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Four Appointed to NCRR
Advisory Council
The National Advisory Research Resources Council, which
advises NCRR on policies and programs and performs second-level
peer review of grant applications, has gained four new
members.  The
new appointees are:
Dr. Kenneth G. Cornetta, Joe C. Christian
Professor and chair of the department of medical and
molecular genetics at Indiana University in Indianapolis.
Dr. Cornetta is the director of the university’s National
Gene Vector Laboratory (NGVL), which produces retroviral
vectors for gene therapy clinical trials and serves
as the coordinating center for all five NGVLs. Dr. Cornetta’s
research focuses on gene therapy for cancer.
Dr. Cynthia E. Keppel,  professor
of physics at Hampton University in Virginia and director
of the Center for Advanced Medical Instrumentation.
Dr. Keppel applies detection and data acquisition techniques
from nuclear and particle physics to medical technology,
concentrating on nuclear medicine and radiation therapy.
 Sheila
Cohen Zimmet, director of research assurance
and compliance for Georgetown University in Washington,
D.C. Ms. Zimmet began her professional career as a neonatal
intensive care nurse and then became a lawyer, focusing
on clinical, bioethical, and biomedical research issues.
She previously served on the Council from 1996 to 2000.
Dr. Stuart M. Zola, professor of psychiatry
and behavioral sciences and director of the Yerkes National
Primate Research Center at Emory University in Georgia.
Dr. Zola researches neural mechanisms of memory  formation,
consolidation, and retrieval. He is perhaps best known
for developing an animal model of human amnesia that
conclusively identified brain structures important in
memory function.
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