medicine at Harvard’s Peter Bent
Brigham Hospital and in hematology at Johns Hopkins. Most of Dr. Corn’s career was spent at the Georgetown University
School of Medicine as a Professor of Medicine.
He also served as the Medical Director of Georgetown University Hospital
and was the Dean of Georgetown’s Medical School. Dr. Corn joined NIH in 1990 and administers a portfolio of grant
programs related to the use of computers and telecommunications for information
management in health research, education, practice, and administration. The NLM supports twelve research training
sites for informatics including bioinformatics as well as research and resource
grants in biomedical computing.
DR. GREGORY DOWNING
NIH OFFICE OF SCIENCE POLICY
Dr. Gregory Downing is a Health Science Policy Advisor in
the Office of Science Policy in the Office of the Director of the National
Institutes of Health. He received his
B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Ferris State University in 1980 and his D.O.
Degree from Michigan State University in 1984 followed by specialty training in
pediatrics. Dr. Downing obtained his
Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Kansas in 1994. He was a Pharmacology Research associate
(PRAT) fellow in the intramural laboratories at the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development where his research interests focused on hormone
and growth factor receptor signal transduction mechanisms. Since 1997, Dr. Downing’s activities in
science policy have addressed a broad range of issues pertaining to the support
and advancement of clinical and basic biomedical research. In 1999, he chaired the NIH-FDA Planning
Committee for the Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints Conference and has
organized related research efforts on behalf of the NIH.
DR. WILLIAM A. SUK
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Dr. William Suk received the Ph.D. degree in Microbiology
from the George Washington University Medical Center in 1977 and a M.P.H.
degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1990. He is currently Director of the Office of
Program Development in the Division of Extramural Research and Training at the
NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). In this position, Dr. Suk is responsible for
the assessment of national and international efforts in biomedical research and
its potential applications in determining adverse effects on human health
resulting from exposure to environmental agents. He is responsible for designing, developing, and managing
national and international programs that focus on those areas of research
pertinent to the Institute’s mission in experimental and molecular biology and
population-based studies. Dr. Suk also
serves as Director of the NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances Basic Research
and Training Program which was established by Congress as part of the
reauthorization of Superfund in 1986.
His research interests include linking exposures with disease etiologies
and developing research and prevention strategies to reduce risks to
environmentally-induced diseases and disorders. In support of these interests, Dr. Suk has helped develop NIEHS
programs in children’s health, genetic susceptibility, molecular medicine,
risk/exposure assessment, research at minority institutions, and research on
health issues related to Central and Eastern Europe, the US-Mexico border
environment, and the Pacific Basin.
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