February 4, 1992 Vol. XLIV No. 3 "Still The Second Best Thing U.S. Department of Health About Payday" and Human Services

National Institutes of Health Recori ___ Moving from 'Sentiment to Substance' e 17th Annual King Program Salutes Mission and Man By Carla Garnett As an agency that takes its cues from DHHS secretary and former Morehouse man Dr. Louis Sullivan, NIH frequently hears and responds to stirring words delivered by a man from Atlanta. Given this, Jan. 17 would have been business as usual if not for the words of a different man from Atlanta-Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and keynote speaker at "Love is the Only Force," NIH's 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative program. Referring to his visit to NIH, which coin­ cided with a visit to Atlanta by Sullivan and the president, Lowery quipped, "It was a good time for me to get out of Atlanta. The city wasn't big enough for George Bush, Lou Sul­ livan and Joe Lowery." The climate of this year's King program formed the basis for the theme. King's sixty­ third birthday Jan. 15 came 2 weeks after the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area-the so­ The Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and keynote called murder capital of the nation-set its speaker at NIH's Martin Luther King commemoration, received a framed copy of the program's poster from fourth consecutive record for homicides. King, NIH director Dr. Bernadine Healy ( c) and Diane Armstrong, director of NIH's Office of Equal (See KING PROGRAM, Page 6) Opportunity.

By NCIThe Tomovement Fund to Regionalreduce breast cancer NIHEquippedMary JaneParasitology: Walker with only simple A technology­ History of Dedication Breastdeath rates Cancerin the United Summits States got a boost microscopes, incubators, spectrometers, and recently when NCI announced the cancer cen­ other instruments of the day--early parasitolo­ ters chosen to host eight regional Breast gists at NIH rigged equipment and fashioned Cancer Summits this year. their own glassware to conduct research on The summits, sponsored by NCI and the . J,. - parasitic diseases. They served as food sources --Jz.... Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in . for the parasites, and some actually contracted Dallas, will be hosted by NCI-designated the diseases they studied-all in the pursuit of comprehensive cancer centers in Buffalo, scientific information. Detroit, Durham, N.C., Houston, Miami, Scientists such as these were described in New York City, Philadelphia, and Tucson. the Gorgas Memorial Leon Jacobs Lecture, Each summit will be supported by an NCI hosted by NIAID, which was held at NIH grant of up to $25,000. recently. The first in a newly esrablished Marilyn Tucker Quayle, wife of Vice Presi­ series, this year's lecture, titled "A History of dent Dan Quayle and national honorary NIH Parasitology: People and Perspectives," chairman of the summits, said, "These sum­ was given by Dr. Leon Jacobs, chairman of mits will bring breast cancer messages and the board and president of the Gorgas Memo­ programs to the community where they can Parasitology research at NIH began in 1902 with rial Institute of Tropical and Preventive save lives. The summits are an example of a the appointment of Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles as Medicine since 1983, and scientist emeritus in public-private collaboration for the good of all first chiefof the Division of Zoology. the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID. Americans. My hope is that they will The lecture series derives its name from the encourage women to take the initiative to pro­ Gorgas Institute, an international center, NIH parasitology. tect their health by getting regular located in Panama, for the study and control This history began in 1902 in the new mammograms and up-to-date treatment, when of tropical diseases. In recognition of Jacobs' Division of Zoology within the Hygienic Lab­ necessary. work on its behalf, and his contributions to oratory, the predecessor to the National Added Nancy Brinker, founder and chair­ parasitology, the Gorgas Institute established Institutes of Health. Dr. Charles Wardell man of the Komen Foundation and member of an endowment for the Laboratory of Parasitic Stiles, appointed chief of the division, had the president's cancer panel, "We see this Diseases to host this lectureship in his name. been recruited from the Bureau of Animal effort to promote regional breast cancer out­ Jacobs' lecture was a walk down the cor­ Industry (BAI) of the U.S. Department of reach programs as a logical next step after the ridors of NIH past, where he offered a Agriculture, where he first named the so­ two recent national Women's Leadership Sum­ glimpse of the colorful lives and labs of the called American hookworm, Necator americanus. mits in Washington, D.C. In these summits, scientists who most influenced the history of (See PARASITOLOGY, Page 2J (See SUMMITS, Page 4J page 2 February 4, 1992

PARASITOLOGY of the species P!asmodium, is usually transmit­ Genome Lectures Continue ted through the bite of an infected female (Continued from Page 1) The Human Genome Lecture Series con­ mosquito. Early research on malaria involved the pre­ tinues chis month with a presentation on Stiles gained national prominence when, deliv­ "High Speed DNA Sequencing in Ultrathin ering a speech before the Pan-American cise identification of the Anopheles species as carriers of the disease, the flight range of the Gels," by Lloyd M. Smi ch, assistant professor Sanitary Conference in Washington, D.C., he in the department of chemistry at the Univer­ said that in the South "some of the proverbial carriers, and the scages of the parasite in its hosts. During the war years, most of the sity of Wisconsin. laziness of the poorer classes of the white pop­ He was the primary developer of the first malaria research centered around treatment ulation is in reality various manifestations of fluorescence-based automated DNA sequencing uncinariasis (hookworm disease)." The next and control of vectors. After the war, one NIH instrument at Cal Tech. day, the New York Sun printed an article car­ scientist, Dr. Don Eyles, discovered the transmission of a simian malaria parasite to The calk will be held Thursday, Feb. 20 at rying the headline, "Germ of Laziness 11:30 a.m. in Lipsett Amphitheater, Bldg. humans by mosquitoes colonized in a labora­ Found1" Needless to say, Stiles became an 10. 0 instant celebrity. tory in Malaya. During his research, Eyles In 1930, Congress passed a bill that reorga­ himself became accidentally infected. nized and expanded the Hygienic Laboratory Jacobs mentioned some of the NIH para­ sitologists in his lecture, but could not name and renamed it the National Institute (singu­ Correction lar at this time) of Health. all who participated in this research. "What Stiles retired in 1931. His position was we did back then, compared with what can be A story about the Journal of the National filled by Dr. Maurice C. Hall, also from the done now," he said, "is analogous to the Cancer Institute that appeared in che Jan. 7 BAI. Hall and his coworkers studied several search for the source of the Nile on foot, com­ issue of the NIH Record misstated the journal's widespread parasitic diseases in the ensuing pared with aerial photography of the same popularity. It reported that ]NCI was men­ years, and much was accomplished. For exam­ regions." However, he said the land observa­ tioned in news articles more often than the ple, they expanded the understanding of tions provided derailed information that made New England Journal of Medicine, the Annals of enterobiasis, an infection caused by small, the aerial work easier. "Sometimes we arrive at Internal Medicine, and the journal of Clinical white parasites called pinworms that infest the new vistas by standing on the shoulders of Oncology combined. It should have specified upper part of the large intestine. At this time, giants," Jacobs said. "Mostly, we reach new that JNCI is mentioned more often than those the relation of pinworm infection to human vistas by standing on firm foundations built journals only as a source for new cancer disease was not known. with small pieces of work conducted by many research findings. D To study the disease, Hall devised a reliable skillful workers." D diagnostic technique, difficult to do because the worm does not lay its eggs in the intestine but on the skin of the perianal area. He developed the "NIH swab," which, after swabbing the skin, can be flattened on a microscope slide and examined for eggs. It is still the accepted technique for diagnosing PublishedThe biweekly at Bethesda, NIH Md., by the Editorial Record pinworm infection. Other researchers studied the epidemiology and treatment of pinworm Operations Branch, Division of Public Information, for the information of employees of rhe National Institutes of infection, the viability of the pinworm egg Health, Department of Health and Human Services, and under various conditions, and the chemistry of circulated to nonemployees by subscription only through pinworm egg membranes and the effects of the Government Printing Office. The content is reprintable, ultraviolet radiation on them. without permission. Pictures may be available on request. After Hall's death in 1938, Dr. Willard H. Use of funds for printing this periodical has been approved Wright became chief of the Division of Zool­ by the direcror of the Office of Management and Budget ogy. During World War II, Wright directed through September 30, 1992. the assessment or risks of importation of NIH Record Office Correspondents: vector-borne parasitic diseases via U.S. troops Bldg. 31, Room 2B-03 CC, Karen Riedel returning home. Such studies included looking Phone 496-2125 DCRT, Anne P. Enright at species of domestic mosquiroes as potential FAX 402-1485 DRG, N. Sue Meadows carriers of roundworms that were FIC, Jim Bryant filariae, Editor NCI, Patricia A. Newman among the parasites expected to infect the sol­ Dr. James F. Deatherage recently joined the staff Richard McManus NCHGR, Leslie Fink diers serving in the Pacific areas. of NIGMS as a health scientist administrator in NCNR, Esther McBride Human body lice were also a popular object the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease Assistant Editor NCRR, Polly Onderak of study during wartime, because of the spread Program Branch. Deatherage, who worked as an Anne Barber NE!, Linda Huss NHLBI, Louise Williams of typhus, a rickettsial disease causing high assistant professor in the department of biochemistry Staff Writer NIA, Carolyn Shanoff fever and other symptoms. Wright initiated a at the University of Arizona in Tucson before Carla Garnett NIAID, James Hadley study of the effect of insecticide-impregnated coming to NIH, will administer grants relating to NIAMS, Amy Iadarola cloth on human body lice. A number of the cell organization, motility, and division. His prior Editorial Assistant NICHD, Carol Florance division staff participated not as laborarory experience includes postdoctoral work at the Medical Marilyn Berman NIDCD, Gail Blatt NIDDK, Eileen Corrigan assistants but solely as sources of food for the Research Laboratory of Molecular Biology in NIDR, Mary Daum The NIH Record reserves the right lice. Cambridge, England, as a postdoctoral fellow and co make corrections, changes, or NIEHS, Hugh J. Lee Work conducted on malaria was equally staff scientist. Deatherage received a B .S. in deletions in submitted copy in NIGMS, Wanda Warddell important during and after World War II. biochemistry from Michigan State University and a conformity with the policies of the NINDS, Carol Rowan paper and HHS. NLM, Roger L. Gilkeson This infectious disease, caused by protozoans Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cornell University. page 3 The Record February 4, 1992

NIH Schedules African-American History Month Activities Healy Adds Media Advisor to Staff

The month of February is set aside for the NIH director Dr. Bernadine Healy recently nation's annual observance of African­ announced the selection of Johanna Schneider as senior advisor for media relations and press American history. In keeping with the 1992 secretary to the direcror. Schneider will be national theme, "African Roots Explore New Worlds: Pre-Columbus to the Space Age," the responsible for advising the direcror on media Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) and the activities and communications strategies. She NIH Black employees advisory committee will assume her duties on Feb. 10. have planned several activities that will give Schneider, an 11-year veteran of Capitol NIH Hill and a former news reporter, moves to the all employees an opportunity to explore NIH the heritage and recognize the contributions of from the Department of Labor where she African Americans. is currently the deputy assisrant secretary for The opening program, which is being public affairs. She came to the department in cosponsored by NINDS, will be held on Fri­ 1989 with Labor secretary Elizabeth Hanford day, Feb. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Dole. Prior to her position at the Labor Masur Auditorium, Clinical Center. Musical Department, Schneider served as press secre­ selections will be provided by the Blacks in tary to House Republican Leader Robert H. Government Department of Labor chapter Michel from 1985 to 1989. choir, and the guest speaker will be Dr. Ben­ Healy said, "I am extremely pleased to wel­ jamin S. Carson, Sr., director of pediatric come Ms. Schneider tO our team at NIH. Her background of public service and her unique neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospira!. Dr. Benjamin S. Carson Carson gained worldwide recognition for his media expertise will make her a valuable asset part in the first successful separation of Sia­ in carrying out the mandate of NIH, which is mese twins joined at the back of the head. Washington, D.C., from 11:30 a.m. co 1:30 to uncover new knowledge that will further The extremely complex and delicate p.m., and will feature Dr. Kenneth Olden, understanding of the fundamental life proc­ esses and will lead to methods of preventing, operation-5 months in the planning and 22 NIEHS director, as the guest speaker. Olden hours in the execution-involved a surgical is the first African American to hold the posi­ diagnosing and treating disease." plan that Carson helped initiate. tion of director of an NIH institute. The cost Schneider has a B.S. degree in journalism At Johns Hopkins, Carson is involved in of the luncheon is $19.50. Bus transportation and served as a reporter in Illinois before join­ ing the CBS Network News Washington numerous clinical and research activities. His will be provided by NIH. Bureau. Following her experience at CBS, areas of greatest interest include neurosurgical For additional information about the Schneider worked for three other members of oncology, in which he specializes in all vari­ activities or for reasonable accommodation Congress and a senator. eties of pediatric brain tumors and is involved contact the Black Employment Program �an­ Schneider lives in the District of Columbia in laborarory research to elucidate the defense ager, OEO, 496-6301. D mechanisms of tumors and to provide better with her husband Jon Plebani and rwo sons therapeutic approaches. Using a rare, daring Brice, 3, and Nicholas, 1. D procedure called "cerebral hemispherectomy" to remove half of their brains, Carson has saved 30 children with intractable seizures, who otherwise had no hope of survival. Dur­ ing the past few years, in conjunction with the plastic surgery division, he has developed a significant craniofacial program in which children with congenital deformities undergo combined neurosurgical and plastic surgical reconstruction. Carson also studies the prob­ lems of achondroplastic children and has particular interest in cervico-medullary com­ pression and its treatment. Carson serves on several professional boards and committees, has many teaching respon­ sibilities, and is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including six honorary doctorate degrees. He is the author of the bestseller, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story. Other activities will include a Black memo­ Staff members from almost all the 74 General Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) funded by NCRR took _ rabilia exhibit and lecture on Friday, Feb. 14, part m 2 days of symposia and workshops on clinical research and GCRC program management issues in Bldg. 10, 14th fl. Conf. Rm. The exhibit during their recent annual meeting in Reston, Va. Participants included GCRC program directors, _ _ will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Edward admmzstrattve managers, nurse managers, computer system managers, research dietitians, biostatisticians and McIntosh, president of rhe National Black other staff Discussions continued during a break by (from I) Dr. Robert A. Whitney,Jr., NCRR director· Memorabilia Association, will deliver the key­ Dr. Judzth L. Vaitukaitis, NCRR deputy director for extramural programs and acting director, GCRC note address at 11:30 a. m. On Feb. 21, the Program,· Dr. Michael Thorner, University of Virginia,· and Dr. Gordon Williams, Harvard University annual African-American History Month _ School_ of Medzcme. The GCRC network includes some 60 percent of the federally supported beds dedicated to Luncheon will be held at the Howard Inn, clznzcal research. page 4 The Record February 4, 1992

SUMMITS NBA Wives, NCI Launch Mammography Initiative (Continued from Page 1) The National Basketball Association wives leaders from around the country joined and NCI have begun a new national outreach together to learn what could be done about initiative to reduce breast cancer deaths in breast cancer." American women. Central to this effort is the The cwo national summits are credited with role of the wives of the NBA players and encouraging women to have mammograms and coaches, who will work in their home commu­ obtain up-co-date treatment, when needed. nities co increase awareness of the importance The summits also have spurred corporations to of mammography with appropriate followup develop worksite breast cancer education and care. screening programs. NCI "deputized" the NBA wives as breast "The new regional summits will bring cancer information sources in their cities to together community organizations and local heighten public awareness of mammography businesses, encouraging them co provide and co increase awareness that NCI's Cancer education and screening programs for their Information Service is a source of information members and employees," said Marlene about all aspects of breast cancer. The CIS Malek, a member of the National Cancer toll-free number is 1-800-4-CANCER. The Advisory Board. Malek is national chairman of teams will also be encouraged to work with the regional summits and Elizabeth Hart is their local cancer centers. cochairman for the Kamen Foundation. The The NBA wives' outreach activities will Connie Unseld, wife of Washington Bullets Coach General Mills Foundation has become a corpo­ range from personal appearances to public Wes Unseld, joined the NBA wives/NCI ejfort to rate sponsor and will provide $75,000 for service announcements to dissemination of curb breast cancer in American women by summit costs not covered by the NCI grants. materials. heightening public awareness of mammography. "These summits will reach the women in This NBA wives/NCI collaboration was ini­ America who most need this help: women tiated by Irene Pollin, member of the who are members of minority groups or who National Cancer Advisory Board and wife of materials during halftime at home games, and have been medically underserved," said Dr. Washington Bullets owner Abe Pollin. The holding a fashion show and auction to raise Harold P. Freeman, chairman of the presi­ Washington Bullets began their outreach funds for mammograms for underserved dent's cancer panel and director of surgery at · activities in 1991, displaying information women. Harlem Hospital, New York. Dr. Samuel Broder, NCI director, said an NIDR Organizes Symposium on Pain Research estimated 181,000 new cases of breast cancer NIH director Dr. Bernadine Healy will tissue or nerve injury includes changes in gene and 46,300 deaths are expected in 1992. open a 1-day symposium on "Frontiers of Pain expression and the synthesis of neuropeptides With early detection and appropriate treat­ Research in the Decade of the Brain," to high­ that play a role in both pain transmission and ment, approximately 30 percent of breast light the essential role of pain research in the its modulation. cancer deaths nationwide could be prevented. neurosciences and the devastating effect of A major success story is the effect this new Dates for the 1992 regional breast cancer pain on the lives of millions of Americans. knowledge has had on the treatment of acute summits have not been finalized in some Organized by NIDR, the symposium will take pain and chronic cancer pain. However, many areas. NCI-designated comprehensive cancer place on Mar. 4 in the National Academy of problems remain unsolved. Successful treat­ centers that receive grants co host the summits Sciences Lecture Hall, Constitution Ave., ments are lacking for chronic facial and back will attempt co reach thousands of women Washington, D.C. pains, which disable millions of Americans. from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic An official activity in celebration of the Pain caused by nerve injury is resistant to backgrounds. D Decade of the Brain, the symposium is also therapy in many patients. The symposium will sponsored by NINDS, NIMH, NIDA, the conclude with a panel discussion that will Seminars Planned on Revised Form American Pain Society, and the International highlight these problems and discuss future The PHS grant application form 398 has Association for the Study of Pain. directions for pain research in the Decade of been revised as of September 1991. The form The meeting will bring together a diverse the Brain. is used by applicants from the extramural sci­ audience of congressional representatives and Those interested in attending "Frontiers of entific community seeking research grant and staff, representatives of foundations and profes­ Pain Research in the Decade of the Brain," award support from NIH and other PHS agen­ sional societies, science and health writers, should contact CSR, Inc., Conference Manage­ cies. A series of seminars will be given in federal officials, and scientists. Leading ment Department, 1400 Eye Street, NW, February and March to brief extramural staff researchers will describe the major advances of Washington, DC 20005. Telephone: (202) on the new revision. The following are daces the past decade in understanding and control­ 842-7600. 0e and locations for the orientation seminars: ling pain, the unsolved mysteries of chronic pain, and the opportunities for future research. Westwood Bldg., Rm. 428 Feb. 21,11 a.m.-1 p.m. Normal Volunteers Needed Feb. 26, 2:30-4:30 p.m. The important discovery in the 1970's that Feb. 28, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. the brain produces its own opiate-like sub­ NICHD seeks women who are 1 year Federal Bldg., Rm. B 1-19 Mar. 2, 9-11 a.m. stances, the enkephalins and endorphins, has postmenopausal or who have premature Bldg. 3 lC, Conf. Rm. 6 Feb. 19,9-lla.m been rivaled by discoveries in the past decade Bldg. 3 lC, Conf. Rm. 10 Mar. 6,9-11 a.m. ovarian failure co participate in a research Executive Plaza North about the effects of persistent pain on brain study testing the effectiveness of the medica­ Conf. Rm. H Mar. 3, 9-11 a.m. function. Scientists now know that pain is not tion progesterone. Participants must be Conf. Rm. G Mar. 5,1:30-3:30 p.m. merely a passive symptom of disease, but an between 18-65 years of age, on no chronic Patklawn Bldg. aggressive disease in itself, producing changes medication, of normal weight and in good Conf. Rm. D Feb. 25, 9-11 a.m. Conf. Rm. D Mar. 2, 1-3 p.m. in the brain that underlie the pathology of health. Compensation is available. For further Conf. Rm. D Mar. 3,1-3 p.m. 0 persistent or chronic pain. The response to information, call Rene Kimzey, 496-4244. D page 5 The Record February 4, 1992

National Conference Examines Adverse Health Effects of Pollution

Pollution poses a variety of adverse effects on the body, particularly on the ears, nose, and throat, and both the elderly and the very youngNIH. are at greatest risk, according ro scien­ tists who spoke at a conference held recently at Among the many issues presented were the hazardous effects of both indoor and outdoor air pollutants on hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice production, and swallowing. "From this conference we can plan a research agenda and inform the public about these health hazards," said Dr. James B. Snow, Jr., director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The all-day conference, entitled "The Impact of Pollution on the Upper Alimentary lik­ and Respiratory Tracts," was cosponsored by Joining NIDCD director, Dr. James B. Snow, Jr. (r) during a national conference held at NIH on "The NIDCD and the American Academy of Impact of Pollution on the Upper Alimentary and Respiratory Tracts," are (from l) Dr. Richard G. Holt, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The president, American Association of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Dr. Ken Sexton, director, Office national conference was unique, according to of Health Research, EPA; and Dr. Antonia Novello, U.S. Surgeon General. the cosponsors, because it marks the first time that scientists from across the nation came C. together to discuss the impact of pollutants on the ears, nose and throat. Speakers included Dr. Antonia C. Novello, coin-operated oxygen stations to help its cit­ ing public information and educational U.S. Surgeon General, and Dr. Ken Sexton, izens cope with the overwhelming air quality programs ro alert the public to the health EPA director of health research, who delivered problem. He also mentioned chat around the risks they are facing related to pollution." the keynote addresses on the role of research in Soviet Union's Aral Sea basin pesticides in the On May 8, NIDCD, in conjunction with shaping environmental regulations. water supply pushed the incidence of FDA, will sponsor a live interactive satellite Dr. Jerome C. Goldstein, the executive vice esophageal cancer to seven times the national teleconference on pollution. The teleconference president of AAO-HNS, urged conference par­ rate. will link participants from the NIH campus to ticipants to "take responsibility in initiating The AAO-HNS and NIDCD plan to con­ scientist group leaders at various locations public policy change in their communities and tinue their work with groups concerned with around the country to inform the publicwill about elsewhere that will reverse the adverse effects environmental health issues, according to Dr. the health hazards of environmental pollution. of pollution." Ralph F. Naunton, director of NIDCD's Divi­ Following the conference, a videotape be Goldstein noted there were serious health sion of Communication Sciences and Disorders made available to health science professionals, consequences in other countries as well. He and a cochair of the conference. "This is not a teachers and the public through the NIDCD said that Mexico City is planning to install singular effort," he said. "We anticipate ongo- clearinghouse. 0 NCHGR Awards Grants for 3-Year Study on Genetic Counseling

A group of seven research teams around the European ancestry carries one copy of the CF adult volunteers to determine if they carry a country is about to begin a 3-year study to gene in his/her DNA. People who carry only copy of the CF gene in their DNA. The define the best methods for educating and one copy do not have CF, but, if their partner researchers will assess interest in CF testing counseling individuals who want to be tested is also a carrier, they may have a child with among different populations, and identify the for the gene that causes cystic fibrosis (CF). CF. Until recently, most people with CF did best methods for increasing a person's under­ These studies are aimed at supplying health not live beyond their thirties, but with new standing of the implications of carrier status professionals with much-needed information treatments, many can live longer, fuller lives. and discrimination based on their test about how to maximize a person's understand­ Because CF is relatively common in the results. 0 ing of genetic testing, protect the U.S., a growing number of people have begun R&W Has Atlantic City Trip confidentiality of test results, and minimize ro ask their doctors for the rest. Couples in test-related stigmatization and discrimination. which both partners are carriers have a one-in­ R&W The studies are supported by grants from the four chance of having a child with CF. As an All aboard the Amtrak train headed for National Center for Human Genome Research, increasing number of genes for other illnesses Atlantic City on Saturday, Mar. 28. has the National Center for Nursing Research, and are discovered, more and more health care pro­ planned a group trip to the Sands Casino via NICHD. fessionals will be asked to provide genetic Amtrak from Union Station. Train is sched­ Cystic fibrosis affects about 1 in 2,500 testing services. Bue many do not have the uled to leave at 9:50 a.m. and return to Americans of European ancestry, making it experience to educate and counsel large num­ Union Station at 10:30 p.m. Cost is $38 per one of the most common inherited diseases in bers of patients adequately about genetic person and includes round-tripR&W train fare, a the United States. CF results when a child testing. transfer shuttle to the Sands Casino, and0 $8 in inherits two copies of the CF gene, one from To help provide such guidance, researchers coin. Sign up at any before Feb. 27. each parent. About 1 in 25 Americans of in the consortium will offer genetic testing to For more information call 496-4600. page 6 The Record February 4, 1992

KING PROGRAM wrong direction. There is a problem, he said, when fewer and fewer people are becoming (Continued from Page 1) richer and richer while "morer and morer are a pioneer of civil rights through nonviolence getting poorer and poorer.'' The inequity in the 1950's and 1960's who was assasinated extends, he continued, in the criminal justice Apr. 4, 1968, once said, "Love is the only system. "Poor folks steal and they go to jail," force capable of transforming an enemy into a he said. "But rich folks steal and they go to friend." Bermuda." Lowery encouraged the audience to revise Finally, Lowery discussed a topic uppermost the common portrayal of King that emphasizes on many minds, especially citizens of Wash­ him as a dreamer. "Martin didn't just dream," ington and vicinity: drugs and their said Lowery, who with King cofounded SCLC accompanying culture of violence. more than 30 years ago. "His dream was the "We must be spiritual harbingers and ethi­ vision that shaped and molded his activism. cal compasses," he stressed, noting that the We cannot ennoble the man and ignore his media have "conspired to paint drugs Black. m1ss10n. But drugs aren't Black-they're green, the NIH Office of Equal Opportunity Director color of money. We must not let legitimate Diane Armstrong, who presided at the OEO­ need degenerate into illegitimate greed." In the spirit of Martin Luther King's non'l!iolent sponsored program, used concurring words in Lowery said people must stop "carrying on activism, Lowery told the capacity crowd in Masur her introductory remarks. "The intensity of an affair of the heart with materialism" and Auditorium that the "human family" needs to his dream is very much alive in the hearts and look deep inside to restore the Jove chat "tran­ "restore love that transcends complexion and minds of people all over the world today," she scends complexion and supercedes class. We supercedes class. " said. "Martin Luther King didn't just talk must find the spiritual toughness that enabled about brotherhood, he was a brother. He "We can be united without being uni­ didn't just talk about friendship, he was a form," he continued. "We're inextricably tied friend. He didn't just sit and wish for together. We must return to the oneness of changes, he was a change agent who changed our hope, aspiration, pain, suffering, denial, things." fate, destiny, happiness and disappointment." One of only a handful of civil rights activ­ Lowery mentioned that the changes in ists to actually walk, and march, closely with Europe--the newly united Germany and the King, Lowery said today's King disciples muse newly divided Soviet Union, for examples­ let love "move us from ceremony to sacrament are good, but the United States must be care­ and from sentiment to substance." ful not to exclude its brothers and sisters of Ceremony, he said, is "putting a ring on color-in Africa and South America-from the her finger at the wedding," but sacrament is benefits of these new freedoms. "ringing her life with Jove and joy everyday. As evidence that the U.S. may be neglect­ Ceremonies end with a benediction, but sacra­ ing some members of its human family, ments begin with the benediction." Lowery talked about some current government There is no love without justice, he con­ foreign refugee policies. "To the Irish and the tinued. "Authentic love is tough love. It Poles and the Italians, we say 'Welcome,"' he Prof ThomasJ. Flagg of Howard University means loving so much that you cannot tolerate explained. "But to the Haitians, we say 'Get performed two selections at the King program, that which contradicts Jove." back.' In the spirit of Martin we must always including a sonata by African-American composer NIH director Dr. Bernadine Healy, who see that we're sensitive to north-south relations Florence Price. marked her first NIH King celebration, intro­ as well as ease-west relations." duced the speaker and quoted a description of On the troubled U.S. economy, Lowery Lowery as one who "disturbs the comfortable emphasized that wealth seems to travel in the and comforts the disturbed." Lowery seemed Photos: Bill Branson eager co live up to the description. "If you discriminate against me because I'm ignorant," he challenged, "that's my fault. I ought to know what's going down. If you dis­ criminate against someone because he's dirty, chat's his fault because even if he can't afford nylon or orlon, his 'no-Ion' ought to be clean." If, however, skin color is the basis for discrimination, he continued, that's another matter. "You must be discriminating against God, because God made me Black and there's nothing I can or will do about it." Addressing what he said is the public's increasing intolerance of differences among Featured speaker at NIH's 17th annual King commemoration, Dr. Joseph Lowery (c) was greeted at a peoples, Lowery encouraged a reaffirmation reception by (from l) Elward Bynum, director of NIGMS's Minority Access to Research Careers Program; and remembrance of "oneness of the human NIH director Dr. Bernadine Healy; Diane Armstrong, director of the NIH Office of Equal Opportunity, family" by forming and nurturing "a coalition which sponsored the program; and Dr. James C. Moone, president of the NIH chapter of Blacks in of conscience and a community of faith. Government. page 7 The Record February 4, 1992

us to withstand temptation." Lowery said the embodiment of King's Status of NIH's Women Scientists To Be Discussed Feb. 21 spirit was to go against the grain. A caucus of NIH scientists on women's scale; become more involved in committees "Martin Luther King dared to challenge the issues will be held in Lipsett Amphitheater that decide NIH policy or plan scientific status quo and dared to fly into the headwinds from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21. The meetings or NIH symposia; and attain leader­ of hate and hostility," Lowery concluded. "Let meeting will be launched by NIH director Dr. ship positions at NIH. each of us be responsible for honoring the mis­ Bernadine Healy and will present a debate of 2. Scientific independence and tenure sion as well as the missionary." the question: "Are there gender barriers to This discussion will examine the steps In addition to the keynote address, the pro­ tenure and promotion within the NIH?" Drs. required for tenure, and examine the need for gram included a tribute to King featuring Monique Dubois-Dalcq and Joan Schwartz will assertiveness and effective dialogue with one's excerpts from some of his speeches and music serve as moderators. All NIH scientists are supervisor and/or laboratory chief in order for by Prof. Thomas J. Flagg, former dean of invited to attend the debate and/or informal women scientists to achieve scientific inde­ Howard University's College of Fine Arts and discussions that will follow. pendence, and qualify for tenure at NIH. chair of its applied music division. This caucus was organized by the commit­ 3. The extramural program at NIH; how it com­ A classical pianist, Flagg played two selec­ tee on the status of intramural women pares and contrasts with the intramural program tions, one a sonata in E minor by Florence scientists, which was created and convened by This session will focus on how and why Price, the first Black woman to have composi­ Dr. Carl Kupfer, acting deputy director for women scientists make the move from bench tions played by major orchestras. D intramural research. Chaired by Dr. Steven M. to administration, and present the special Paul, NIMH director of intramural research, problems and opportunities that the Four Members Join NIAMS Board the committee met for the first time in extramural program affords. Four new members have been named to the November 1991. Members of the committee 4. Special problems of postdoctoral fellows National Advisory Board for Arthritis and include Ors. Monique Dubois-Dalcq Questions to be discussed include how to Musculoskeleral and Skin Diseases-Dr. John (NINDS), Michael Fordis (OE), B. J. Fowlkes get appropriate training for a scientific career, Frymoyer, Dr. Deborah Kredich, Sharon (NIAID), John Gatlin (NIAID), Ruth how to balance such training with the Wanat, and Dr. Isaac Willis. The appoint­ Kirschstein (NIGMS), Markku Linnoila development of original ideas and productiv­ ments last until September 1994. (NIAAA), Randi Leavitt (NIAID), Lois ity, etc. At present, it is not clear whether A leading expert in back disorders, Fry­ Salzman (NIDR), Joan Schwartz (NINDS), there are specific women's issues associated moyer is currently interim dean, professor of Susan Swedo (NIMH), and Martha Vaughn with this topic and feedback from this group orthopaedics and rehabilitation, and director of (NHLBI). of scientists will be helpful. the McClure Musculoskeletal Research Center The committee discussed its roie as two­ 5. Life inside and outside the NIH-striking a at the University of Vermont College of Medi­ fold: gather data regarding the status of balance cine in Burlington. women scientists at various levels, and develop This session explores the issue of maternity/ Kredich is associate dean of the Duke Uni­ solutions to problems that may be identified. parenthood and the professional life of women versity School of Medicine, associate professor The first step is to gather information by scientists and questions how having children of pediatrics at Duke and assistant clinical querying scientific directors about the number influences career progression. In addition, the professor of pediatrics at North Carolina and status of women at different career levels problems and benefits of being part of a dual­ will Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. Her exper­ within their institutes and later, by conduct­ science career couple be examined. tise is pediatric rheumatology. ing a more extensive survey of M.D. and General suggestions or additional topics for Wanat is a member of the board of trustees Ph.D. scientists. the 1992 forums would be warmly welcomed. at DEBRA, the Dystrophic Epidermolysis In addition, former scientists will be con­ Send ideas to M. Dubois-Dalcq (Bldg. 36, Bullosa Research Association of America, and tacted about whether or not they experienced Rm. 5D02; fax 496-0899), J. Schwartz (Bldg. was president of the board from 1984 to any gender bias while at NIH. A subcommit­ 9, Rm. 1Wl15; fax 402-0117) or S. Swedo 1988. She is also an active member of the tee has been formed to develop the surveys in (Bldg. 10, Rm. 6N240; fax 402-0296. □ National Organization for Rare Disorders. conjunction with the NIH Division of Person­ Willis is director of dermatology research nel Management. and a professor of dermatology at the More­ The committee also decided that it would house School of Medicine in Atlanta. He is a be appropriate to create a forum whereby the member of the health research effects review NIH community of women scientists could Las Vegas Trip Planned panel, Environmental Protection Agency, and share and discuss problems they may have a colonel in the 3297th U.S.A. Hospital in encountered and their perceptions of the Live it up at Las Vegas' newest and most Atlanta. D research career opportunities available to unique property, the Excalibur Hotel/Casino. women within NIH. A subcommittee has met Excalibur, the world's largest resort, offers Personnel Guides Available co organize a series of meetings that will be complete dining and entertainment on four R&W will be carrying the 1992 Federal Per­ aimed at all categories of doctoral-level women levels. The resort includes seven theme restau­ sonnel Guide at a discounted price of $7-$1 scientists at NIH including fellows, senior rants, two nightly dinner shows, a medieval off the retail price. The 1992 guide is full of staff, tenured, nontenured and visiting village, two motion simulator theaters, two useful information for government employees scientists. pools and 15 specialty shops. including pay tables, leave policies, retirement The caucus of NIH scientists will be fol­ The trip is scheduled for May 11-15. Cost deductions, information on pay reform, lowed by a series of forums during 1992 is $484 per person, double occupancy, and changes in health plans, how to figure life dealing with topics directly relevant to various includes airfare, accommodations and break­ insurance benefits, a guide to FERS and groups of NIH female scientists. fast. For a detailed flyer, call or stop by the CSRS, how the RIF system works, and a new 1. Scientific leadership and visibility R&W Activities Desk in Bldg. 31, section on how to get a federal job. The This forum will focus on how women can 496-4600. □ guides will be available at all R&W stores. achieve greater visibility and scientific recogni­ For more information call 496-4600. D tion for their work; move up the promotion page 8 TheRecord February 4, 1992

Three Associate Directors Named to NIAID's Division of AIDS Three scientists have been selected as associ­ Award in 1973. For 10 years, from 1962 to ate directors of key programs in NIAID's 1972, Barker was a scientist at NIH in what Division of AIDS (DAIDS). was then the Division of Biologics Standards. They are: Dr. Lewellys F. Barker, associate His research interests include infectious dis­ director of the Clinical Research Program; Dr. eases, epidemiology, diagnosis, and passive William R. Duncan, associate director of the and active immunization against viral and Treatment Research Operations Program; and rickettsial diseases, with particular emphasis Dr. Margaret I. Johnston, associate director on retroviruses, viral hepatitis, vaccinia, and for the Basic Research and Development epidemic typhus. Program. Barker received his bachelor's degree in his­ "We have made a great deal of progress in tory from Princeton in 1955, and both his the field of AIDS research, but much more medical degree in 1959, and his master of needs to be done. These three highly qualified individuals will contribute significantly to helping us meet our research goals," says Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, NIAID director. Adds Dr. Daniel F. Hoth, director of DAIDS, "Drs. Barker, Duncan, and Johnston bring enthusiasm, a broad scientific perspec­ tive and proven management experrise to our division. I am confident they will provide out­ sranding leadership to our research efforts." Dr. Margaret I. Johnston Prior to his appointment ro NIAID, Barker served as senior vice president and chief medi­ NIAID. cal officer of the Blood Services and Health Program of Since then, she has served as chief of the Developmental Therapeutics Branch, chief of the targeted drug discovery section and program officer within the divi­ sion. In 1991, she received the NIH Merit Dr. William R. Duncan Award for her contributions to NIAID's efforts in the area of AIDS developmental therapies. public health degree in 1991 from Johns She serves on the NIAID AIDS clinical drug Hopkins University. development committee and technology Duncan returns to NIAID after holding the evaluation advisory committee and the posirion of director of research at the National National Cancer Institute AIDS decision net­ Cancer Institute of Canada from 1990 to work committee. 1991. At NIAID, he served as deputy director Prior to joining NIAID, Johnston was a of the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and faculty member in the biochemistry depart­ Transplantation from 1989 to 1990; chief of ment of the Uniformed Services University of the Genetics and Transplantation Biology the Health Sciences, where she was active both Branch from 1988 to 1990; and special assist­ in research and in teaching of medical and ant to the director, program officer and health graduate students. scientist administrator from 1987 to 1988 in She completed a 4-year staff fellowship at what was then the Immunology, Allergy and NIH in the Laboratory of Chemistry in what Dr. Lewellys F. Barker Immunologic Diseases Program. was then the National Institute of Arthritis, Born in Harlingen, Tex., Duncan received Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Services at the American Red Cross from 1978 his bachelor's degree in microbiology from the Johnston also did postdoctoral research for a to 1990. He was responsible for all aspects of University of Texas, Austin, in 1971 and his year at the Rega Institute for Medical blood and blood products manufacturing and doctorate from the University of Texas Science Research in Leuven, Belgium. licensing, research and development, and Center, Dallas, in 1976. He was a faculty Johnston earned a bachelor's degree in quality control programs. The Finnish Red member in the department of cell biology ar chemistry from Carnegie-Mellon University in Cross presented Barker with the Nevanlinna the University of Texas for 5 years before 1972 and her doctorate in biochemistry from Medal in 1988 for his international leadership moving to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Tufts University in 1977. D in blood transfusion safety. Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1983. At Dalhousie, From 1973 to 1978, Barker directed the he was associate professor in the department of Division of Blood and Blood Products in the surgery and director of the Laboratory of Couples Needed for Study Bureau of Biologics of the Food and Drug Transplantation Biology. Administration. He was deputy director of the Duncan has served on several scientific com­ Uniformed Services University of the Health FDA's Division of Virology from 1972 to mittees and boards, including the united Sciences' department of medical psychology is 1973. While at the FDA, Barker was respon­ network for organ sharing subcommittee on seeking healthy married or cohabiting couples, sible for the development of World Health organ donation and the NIH human genome 45 years or younger, to participate in a study Organization and FDA standards for vaccines, coordinating committee. of communication patterns. Participants will diagnostics, and blood and blood products. He Johnston was one of the first staff members be paid. If interested, call 295-3263 and leave received the Public Health Service Meritorious recruited in 1987 for what was then the AIDS a message. D page 9 The Record February 4, 1992

Gwadz Elicits Egypt-Israel Research Cooperation NIDR's Loe Honored After 10 years of shuttling back and forth Dr. Harald Loe, NIDR director, has between Bethesda, Cairo, and Jerusalem, Dr. recently received both an Award of Recogni­ Robert Gwadz, head of the medical entomol­ tion from the National Foundation for ogy unit of NIAID's new Laboratory of Ectodermal Dysplasias and the 1991 Carl A. Malaria Research, has succeeded in forging an Schlack Award from the Association of Mili­ unprecedented cooperative project between tary Surgeons of the United States. Israeli and Egyptian researchers. In recognition The Award of Recognition was presented to of his accomplishments, the research commu­ Loe in honor of his efforts to bring the needs nities rewarded Gwadz with several honors, and concerns of ED families co the attention of including naming him an honorary fellow of the public, Congress and professionals. the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Loe received the Schlack Award, which The project, titled "The Epidemiology and includes a plaque, "for his long and dis­ Control of Vector-Borne Diseases in the Mid­ tinguished career as a world-renowned dle East," focuses on studies of malaria, Rife periodontal disease researcher, scientific educa­ Valley fever, leishmaniasis, rickettsial diseases, tor, and administrator." and filariasis. NIAID's Office of Tropical Created to honor the memory of Capt. Medicine and Internacional Research oversees (Rec.) Carl A. Schlack, who established dental the administration of the project, while the research as a full-time program in the Navy, funding is provided by the U.S. Agency for Dr. Robert Gwadz International Development. With chis multi­ agency commitment to the effort, it is Ain Shams University Research and Training expected chat the joint program will continue Center on Vectors of Diseases named Gwadz to at lease 1998. an honorary member of the board. Officiating Working with scientists at both the Ain at a second gathering in Gwadz's honor at the Shams University in Cairo and the Hebrew campus, the president of the university University in Jerusalem, Gwadz has nurtured awarded Gwadz a plaque in recognition of his this collaboration from its original conception contributions to the university. and throughout its development. Noc only In yet another ceremony, the president of have Egyptian and Israeli scientists produc­ the Egyptian Society of Parasitologisrs made tively worked together on a number of Gwadz an honorary fellow. projects, they have also made numerous work­ Gwadz, who received his B.S. and Ph.D. at ing visits to each other's laboratories and have the University of Notre Dame, joined NIAID published more than 30 joint-authored papers in 1972, after spending 2 years studying trop­ in international journals. ical public health at Harvard School of Public In presenting him with the fellowship, the Health. His current research involves studies Hebrew University's awards committee paid on the genetics and susceptibility of tribute to Gwadz's "intellect and his extraor­ anopheline mosquito vectors of human and Dr. Harald Lo"e dinary support of Israel and the peace effort." simian malaria. He is also examining popula­ In one of the award ceremonies for Gwadz tion dynamics and vectorial capacity of the award is given annually by the Association held in Egypt, the board of directors of the Anopheles gambiae in Mali. D of Military Surgeons of the U.S. co a demist in one of the five federal services who has made outstanding contributions in either den­ NINOS Selects Five New Advisory Council Members tal research or education. NINDS recently announced the appoint­ institute with advice on program needs and co Loe is known internationally for his contri­ ment of five new members co its National review the applications of scientists seeking butions co periodontal research. He was the Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke financial support for research and research first to prove chat bacteria in dental plaque Council. training on disorders of the brain and nervous cause gingivitis-the first stage of gum dis­ Appointed to 4-year terms are Sally Dunbar system. D ease. He also developed some of the most Atwater of Washington, D.C., widow of for­ widely used indices for measuring the pro­ mer republican national committee chairman gression of periodontal disease in clinical trials Lee Atwater; Dr. James A. Ferrendelli, pro­ Madrigal Singers Recruit and in epidemiological research. D fessor of neurology and pharmacology, Having recently concluded a successful holi­ Washington University School of Medicine, day performance season, the NIH Madrigal St. Louis,; Dr. Audrey S. Penn, professor of Singers are busy planning for 1992. Singers neurology, Columbia University College of interested in Renaissance as well as modern a Discount Tickets Available Physicians & Surgeons; Jacqueline Mayer cappella music are invited to join in weekly R&W has discount tickers for the Kennedy Townsend of Meadow Lands, Pa., former Miss rehearsals. Scores are provided by the R&W. Center event, "Dance Theatre of Harlem," America and a stroke survivor; and Dr. Don Audition is not required, but sight reading Sunday, Mar. 22, 1:30 p.m. R&W price is H. Wood, professor of neurology, Howard experience is helpful. ALL parts are welcome $32.95 (regular price is $35.50). For more University College of Medicine. and the position of director is currently open. information on chis and other R&W happen­ The council, an NINDS advisory group, For more information call Chuck Bacon, ings, call 496-4600. D meets three times each year to provide the 496-4823. □ page 10 TheRecord February 4, 1992

NIDDK's Distinguished Scientist Gerald Aurbach Is Mourned Dr. Gerald D. Aurbach, 64, longtime Aurbach's intellectual acumen was chief of NIDDK's Metabolic Diseases matched only by his generosity. "He had a Branch, died of a head injury Nov. 4, probing mind, a dry sense of humor and a 1991. The widely respected researcher door that was always open to everyone," gained international prominence 30 years said Dr. Stephen Marx, a longtime col­ ago when he became the first t0 isolate league in Aurbach's branch. parathyroid hormone, one of the major reg­ Dr. Phillip Gorden, NIDDK director, ularors of blood calcium. whose friendship with Aurbach spanned At the time of his death, Aurbach was in decades, pointed out the scope of Aurbach's Charlottesville, Va., attend his alma influence in most human terms at a memo­ mater's football game with his wife, rial service held in November. He said, tO Hannah. Just after dropping her off at a "Patients who might otherwise be in pain restaurant and parking his car, he was with bones weakened because of abnor­ struck by a rock thrown from a passing car. malities of hormones that regulate bone A 22-year-old Charlottesville man was formation have been touched by Jerry arrested and charged with murder. The because he carried out much of the original incident has been described as a random act research that has provided cures for such of violence. diseases as hyperparathyroidism and related The irony of Aurbach's violent death, conditions. These patients can now live according his colleagues, is that he was pain-free, productive lives." such a gentle, forgiving man. "Understand­ Aurbach is survived by his wife, and tO daughters Elissa Aurbach of Arlington and ing why we should have lost so noble an Dr. Gerald D. Aurbach individual under such tragic circumstances Pamela Aurbach of Denver.-Kachy is impossible," said Dr. Allen Spiegel, studying the chemistry and control of secre­ Kranzfelder D NIDDK scientific director, who trained tion of PTH and of the newly discovered under Aurbach early in his career at NIH. calcium-regulating hormone, calcitonin, "Perhaps rather than attempt t0 question which controls blood calcium levels by Theatre Group To Hold Auditions this loss, we should instead focus on all inhibiting bone cells from releasing calcium that he gave us. He left a rich legacy-in into the blood. Aurbach and Potts even­ R&W's Theatre Group will hold auditions The Imaginary Invalid, the research he conducted, in the many tually elucidated the complete amino acid for Moliere's rollicking investigators he trained and in the example sequences of both hormones. With Nobel comedy about an elderly man who imagines he he set," said Spiegel. laureate Dr. Rosalyn Yalow and Dr. Sol­ is seriously ill, on Mar. 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Masur Auditorium, Clinical Center, Aurbach's interest in research had been omon Berson, Aurbach and Potts were able Bldg. 10. kindled early on, during a summer between to develop a radioimmunoassay for PTH Revolving around the antics of the classical semesters in Dr. Roy Hertz's laborarory at that allowed them to define the factors con­ hypochondriac and his relationships with his NIH. Aurbach received his bachelor's trolling PTH secretion. These studies doctors and family, the play becomes a satir­ degree from the University of Virginia in showed that changes in blood calcium were ical treatment of patient and doctors alike. 1950 and his medical degree in 1954. the primary determinant of PTH secretion. Director Jim Robertson needs six male After completing an internship at the New In his most noteworthy experiments, England Medical Center Hospira! in Bosron Aurbach and his associate Dr. Lewis Chase actors, ages 20-65, and three female actresses, ages 20-50, for chis comedic farce. The per­ and a year of residency in medicine at clarified the mechanism of action of para­ formers will have great opportunities to Boston City Hospital, Aurbach began his thyroid hormone. Aurbach developed a develop some very interesting characters for formal research training under Dr. Edwin sensitive assay for cyclic AMP, which was this fun-packed show. B. Astwood's tutelage at Tufts Medical very difficult assay at that time, and this The NIH R&W Theatre Group is an School. allowed him to show that cyclic AMP acts tO ensemble of NIH employees and other com­ Coming to NIH in 1959 as a research as the second messenger for many actions of munity members who each year present a associate, Aurbach was named chief of the PTH in kidney and bone. Chase and musical revue and a dramatic production for section on mineral metabolism in the Mera­ Aurbach also published a classic paper on the benefit of the NIH Patient Emergency bolic Diseases Branch in 1965 and 8 years the molecular defect in pseudohypo­ Fund. The group also presents on-the-road later became chief of the branch. parathyroidism, a disease initially described productions of its shows. His peers regard his contributions to by Fuller Albright as a hormone-resistance endocrinology as monumental. While in disorder. They showed that the defect was For further information call Robertson, Astwood's laboratory, Aurbach succeeded in in the PTH receptor-adenylate cyclase (301) 589-8762. 0 isolating and purifying parathyroid hor­ complex. mone (PTH). Secreted by the parathyroid Aurbach's accomplishments were well glands, PTH plays a vital role in vitamin recognized not only among his peers, bur D metabolism and bone health. This also by the National Academy of Sciences, Hypertensives Needed accomplishment made possible numerous to which he was elected in 1986. He was The NINDS needs hypertensives ages 18-5 5 related basic and clinical studies that also honored with the Gairdner Foundation for a study about the relationship between die­ followed. International Award in 1983 and named tary salt intake and high blood pressure. For While at NIH, in collaboration with Dr. Centennial Distinguished Alumnus by the information call Ms. Folio, 496-3244, or Dr. John Potts, Jr. and others, Aurbach began University of Virginia in 1988. Wolfovitz, 496-2103. D page II lreRecord February 4, 1992

(I; TRAINING TIPS Vydelingum Joins DRG as SRA The NIH Training Center, Division of Per­ Dr. Nadarajen A. Vydelingum, from the sonnel Management, offers the following Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and hands-on IBM and Macintosh computer train­ the Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied ing courses: Diseases in New York City, is the new scien­ Course Titles Starting Dates tific review administrator of special study Personal Computing Training 496-6211 section 8 in DRG's Referral and Review Welcome to Macintosh 2/26, 3/5, 3/23 Branch. Advanced Macintosh Techniques 3/19 Before coming to NIH, Vydelingum was Intro co WordPerfect 2.0 (Mac) 3/24 Transition co WordPerfect 2.0 (upon request) director of research and administrator in the Intro co Microsoft Word (Mac) 2/11 laboratory for surgical and metabolic research, Excel Level I 2/12, 3/9 department of surgery, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Excel Level 2 3/25 Center, since 1986. FoxBASE-Level 1 (Mac) (upon request) FoxBASE-Level 2 (Mac) (upon request) A native of Mauritius, he attended the Uni­ MacDraw PRO 3/3 versity of London, receiving his B.Sc. with DelraGraph 3/4 honors in 1972 from Birkbeck College, his Aldus Pagemaker 2/27 M.Sc. in 1974, from Chelsea College, and his MORE 3/6 Ph.D. in 1979, from St. Mary's Medical 3Com PC Network-Level I 2/10, 3/20 Dr. Nadarajen A. Vydelingum 3Com PC Network-Level 2 2/24 School. In 1977, he came to the United 3Com PC Network Management-Level I 3/30 States, where he did postdoctoral work in Association, and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cen­ Intro co Personal Computing endocrinology in the department of medicine ter. He has served as a peer reviewer for for New U sets 2/19, 3/18 at the Medical College of Wisconsin, several review committees, and ad Introduction ro DOS 2/25, 3/13 scientific Introduction co Windows 3.0 2/27, 3/27 Milwaukee. hoc reviewer for such publications as Journal of Introduction ro WordPerfect 5. 2/18, 3/4 During the completion of his postdoctoral Biological Chemistry, American journal of Physiol­ WordPerfect 5.1 - Advanced Topics 3/24 work, he joined the department of medicine ogy and Proceedings of the National Academy of Introduction ro Paradox 3/9 and pharmacology as instructor, progressing to Sciences. Intermediate Paradox 3/10 assistant professor. In Milwaukee, he also held He has written and published more than 60 Introduction ro dBASE IJJ+ 3/3 dBASE III+ - Advanced Topics 2/24 hospital appointments at the Milwaukee reports as full papers in peer-reviewed journals dBASE Ill+ - Programming 3/23 County Medical Complex and the Froedcert and as abstracts that include research findings Intro co Lotus 1-2-3, Rel. 2.2 3/16 Memorial Lutheran Hospital. In 1986, he in the areas of cancer, diabetes, aging, metab­ Lotus 1-2-3, Rel. 2.2 - Adv. Tops. 2/19 changed his line of research from diabetes to olism, molecular biology, and endocrinology. Intermediate Symphony 3/12 IMPACT System for Personnel Staff 2/13, 3/10 cancer, joining attending staff of Sloan­ He is a member of several national and inter­ IMPACT System for MSCs 2/27 Kettering Cancer Center. national scientific and medical societies. He IMPACT System for Administrative Staff 3/19 Vydelingum has received research grant has been cited in Who's Who in the Midwest, IMPACT System for Professional Staff (upon request) support from NIDDK and NCRR, the Ameri­ and Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Introduction ro CRISP 2/25, 3/20 Vydelingum has lived and worked on three Advanced CRISP 3/20 can Diabetes Association, the American Heart continents. He is an active member of the Unitarian Universalise Association. Other non­ academic activities include presidency of the India Music Society of Milwaukee, and the collection and playing of exotic drums from around the world. D p Computer Training Classes Classes Dates Intermediate PC-DOS 2/5, 2/7 Editing with Emacs 2/5 Introduction to PC Mainframe Communicacion with Kermit 2/6 Analyze Workshop 2/10, 2/11, 2/12, 2/14 Getting Started with DB2 2/12-14 SPSS Tables 2/13-14 Introduction co !SPF/PDF 2/18 Concepts in Object-Oriented Programming 2/18 Mainframe Services at NIH 2/19 DB2: SQL and QMF Selected Topics 2/19-21 Orientation ro Running SAS on the Mainframe 2/24 SAS Fundamentals I for Non-Programmers 2/25-26 MATLAB 2/25 In a ceremony organized by NIAID, Dr. Franklin Neva (seated, r) of the institute's Laboratory of Object-Oriented Programming with C+ + 2/25 ENTER BBS 2/26 Parasitic Diseases (LPD) and Dr. Boubacar Cisse (seated, l), vice rector of the National School of Medicine Analysis of Ligand Binding Data Using of Mali, formalize an ongoing relationship between their institutions. The Malaria Research and Training the LIGAND Program 2/26 Center, which is administered by the school of medicine, symbolizes the cooperation between NIAID and the Convex Questions and Answers 2/27 West African republic's medical community. LP D's Dr. Robert Gwadz (standing, r) is coordinator of the Classes are offered by DCRT's Computer project. Dr. Yeya Tourey ( c), professor of parasitology, heads the malaria center. Also present is Dr. Louis Center Training Unit, without charge. Call Miller (l), chief of NIA/D's newly established Laboratory of Malaria Research. 496-2339 for more information. D page 12 TheRecord February 4, 1992

NIH, ADAMHA To Assist Disabled Scientists, Students Two Public Health Service agencies are beginning a funding program that should sub­ stantially increase the opportunities for individuals with disabilities to help conduct biomedical research. NIH and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration will consider requests from existing grantee scientists for supplemental money. These funds would sup­ port selected high school students, college students, graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and certain faculty members-all of whom have disabilities, but are otherwise qualified to assist in the ongoing research. The individuals chosen need to demonstrate The extramural associates board recently held its first meeting under the leadership of its new chair, Dr. an interest in and the capability (with reason­ William Branche (second from r), a DRG scientific review administrator. On hand were (from l) Dr. Percy able accommodation for their disability) of Thomas, director, Extramural Associates Program; Dr. Milton Hernandez, vice chair; Dr. John Diggs, entering a biomedical research career after NIH deputy director for extramural research; and Dr. George Galasso, NIH associate director for receiving appropriate experience and training. extramural affairs. Under this new program, current NIH and ADAMHA grantee scientists who themselves Sickle Cell Volunteers Sought lmmunomicroscopy Conference Set become disabled may apply for supplemental funds to permit their own accommodation to NIDDK seeks individuals 18 years and A symposium entitled "International Con­ the research environment. older with sickle cell disease for neuro­ ference on Current Trends in lmmunomicros­ The ptogram, "Research Supplements to psychological assessment (CAT, PET, motor copy," will be held May 28-31 at George Promote the Recruitment of Individuals with skills tests, etc.). Individuals must have no Washington University. It is designed for Disabilities into Biomedical Research Careers," prior history of strokes, seizures, or head clinicians, pathologists and research scientists uses the definition of disability derived from trauma and must be ab!� co withstand a who require extensive training or review in the Americans with Disabilities Act. This medication-free period. Volunteers must cur­ immunohistochemiscry, immunocytochemistry includes anyone who has a physical or mental rently be under the care of a physician. and in situ hybridization. For more informa­ impairment that substantially limits one or Transportation costs will be provided. For tion, contact Dr. Fred Lightfoot, (202) more major life activities. In addition, candi­ more information, call Cindy, 402-3087. D 994-2881. 0 dates muse be U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or people who have been admitted co the U.S. as permanent residents. D

More Purses, Wallets Stolen

There has been a large increase in purses and wallets reported stolen from NIH staff. During the 6-month period, June through November 1991, there were 83 reported per­ sonal property thefts, according co Jim Sweat, director, Division of Security Operations. "While the majority of these, 43, happened in the Clinical Center, the remaining were spread throughout the reservation. All thefts accounted for a loss total of $8, 164," Sweat stated. "The sad thing," he says, "is that 93 percent of these thefts could have been pre­ vented by the individual taking simple precautions such as properly placing their cash or wallet in a locked area." To obtain keys for desk drawers or cabinets, submit a Key/Lock Work Request (NIH 2138) through your administrative office. If desks or cabinets are not equipped with locks, contact the Crime Prevention Branch, 496-9818, for additional information on secur­ ing your belongings. D U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1992-281-82�/60010