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Appendix A: Committee Biographies
Pages 113-118

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From page 113...
... , procurement organizations. More recently, he was a founder and American Psychological Society William James Fellow of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Research Award (1998)
From page 114...
... Dr. Jackson's research efforts include carryriculum reinforcing integration of basic and clinical sciences ing out a number of national surveys and one international in dental education; established and expanded joint degree survey of black populations focusing on issues of racial programs; and established a year-long post-baccalaureate and ethnic influences on life course development; attitude program for students from economically or educationally change; reciprocity; social support; and coping and health.
From page 115...
... His current research involves bioinformatics and Committee of the Endocrine Society, as a member of the structural genomics, while his principal objective at UCSD AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs Program Planning and is to stimulate new research initiatives for large-scale, multi- Transition Committee, as a member of the Board Developdisciplinary challenges. He also collaborates in developing ment Committee for the National Postdoctoral Association, scientific applications of information technology and high as a member of the Postdoctorate Committee for the AAMC performance computing; creating industry–university col- Graduate Research and Education Training Group, as chair laborations; expanding applied life science opportunities, of the Committing on Teaching for the International Union notably around drug discovery; and establishing a biotech- of Pharmacology, as a AAMC women's liaison officer for the nology and pharmacology science park on UCSD's health University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and serves as sciences campus zone.
From page 116...
... Dr. Shortliffe is organizations and has served as the president of the American a member of the Institute of Medicine, the American SociSociety of Human Genetics, the American Board of Medi- ety for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American cal Genetics, the Society for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Physicians, and the American Clinical and Climatological the Western Society for Pediatric Research, the Society for Association.
From page 117...
... From 1981 to 1993 ties to improve quality of health care and patient outcomes she held increasingly responsible positions at the National and when feasible, evaluate promising quality improve- Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human ment interventions. Previous research includes studies of Services, spanning biomedical research, research program medical effectiveness and patient outcomes for individuals administration, policy analysis, and policy development.


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