U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Dr. Ruth Kirschstein has appointed Donna Dean, Ph.D., as acting director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). The NIBIB, the newest institute in the NIH, was signed into law last December.
The NIBIB will support fundamental research that applies the principles of engineering and imaging science to biological processes, disorders, and diseases, the NIH said in a statement yesterday. The institute will coordinate ongoing research of the NIH institutes, and will also foster the exchange of information with other U.S. agencies, according to Kirschstein.
"While dedicating an institute to medical technologies rather than to disease, organ systems, or populations may seem novel for the NIH, it is truly a reflection of what science is today -- and where science will be taking us tomorrow," Kirschstein said.
Dean has served as a scientific advisor in the NIH director's office for three years, and played a leading role in establishing the new institute, NIH said. For two years she also served as the agency's liaison to the Commission on Advancement of Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, and Technology.
Dean has participated in the NIH peer-review process for the past 15 years. She received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Duke University in 1974, according to the NIH.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 10, 2001
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