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Ms. Tatiana Tretiacova-Petrosyan is an ethics specialist within the Office of the Director. She is responsible for being the first line of contact for employees. Tatiana assists CSR’s Deputy Ethics Counselor with handling the day-to-day functioning of the CSR Ethics Office, assists…
Mr. Chuck Dunn is an associate director within the CSR Office of Communications and Outreach. He develops and executes communication and outreach strategies in support of CSR’s goals and objectives. Chuck oversees outreach on social media, serves as CSR’s legislative liaison, and represents CSR on…
Dr. Mark Caprara named Director of the Division of Basic and Integrative Biological Sciences
Dr. Abdelouahab Aitouche is the Scientific Review Officer for the CSR’s Physiology and Pathobiology of Organ Systems Study Sections. He coordinates the review process of various fellowship grant application mechanisms.
Dr. Aitouche did his undergraduate studies in his native country Algeria. He…
Dr. Zheng Li received her Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Fudan University in China and had her postdoctoral training in radiochemistry at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH. She then took a faculty position at Houston Methodist Hospital, where she built the…
Dr. Sarita Sastry received her Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she studied the role of integrins in muscle differentiation. She completed her post-doctoral work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where she studied the regulation of protein…
Dr. Amy Rubinstein serves as Chief of the Basic and Translational Cancer Review Branch (BTC RB).Dr. Rubinstein received her Ph.D. in biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studying the molecular genetics of pollen development in maize. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie…
Dr. Nadeem Khan received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the North-Eastern Hill University, India. He received postdoctoral training at the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, and thereafter at the Geisel School of Medicine, NH, USA. He was promoted to research assistant professor and subsequently…
Dr. Sung-Wook Jang received his Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from University of Wisconsin-Madison with his interest in Schwann cell myelination whose defects are known to be associated with many human diseases including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Subsequently, Dr. Jang had postdoctoral…
CSR Advisory Council Update – Dr. Noni Byrnes, Ph.D., CSR Director
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CSR Advisory Council Workgroup: Simplifying Review Criteria – Dr. Bruce Reed, CSR Deputy Director & Dr. Tonya Palermo, University of Washington, CSR Advisory Council…
Dr. Andrew Wolfe received his Ph.D. in neurobiology and physiology from Northwestern University, where he studied regulation of reproductive neuroendocrine function. His post-doctoral training at Boston Children’s Hospital focused on understanding the cell-specific regulation of the gonadotropin…
Dr. Willard Wilson received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Rochester, where he studied auditory neurophysiology. After postdoctoral training, he moved to industry, where he directed SBIR-funded research and development on hardware and software products for neurophysiology research…
Dr. Bhattacharyya is the director of the Division of Planning, Analysis, and Information Management (DPAIM), which comprises three branches: Information Technology Services and Solutions Branch (ITSS); Analysis, Informatics, and Automation Branch (AIA); and the Strategic Planning and Implementation…
I’m extremely busy this semester and don’t see how I can finish all my critiques in time. What’s the harm in asking my senior postdoc to help me out?
Which relationships constitute a conflict of interest in initial peer review?
Which relationships do NOT constitute a conflict?
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Dr. Kathryn Koeller is an Associate Director in the Division of Receipt and Referral and the Research/Review Integrity Officer at the Center for Scientific Review.Prior to assuming this position, she was a Scientific Review Officer in the Biological and Macromolecular Biophysics Integrated Review…
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Dr. Manzoor A. Zarger received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology, and conducted his postdoctoral studies at Thomas Jefferson University, where he was at the forefront of apoptosis research discovering various caspases, death receptors, and anti-apoptotic molecules, and their roles in…
Dr. Rass M. Shayiq received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from India, he then finished postdoctoral training in the Department of Animal Biology, at the University of Pennsylvania. His research has focused on the biochemical and molecular characterization of a group of six constitutive and inducible…