March 10. 1987 Vol XXXIX No. 5 U.S. Department of Health and I luman Services
Na1ional lnstirntes of Health e Recori
Scholars Weekend Unites Past, Marth is National Social Work Mo11Jh Present and Future of NIH Four Kinds of Social Work
10 "l think a research career might be more In what may turn out be the most mean By Rich McManus ingful celebration of NI H's 100th year, the fun than writing," she said, her eyes dazzled by a fluorescence-activated cell sorter. Her past, present and future of rhe insriturion There exists a species of man that regards embraced during the Centennial Scholars and chaperone and English teacher, Frances Mc "social work" as chat class of behavior best Teachers Weekend Program, held Feb. 28- Carty, looked at the shape of a graph appearing suited co the barroom; such a creature is inher on one of the oscilloscopes attached to the Mar. 3 for 56 high school students from all ently uneducable and is advised co tread no U.S. scares and rerrirories. soccer and commenced, " le looks sort of like further into this story celebrating National So A gala luncheon in the Visitor Information a Ch rise mas tree, all lit up." cial Work Month. Judging from the reactions of the students, Center on rhe program·s third day brought It is to that other audience composed of the program was almost as exciting as each of rhe elements together. Representing sensitive, caring and broad-minded people- a distinguished past were 14 obel laureates, Christmas. in short, readers of the Record- that this article "The whole day has been exciting," said each of whom sac ar cables with the students. is directed. Dr. Robert Windom, assistant secretary for De La Cruz. "The speakers, Dr. Sabin and Social work has as many definitions as there Dr. Watson, were really dynamic. They moti health, DHHS, fondly labeled these students, are people who practice the art . The four Clini vated us and renewed our confidence in our who may find futures ar NIH, "the great cal Center professionals profiled below, grandchildren of NIH." selves." however, share one important quality-an Speaking after the luncheon in the VIC Perhaps most compelling to the students, uncommon breadth of experience. were Dr. Albert Sabin, discoverer of the oral who were accompanied by teachers from their Unlike some of the older, more exalted pro schools, were representatives of NIH 's present: polio vaccine, and Dr. James Watson, who fessions, such as medicine, music, or literature, with Dr. Francis Crick discovered DNA, the 4 unusually capable and articulate young inves where an early and exclusive dedication is tigators gave short presentations in Masur building block of life. prized, social work opens its arms co the unvar In remarks chat were by rums humorous, Audicorium afrer lunch Mar. 2, following nished novice. It is no liability in social work which rhe students visited laboracories in the impassioned and eloquent, Sabin challenged co be an alumnus of one or more different the youngsters to do their best co recreate para company of near-peers-medical students from careers. What matters most is a knack, nor dise on earth by eradicating disease. He also the Howard Hughes Medical Insticure. so common as one might think, for under Bonna De I.a Cruz, a 17-year-old high school warned chat all diseases combined represent less standing people; this rrait is buttressed by the senior from Starkville, Miss., went into an of a chreat to mankind than the possibility fact chat all CC social workers have a masters NCI immunology lab intending ro be a science of nuclear war. degree from a graduate school of social work writer. When she emerged a half hour lacer, "The two superpowers must learn coopera- and a state license to practice. she announced a career change. ( See SCHOLARS. Page4J Don Rooney's fim professional training in human relations was conducted at arm's length. Arms as in weapons, that is. The length in question spanned the barrel of a can non, the unsubtle appendage by which a rank commander in the U.S. Army exercises moral suasion. Ask about his service in Korea and Rooney's cwo-word response--"Pretty horren dous"- fills volumes; the expression on his face cancels all need co inquire further. "I really needed to talk co people," afcer being discharged, he said. "It took me a couple of years co resolve the agitation, anger and bafflement." Rooney credits the help he gained through counseling with putting him on the path to ward social work. But the path was arduous. After the Army he went co American Univer sity, majoring in English with a view toward joining the ranks of Washington's ever-bur geoning corps of lawyers. "I was living in McLean Gardens, which was little more than a collection of dormitories back then," he recalls. "There were lawyers all over the place. It began co appear chat law was not chat creative an enterprise." After graduating from AU, he studied for ChriJtine Sendaydiego of Indiana, one of56 NIH Centennial Scholars, en1oys a talk with Nobel priu winner Paul Berg ofStanford University. The scholar! 1pent 4 days in Washington, mating their rtpresmtativtS a masters in divinity (the first of three masters 011 Capitol Hill and being feted at NIH and the National Academy ofSrimces . (See SOCIAL WORK, Pagt 8) page 2 ~Record March 10, 1987
And DES Said, 'Let There Be Jarvis Moves To Head Light, and There was Light' Special Projects; Barkley
One hundred and cwency-chree pose-cop Leaves DS for DES lights are c1,1rrently being installed along walk by Joyce McCarthy ways chroughouc che NIH campus in areas designated dark and undcrlighted. Two major changes in program leadership Underground excavation and post foundation within the Office of Research Services became work has begun along che pathway crossing effective Mar. 9. in from of the National Library of Medicine Paul Jarvis has relinquished his position and along the sidewalk running parallel to as director of the Division of Engineering Serv Rockville Pike. Within the next month, poses ices to become full-time manager of several will be placed in che holes. The workers, who special projects concerning NIH. Dr. Emmett are moving across campus cowards Bldg. 31, Barklei• will move from his position as director hope co be finished by June. of che Division of Safety co become direcror Franklin Jackson, project officer for "Im of the Division of Engineering Services. prove Sire Lighting: NIH Reservation," from Jarvis' cop priority in his new job will be the Design and Conscrucrion Branch, DES, developing derailed plans and program require said, "We're moving in four quadrants. The ments for a proposed Consolidated Office Building (COB), a structure chat would allow 3,000 NIH employees co relocate to chis campus from a variety of area rental buildings. Although the COB is not yet fully approved for construction, Jarvis will be conraccing each institute and division regarding derailed plans for the building. Albert HenderJon positions himself at treetop level He will oversee interactions with GSA, in an elevated bucket from which he trimmed trees in the National Capital Planning Commission front of the National Library of Medicine remuly. and ocher governmental bodies; he will explore This thinning of excess growth anticipates the lush with the Montgomery County transportation bloJJ0111J coming in Jpring. department prospects for handling traffic and parking, and will coordinate development of the COB with NIH's new master plan and environmental assessment. In addition to these responsibilities, Jarvis will provide planning for long-range development of new utility sys tems and major alterations within the Clinical Center. The NIH Record Barkley will move from his position as direc No, that'J not a groundhog tunnel that'J been dug Published biweekly ar Bethesda, Md., by 1he Edi1oriaJ Op
Chlamydia Epidemic Widens in U.S. Dr. Fields Presents Dyer Lecture, Mar. 11 By Rich McManus Dr. Bernard Fields, an internationally recog If you think of the American public's capac lungs, these infants may develop conjunctivitis nized virologist ar Harvard University, will ity for retaining information on sexually or pneumonia. deliver the upcoming NIH Dyer Lecture, ti cransmined diseases as a 90-minute audio cas Quinn estimated that $1. 2 billion is spent tled, "Molecular Basis of Viral Virulence." sette rape, then AIDS probably occupies all each year on chlamydia-caused fallopian cube The lecture will be given at 8: 15 p.m. on but rhe last five minutes. Bue buried in char infections. Though the exact incidence of Wednesday, Mar. 11, in Masur Auditorium. postlude is an annoying and potentially chlamydia is not known, recent studies provoke Fields' research has brought important new dangerous bacterial infection affecting an esti concern. One in three pregnant teenage insights co the science of viral pathogenesis mated 5 million Americans each year. women examined at a sexually transmitted The infection is Chlamydia trachomatis. diseases clinic in Baltimore showed evidence Known simply as chlamydia, this disease can of chlamydia infection, Quinn noted. cause infertility in women if left uncreated. "Four ro 10 percent of all pregnant women Ironically, at the same rime that incidence of in the U.S. may have chlamydial infections, chlamydia is running rampant, it is relatively though the percentage is probably higher simple ro treat with antibiotics if diagnosed among inner-city populations," he reported. early. "Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most There are more than 25 sexually transmitted pervasive organisms causing sexually transmit diseases (STDs) currently known. AJDS is ted disease coday," said Dr. Thomas C. Quinn probably the most notorious, but chlamydia of NIAJD's Laboratory of Immunoregulation. is gaining attention every day as it shows up Speaking at a recenr, and crowded, session more frequently in heterosexuals. Quinn em of Clinical Center Grand Rounds, Quinn phasized the importance of early diagnosis taught a shore course on the nature and extent and urged that high-risk individuals be of the chlamydia epidemic in rhe United screened for chlamydia! infection. The most States. accurate diagnostic rests cake only 30 minutes. Caused by a bacterium with a complex life Ocher major STDs include gonorrhea, which cycle, chlamydia usually announces itself in affects a reported 1- 1.4 million Americans men by an inflammation of the urethra.. In each year (though 2 million cases are suspected Dr. Bernard Fields, a Harvard University virolo women, symptoms may include cervicitis, an annually), and genital herpes, which affects giJt, will deliver the NIH Dyer Lecture 011 Wednes inflamed cervix. However, the disease is often 200,000 ro 1 million people in this country day, Mar. 11 in the Clinical CentliY's Masur asymptomatic in both men and women (and every year. Auditorium. therefore treacherous for their sex partners, who In response to questions from the audience, at the molecular level. Much of his research may unwittingly acquire the disease.) Quinn said chat "contact tracing"- the practice has focused on the reovirus (an acronym for Chlamydia in women may also cause sal of tracking down the sex partners of respiracory and emeric orphan virus), which pingicis, an infection of the fallopian rubes chlamydia-infected individuals- would be he recognized as a valuable model virus system. chat causes an estimated 150--200,000 cases useful. Asked why chlamydia is not a disease lt is a double-stranded RNA virus with a seg of infertility every year. chat must be reported co the Centers for mented genome. Fields has been able co Further casualties of chlamydia include chil Disease Control every time it is diagnosed, identify specific genes of rhe reovirus and to dren born to women whose birch canals are he explained that ocher STDs, notably AIDS, show their involvement in virus/host interac infected. Primarily affected in the eyes or take priority. D tions. He has also developed new ways to study viral receptors and che spread of virus within Conference Call 'Field Trip' Chamber Orchestra Presents the host. This work is likely ro have a powerful Concert, Mar. 22 in Masur impact on further studies, especially in viral School field trips don't always require a persistence and latency, chronic neurologic dis bus load of young people arriving at the steps The NIH R&W Chamber Orchestra, con eases, and specificity and regulation of the of NIH. Scone Ridge Country Day School, ducted by Vladimir Svoysky, will present its immune system. As numerous pathogenic an NIH neighbor, arranged a telephone inter next concert on Sunday, Mar. 22, at 7:30 p.m. mechanisms come ro light, it becomes very view/conference call for cwo 8th grade students in Masur Audirorium. evident why viruses are particularly virulent studying epilepsy and Dr. Roger Porter, chief The program will feature music by J. S. organisms. 0 of the Medical Neurology Branch, NINCDS. Bach, Telemann, Corelli, Janacek, and Sara The students were studying disabilities and sace. Flute soloist in the Bach suite for flute decided to focus their research on epilepsy. and strings will be Wendy Barrett. The Bran Coffee Addicts Wanted The 20-minuce interview took place in one of denburg concerto No. S will highlight Hannah Persons consuming large amounts of caffeine the Scone Ridge offices. Each student ques Schoenbach, flute; Marca Slobowska, violin; (10 cups of coffee per day or more) are wanted tioned Porter as well as I isccned in on informa conductor Svoysky will play his harpsichord for a gradual withdrawal study under medical tion as he spoke to others. synthesizer. supervision by the National Institute of Mental Information obtained by the students will Tickets are $5; patients and children under Health. be used co educate ochers when they formally 12 will be admitted free. For further infor For further information, contact Dr. Thomas present their research at Stone Ridge. 0 mation call Dr. J. B. Wolff, 496-7070. D Mellman, 496-6825. 0 page 4 The Record March 10, 1987
SCHOLARS ( Contin11ed from Page J) cion, not confrontation ," he said. Echoing Sabin's plea for solutions rather t han swords was \XI atson, who called for a "heroic" effort by NIH to discover the entire human genome. Noting chat a campaign ro define the human genome would cost billions, Watson said, "What's a few billion dollars? Nowadays, $3 billion is just one lousy aircraft carrier." More than simply realizing the dream of meeting Nobelists, the students gleaned some thing of che personal icy of science during che weekend, which included trips to Capitol Hill Dr. Daniel Nathan, ( I), a Nobe/iJt from ] ohm (a breakfast with Sen. Ted Kennedy) and din Hopkim University, reviews program with teacher ner ac the National Academy of Sciences. There Chandra Sekeran ofSaipan. was the wizened, Biblical authority of Sabin co assimilate, and the brakeless enthusiasm of Dr. April Robins, an NIDDK investigacor Scholars RusseLL Leh,-er ofNew Jersey and whose discussion of endocycosis left her au Kirstin Gleason of New Hampshire enjo)'ed dience stunned with information. The larger, their p,·e-luncheori tour, of DCRT, humane goals of biomedical research were evi NLM and the CC. dent in che cone with which Warson scared chat, via science, ''We might be able co do mystery of ir. A bright and breezy synopsis of something about a disease like muscular dystro the role of iron in human metabolism was phy instead of just feel awful about ic" contributed by Dr. Richard Klausner of "You now know everything there is to know NICHD, one of che four young investigators about AIDS," quipped Dr. Joseph Rall, deputy who spoke Mar. 2. director for intramural research, after NIAJD Dr. Herbert Hauptman, a 1985 Nobel prize Director Anthony Fauci briefed the students on winner in chemistry, had chis co say about che latest AIDS information. Rall had earlier che visiring scholars: "Great! I wish they had assured che audience chat Fauci was indeed as done something like chis for me when l was bright as he is said to appear on television. coming up." Dr. Candace Pere, an NIMH pharmacolo Dr. Charles Huggins, winner of the 1966 Nobelist James WatJon ca11tioned the scholars that gist, excited her audience by announcing chat Nobel prize in medicine, made a scholar's they may event11ally have to "take that big step- half che fun of research is pursuing the utter wish come true when he met Brad Tople of tell your teacherr they don 't know what's up." South Dakota. Tople had announced earlier, "I am pretty enchusiascic about meeting the Nobel prize winners and getting ideas." Illuminanda Reyes Bermudes, a sophomore from che Commonwealth of che Northern Mar-
''NIH is a very powerful place . . . " - Page Sebring, N. Mex.
iana Islands, was chosen to come to NIH by the governor and the superintendent of her school. "I was very excited about coming be cause I am i ntcresced in biomedical re search, "she said. Chandra Sekeran, chairman of the science department ac her school , accom panied her on the trip. Page Sebring of New Mexico was here as a scholar but also participated in the Westing house Science Talent Search finals caking place Scholar Glenn Berry of Maine li.stens to advice of Dr. Joshua Lederberg, N obel p,-ize winner and president ar the same time. Disappointed about having ofRockefeller Univmity. to split her time, she said, "NIH is a very page 5 The Record March 10, 1987
NIH. I've never been to D.C before, so we saw the sights and then attended the awards presenracion at the NAS. Ir's been quite an opportunity." Netini Sauni is a science teacher from Leone High School in Pago Pago, American Samoa. She teaches biology and chemistry to junior and senior students, and is also science chairperson for the island's public school system. This is her third visit to Washington, D.C., but her first to NIH. "There's not been enough rime co do every thing I wanted co do. 1 could have spent my entire time here at NIH. I'm very interested in Brad Tople ( I) of South Dakota realized a dream cancer research and kidney disease," she said. when he met Dr. Charles Huggins, who won a Sauni was back in American Samoa by last Fri Nobel prize in 1966. day so that she could judge projects submitted by 656 students in an annual science lair con test. During their NIH tour on Mar. 2, Aguigui and Sauni first visited the Clinical Pathology Department in the Clinical Center. The tour was conducted by Tom Byrd, assistant chief, who explained chat Clin Path is a foocball powerful place and I would like co have seen field-sized open-format laboratory chat was de more. signed 5 years ago. The laboratory handles Russell Lehrer of New Jersey and Kristin all clinical chemistry, hematology, and many Gleason of New Hampshire were excited about ocher types of testing for the 400 in-house · their cour through che Division of Computer patients at the CC. Research and Technology and a talk given by The scholars learned chat Clin Path performs Richard Feldman ofDCRT . 12,000 cescs per day, 24 hours a day, 7 days "The molecular graphics used by Mr. Feld a week. Ftom there, the group departed for man were terrific," said Gleason. "He gave visits co the National Library of Medicine and me a peptide co practice with." the Division of Computer Research and Mehmec Guler of Illinois was excited about Technology.-Joyce McCarthy 0 Page Sebring ( 1) ofNew Mexico, shown with seeing research in ,action ac NIH and meeting teacher Julianne Green, was both a Centennial Nobelists. "This trip has opened my mind," he Scholar and a finalist i11 the Westinghouse Sciem:e said. Guler, who wants co be a molecular biol Talent Search. ogist, would like to study at NIH chis sum mer. Dr. Windom ofDHHS invited the scholars co return tO N[H for the sesquicentennial cele bration in '.:>O years. Of the current occasion,' he noted, "Each of you can add three points co your IQ after today's presentations, simply by osmosis."-By Anne Barber and Rich McManus 0
Overseas Delegations Enjoy NIH Visit
Ignacio C. Aguigui, 16, a senior at lnarajan High School who traveled 10,000 miks from Guam, received his NIH Cencennial Scholars Award ac a presentation held Mar. I at the National Academy of Sciences. After his NlH visit, Aguigui was to visit the Ease Coast looking ac colleges in Baltimore and Massachusetts. "I hope co go co school in Baltimore," he said. "1 wane co major in molecular biology. !e's been great visiting Nobelist Renato Dulbecco of The Salk Imtitute makes a point with a scholar. page 6 The Record March 10, 1987
Senator Edward Kennedy ( O-Man.) addremd the scholars al a breakfast Mat·. 3 in the R11.Ssell Senate Office B11ildi11g.
Dr. Herbert Hauptman, a 1985 Nobel prize 1uim1er, enjoy1 the company ofan NIH Centennial Scholar.
Dr. ]11/iuJ Axelrod, who won a Nobel prize in I 970, co11verses with Ellen Ross, a teacher from Scarbqro11gh. Maine.
Sharing a la11gh at the Mar. 2 /11ncheon in the VIC were Chad Att!my of Minnesota and Or. Ed win O. Becker, NIH associate director /qr research services. page 7 The Record March 10, 191!7
Training Center Sets Film Festival Highlights National Nutrition Month New Stride Program A 4-day fi lm festival encirled "Eating Right films will be shown on each dare in che desig The NIH Training Center announces the To Your Heart's Delight," commemorates nated location. new Stride Program designed co meet NIH chis year's National Nutrition Month activities All "Nutrition Specials of rhe Day" will staffing needs while providing employees in ac NIH. be consistent with che Dietary Guidelines for nonprofessional job series an opportunity for ca This educational (bur unedible) film series Americans, posters of which will be featured reer change and pocencial advancement. was developed for a coronary heart disease pre in all N IH cafererias. Information on selected Stride combines on-the-job training, job vention trial supported by NHLBI. The films, nurriencs---<:alories, fat, cholesccrol , and so re lated academic courses, and selected shore co be shown the week of Mar. 16 in Bldg. dium-will be noted. training courses co prepare trainees for place 3 1 and che ACRF, offer practical methods of In addition, during che week of Mar. 16-20, ment in cargeced professional (rwo-grade series) food prepararion chat reduce coral fats, es che nutrition pamphlets avai lable from che positions ac the NIH. pecially sacurated fats and cholcsrerol, in order institutes will be available for employees co Term of the program is 3 years, depending co help reduce blood cholesterol levels and pick up ac GSJ cafeterias. The pamphlets focus upon rhe trainee's academic and work experi promoce good health. on the role of nutrition in such diseases as ence and requirements of che targeted position. So char employees may casce some of chem, cancer, coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, Four positions arc open for competitive selec main encrees prepared in rhe films will be hypertension, dental caries, and problems of tion, One trainee is prepared for each occupa featured in all NIH cafererias as "Nutrition the elderly. tion: computer specialise (2 positions), Specials of the Day." As nored below, cwo contracts specialise, and equal employment T ITLE DATE TIME PLACE specialise. The program is directed by the Technical "Low Fat Meat Preparation" 3/ 16 Noon- I p.m. Little Theater, ACRF Advisory Board, a group of senior managers se " Meadess Menus" 3/17 Bldg. 31, Conf. Rm. 8 lected by che NIH associate director for ad- " Meals in a Half Hour" 3/16 Noon-I p.m. Bldg. 31, Conf. Rm. 7 mi niscracion. Each year, the board identifies " Modifying Recipes co Control 3/17 Litcle Theater, ACRF occupations for training based on NIH staffing Saruraced Fat and Calories" projeccions. "New Ways wich Chicken" 3/ 19 Noon-1 p .m. Bldg. 3 l, Conf. Rm. 3 Costs of cuicion and materials are paid by "Seafood Special cies" 3/20 Lierle Theater, ACRF 0 che NIH Training Center Stride account. Incer esced employees muse meet all basic eligibility requirements to apply. If you are a GS--5 to GS--9 career employee Dr. Littleton Sails to Post as NIDR Deputy Director (or federal wage grade equivalent) with I year ar NIH, in a one-grade interval job series and Dr. Preston A. Litclecon , J r. , has been ap have a high school diploma, but not a bach pointed deputy direcror of che National In elor's deg ree you may be eligible co apply. stitute of Deneal Research. He has been at Complete elig ibility requirements will be dis N l DR since 1983, servi ng as special assiscanr cussed at scheduled information sessions. for research manpower and training and, mosr For more information, call the NIH Train recently, as assistant director for program oper ing Center, 496-637 1.0 ations. He is also an avid sailboat racer in his spare nme. "Dr. l.irrleton is a seasoned science admin iscraror, .. said NIDR D ireccor Harald loe. " He knows the working of government Dr. Arias Returns through a long and disting uished career in As FIC Scholar rhe Department of Health and Human Serv ices, at NIH and N IDR. H is contributions Dr. Irwin Arias, chairman of the deparrmenr co che programmatic and operational activities of physiology ac T ufts University in Boston of the den cal inscicuce have been parcicularly and a leading researcher in the fie ld of liver dis significant .·· ease and gastroenterology, has recumed to On joining N IDR, licclecon undertook Dr. PreJ/011 A . Li11/e1011, Jr .. is the 11ew deputy the NIH campus co resume his Fogarcy Inter a scudy co examine che problem of declining direc/(}1· ofN I DR. He is also an avid sailboat racer. nacional Center scholarship-in-residence. numbers of clinicians in oral health research. He has made major comriburions co che His findings Jed co development of the NIDR program in accordance wirh che plan; ic has understanding of bil irubin mecabolism, and Demise Scientist Award program, a 5-year mer with emhusiascic response from t he his discovery of Ligandin led ro the findings of program designed ro prepare demises for careers research community. ocher binding proteins in che liver. in research. Licclecon holds a D.D.S. degree from While ac NJH, Arias is associated with Litck con also directed a scudy ofNIDR's Georgetown University, where he also obtained N HLBI's Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, use of grant mechanisms, and developed a his undergraduate degree. He lacer studied where he will collaborate wich Dr. Robert plan for future use of grams co fund large-scale, ac the University of Iowa, where he earned an Adelstein. He will have an office in che Scone multidisciplinary research. NIDR recently M.S. in preventive and community dcnriscry House and can be reached ac 496-4161. 0 initiared the Research Cenrers in Oral Biology and a Ph.D. in education. D page 8 The Record March IO, 1987
SOCIAL WORK Rooney has only been a social worker for 10 years, having given up his cleric's robes in (Co11ti1111ed /mm Page 1) che mid 1970s. Social work is also the second degrees he would obtain) and was ordained career for his colleague Eugenie Hershaft, who a Methodist minister. doffed another kind of garment-the academic "1 was ncir happy as a parish minister," he gown-co join social work. said. "Peopie rend co look unrealistically on "A tendency to help people came out while the clergy. You can become a sore of pro I was teaching literature at Hofstra Univer fessional stranger." sity," she said. "I decided I really wanted co In addition to parish work in New York be a cherapisc." and Connecticut, Rooney served 8 years as Students came to Hershafc with their crou an Army chaplain, including rours of dury in bles--drugs, alcohol, simple (if there is such Vietnam and Thailand. Stationed in Texas a thing) growing up. Five years into her career in the lace 1960s, he found his calling when at Hofstra, she left reaching co pursue a masters the duties of his chaplaincy expanded to in degree in social work ac Catholic University. clude marriage and family counseling. Plenty "I trained as a psychiatric social worker," she said. Currently serving NIAlD patients on 11 West, Hershafr believes in tailoring her Lori Wiener services co the individual. "I work with AIDS patients, who automat ically face cwo crises-they are usually young setrle in chis country. and they face a life-threatening illness," she "Basically, people are the same all over the said. "We cake one day at a time." world in terms of needs and wanes," she said. Hershafc was born in Warsaw, Poland, and The possibility of a third career is currencly has lived in a variety of foreign countries, in beyond Hershaft's consideracion-'Tm coo cluding Israel. Originally a student of English, busy co chink about anything else just yet." she also speaks Russian, French, Hebrew, and Unlike either Hershafc or Rooney, who naturally, Polish. She obtained an undergradu came to social work as a second career, Lori ate degree in comparative literature from the Wiener knew she would be a social worker University of Maryland, and earned a mascers from her youth in New York. in Slavic and comp lie at Brown University. "I learned about health care ac a very young "For a hobby, I still teach English as a sec ond language co adults enrolled in Montgomery age," she said. "My mother organized an oc County adult education classes," she said. cupational therapy program ac a rehabilicacion center, so I knew about the field." Don Rooney Easing the passage of patients and students is one of Hershaft's calents. Several times a Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in social work, of marriages were collapsing in those years Wiener has a resume dense with achievement year she is called upon to translate for Clinical as servicemen returned from war. Center patients hailing from eastern European in her field: magna cum laude bachelor's degree "We were overwhelmed," he said. "Our in social work from the State University of countries. clients wanted long-term counseling but we New York at Buffalo, a masters from NYU, "I also hold workshops on culture shock could provide liccle more chan crisis interven for the Fogarty Internacional Center," she said. and broad experience with a wide variety of tion. clients and settings, from disturbed adolescents Drawing on her own experience as an immi Today Rooney is a clinical social worker in hospitals co che elderly in nursing homes. grant, Hcrshafc has helped Russian refugees re- in the CC, a pose he has held for more than While in New York she also found time for a 5 years. He was recruited from a PHS hospital private practice in her specialty, individual in Norfolk, where he ran a counseling program psychoanalytic psychotherapy. for alcoholics. Though assigned co NHLBJ's Perhaps her most important professional cardiology clinic, his greatest passion is for experience so far has involved AIDS patients. weekly group therapy he conducts for six cou The disease went by another namc--GRIDS ples involved in NIAAA treatment. If tank (gay-related immune deficiency syndrome} triggers were dangerous, tempers in family when she first came across ic at Memorial therapy involving alcohol are almost as volatile. Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York . .. you never lee confrontation get out of "Because I was familiar and comfortable hand;· he said of the sessions, conducted here wich the gay community, and due to my clini for the past 3 years. "You never lee the bomb cal training, I was asked to develop a program explode." for AIDS patients ac Sloan-Kettering," she Therapy, he says, is an art. "le cakes years said. The Gay Men's Health Crisis in New co develop, but I'm good at it.·· A veteran York offered the Sloan-Kettering social work of 28 years of marriage, including 20 changes department a gram in 1984 to continue chis of residence, Rooney knows of whence he project. speaks. "Social workers can be a leading force in "When you hear someone say chat the last dealing with AIDS," she said. "We have the year of therapy was the best year of their life, unique training and skills necessary co help." it's satisfying," he said. Eugenie Hmhaft Wiener says the key co effective social work page 9 The Record March 10, 1987
is early intervention followed by a thorough for their child: "It is very important for their she senses char the time is ripe, she addresses assessment, identification of problems, mitiga peace of mind." parents' burdens of guile and denial, two com tion of che psychosocial impact of che disease, Equally important is helping families ad mon sequelae of childhood disease. and scaying with the patient through che course jusc--emocionally and socially-co the changes Schumann plans co work "indefinitely" at of che illness. brought abour in their lives as a result of a NIH. In her spare rime she enjoys films, con Currencly assigned to 13 West, home of child's illness. certs, gardening and reading. "I like classical NCI's pediatric branch, Wiener still provides - Since some NICHD studies are conducted music, jazz and some opera," she said. "My ap consultation in the community on AJDS; she on patients with rare disorders, Schumann preciation of music has been enlarged under has spoken and written about che care of AIDS and her co-workers make a special effort to che influence of my children." patients in a variety of forums both in che mitigate the aloneness these patients can feel. It is no exaggeration to say that the lives U.S. and abroad. "Awareness that they arc not all alone in the of most CC patients are enlarged by their con Lest one gain the impression that social world helps a great deal,'' she said. tact with NIH social workers. 0 work is more work than social, she asserts chat An inclination to help people was evident che profession "allows plenty of room for early in Schumann's life. A refugee from Sex Topic of Social Work Film creacivicy." A photographer in her leisure time Braunschweig, Germany, who fled co chis who has had shows in Manhattan and Connecci country at age 12 from the Nazis, Schumann The film, "When Sex Was Good, It Was cuc, Wiener emphasizes the importance of surmises that her experiences led her co have Very Very Good, When It Was Bad..... will compassion for chose who suffer. be shown Mar. 12 at l p.m. in the ACRF "I was always interested in what makes peo Amphitheater. ple tick," she continued. "My high school Presented by the Social Work Department, yearbook prognoscicaced that I would become CC, the film will be followed by a discussion a child psychiatrist. But chat involves a lengthy as part of a monthly program called "Life Cy education. Social work was more accessible." cles and Illness. " Future presentations in the Schumann became interested in social work series will be held Apr. 9 and May 7 ac 1 p.m. during her undergraduate studies in liberal in rhe ACRF Amphitheater. For further infor arcs at New York University, where she ma mation, contact Lorrie Cummings, jored in sociology. She lacer obtained a masters 496-4210. D degree in social work from the University of Chicago. While living in Chicago, where she spent several postgraduate years working for a private Ute During Wartime family service agency, Schumann met her hus band, a filmmaker. The two went co Los An Male veterans and nonveterans between geles where he pursued graduate studies at the ages of 33 and 47 are being sought for UCLA's film school; she taught UCLA social a study of Life experiences during the Vietnam work grad students in their field work. era. Participants may earn up co$ 100. Elizabeth Schumann For more information call Rebecca or Ann, In 1963, Schumann came co NIH when her husband's work prompted relocation co 295-3278 (department of medical psychology, creating a successful intervention. Washington. By chis cime she had cwo chil Uniformed Services University of the Health "There's no formula co people-each one dren--a son who would grow up co be a photo Sciences) or leave a message. 0 is an individual,"she said. journalist and a daughter who, like her father, Sometimes chose individuals arc pint-sized produces documentary films. and nor so good at expressing themselves ver "What I have appreciated at NIH has been How Sweet Is It? bally. For young CC patients, a special sore the freedom co develop an approach appropriate of social work is required, one that combines to my unit," she said. "Admissions on our Since the FDA approved aspartame ("Nutra clinical expertise with an unusual degree of unit are brief, often only 3 days at a time. Sweet") for use in soft drinks, there have been warmth and assurance. Providing this help for Rapid assessment is needed. " several reports of allergic reactions co it. 23 years at NIH has been Elizabeth Schumann, Because her patients are often quite young, A controlled study is currently under way a social worker for NICHD. Schumann spends most of her time with par to determine types of adverse reactions; volun teers are needed, as well as people who get "One important reason for being here is ents, allaying fears and listening to determine to help alleviate the stress felt by parents and how the family is coping with the illness. hives or ocher types of immediate allergic reac tions. patients who consent to participate in re "I listen ro their hopes and fears about what search," she said. She knows that many pa NIH can offer,'' she said. "Since I'm not pri If you are between the ages of 18 and 50, and are interested in participating in this tients arrive here with che fear chat they will marily in charge of the patient, parents may study, contact Dr. Margarita Garriga, NIAJD, be treated as a "guinea pig" or a mere number feel freer co express their concerns co me. They 496-8999. in an anonymous set of data. may cell me things they might be afraid co D "Parents need co know that concern for the tell a physician." well-being of their child precedes the needs What emerges from a brief conversation of research," she said. Schumann has seen much with Schumann is a sense of empathy and, per Hear Ye, Hear Ye good come out of research, including haps as important, an ability to put matters tteacmenc possibilities that did not exist before. in perspective. The 47th NIH Federal Credit Union Annual She also knows what it means to parents ro "I cry ro help parents gain a realistic expecta Meeting will be held Mar. 12 at noon in Con have sought the most advanced source of care tion of their kids," she said. Conversely, when ference Rm. 6, 6th floor, Bldg. 3 lC. D page 10 The Record March lO, 1987
Dr. George Burton Retires After 33 Years in PHS =TRAINING TIPS The NIH Training Center of the Division Dr. George Burton has been a statistician, of Personnel Management offers che following: a ropographer, a malariologist, an ento mologist, a parasitologist, an epidemiologist, Courses and Programs Daces a biology professor, a medical photographer, a soldier, a·sailor, and a portrait painter. Now Management and Supervi1qry 496-6371 after 33 years in the Public Health Service, Communicacion Issues &raregies 3/24-27 George Burton is retired. MBTIII 3/18-19 "I had a desire to keep seeing what else 4/22-23 there was to life. 1 spent most of my early pro Necwork:ing-Silcm Politics 4/2 fessional life traveling, changing jobs every Effiuive Presentation Skills 4/16-17 few years," said the 67-year-old scientist who Dealing With Daily Conflia 5/6-8 Managing Behavior in che Work served the last 12 years of his career as special Enviroomem 5/l3-l 5 assistant co the chief of NCI's Environmental Improving Managerial Effecti\'tllCSS 4/28 Epidemiology Branch and a total of 23 years Effi.-ctive Communication< 5/5-8 with NCI. M.anaging Stres., and Maximizing 5/19-21 Over the course of his career, Burton ac Effectiveoes.s of friends and admirers Dr. Burton received hiJ first paint Jet at 4 yearJ quired a collection Office Skills 496-6211 as vast as his experiences. Lase fall, more than and haJ nwer IOJt hiJ /we for art. Now that he 80 of them attended a farewell party to honor has retired, he hopl!J Jo have more lime to pursue thiJ Medical Terminology ll 4/7-6-11 the gentleman whose "enthusiasm toward life," hobby. Effini,.e English Workshop 416-7 and "strength of character" won him the love Hwnan Relacion,; Workshop 4/6-7 Undersranding and Managing &= 4/6-7 and respect of his colleagues at NIH. llctttr Office Skills Service 4/27-29 The most senior of all the scientists in che Burcon spent most of his early years on ac PHS Commissioned Corps, Burton is well tive duty overseas. During his first 10 years Spedal Programs 496-62 11 known throughout the NCI and the PHS for with the PHS, in the Division of International his knowledge and experience in epidemiology. Health, he served as an infectious disease epi Adult Education demiologist and medical entomologist in Libe Training and Development Continuous He is also recognized for his skills as an ad Services Program Availability ministrator and his expertise in contracts man ria, Nepal, India, and British Guiana. As a agement. As the primary developer and disease specialist in these third-world countries, SHARE TRAINING: An online catalog is avail coordinator of the Environmental Epidemiology he developed research programs and imple able by accessing WYLBUR. Enter SHARE Branch's contract-based research program, mented prevention and control programs for TRAINING. he is responsible for much of the program's diseases including malaria, yellow fever, First time users only, enter: success. filariasis (a disease caused by a parasitic worm), x fr &ags2ugL.@@share(setup) on file37 "I believe this epidemiology program is and onchocerciasis (blindness caused by a fly one of the biggest, best, and most dynamic borne worm). He used his skill in photography programs in the world; this has all come about to make three professional movies on since 1974 and has only been made possible onchocerciasis and filariasis, and to prepare because of epidemiologists' willingness co use many professional photographic exhibits on concraccors," said Dr. Richard Adamson, direc the same subject. All-Day Summer Camp tor of NCI's Division of Cancer Etiology. While overseas, the epidemiologist con For Kids June 22-Aug. 28 "This concept of using contractors was tracted many of the same diseases that he was unique co epidemiology at the time, but it working to control. Even life-threatening bouts An all-day summer camp at the Ayrlawn has become the basis.of ouc success. Quite with malaria, amebic dysentery, hookworm, building in Bethesda for children ages 3-12 is frankly, ir couldn't have happened without and unusual fungal diseases failed to diminish being offered by the Nettie Ottenberg Me George," Adamson said at the farewell party his enthusiasm for his work. morial Child Care Center, Inc. The camp will for the retiring scientist. "My attitude was if you were afraid of all operate from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday In commemoration of his days at NCI, the diseases you might get, then you shouldn't through Friday, June 22 co Aug. 28. guests at the party presented Burton with a go. I've managed to survive all of the adven The cost is $150 per child for the 2-week sackful of serious and humorous awards of tures in my life merely because I didn't worry session. appreciation. Among the surprises was his about them," he said. A $75 registration fee due Apr. 6 is required trusty 30-year-old typewriter-"gold In 1963, Burton became U.S. officer-in to hold the reservation for each child. paioted"- to keep as a trophy of the over 60 charge and epidemiologist of vector-borne Weekly field trips, swimming, a newspaper scientific articles an.d reports he wrote during diseases at NCI's research laboratory in Ghana. club, daily organized sports, picnics, films his career. In this position, he directed research on epi and many other activities taught by experi The grand prize, however, was a PHS Com demiology and control of onchocerciasis, ma enced professionals will be offered. All children missioned Officer's Citation Award honoring laria, yellow fever, and ocher diseases. He also will be expected co bring lunch. Breakfast, him for "33 years of sustained service as an in used his extensive field experience and labo beverages and afternoon snacks will be fectious and chronic disease epidemiologist ratory skills in entomology to gain a better un provided. and manager of an innovative contract program derstanding of viral carcinogenesis and disease For more information, call Anne Schmitz, of research into cancer etiology." rransmission. D 530-5550. 0 page 11 TheReconl March 10, 1987
Eleanor Maloney Retires, Ends Diverse Career Knadler Retires to 'Life of Leisure' Eleanor Maloney, secretary co the director of the National Library of Medicine for 13 Looking forward to a "life of leisure," Dolly years, recently retired after 33 years of govern Knadler retired recently from the National ment service. Her career in government and foscicutc of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. private industry has been exciting and varied, She served 35 years with che federal gov-· enabling her to combine her love of travel ernment, the lase 22 of which were spent with with her work as she pursued jobs across the NIAID. United States and in foreign countries. Knadler began her government career as Born and raised in Gaithersburg, Md., a stenographer with the Department of the Eleanor curtailed her original plans ro attend Treasury's Bureau of Public Debt, and finished college after winning a scholarship co the as secretary co Dr. John W. Diggs, director Washington School for Secretaries. Upon grad of the NIAID Extramural Activities Program uation from WSS, she joined a Washington, (EAP). D. C. law firm as a legal secretary, and for the She received awards for outstanding perform next 5 years worked with several prestigious ance in 1971 and in 1979 and was again hon law firms in D.C., New Orleans, and Phoenix, ored in 1985 with a cash award for continued Ariz. superior performance. Ms. Maloney looks forward in her retirement to In 1943 she began her federal career with At her recent retirement luncheon, Knadler working on her new condo, spending time with her the Tenth Regional War Labor Board in San was presented a plaque chat read, "This expres grandchild, making a return trip to Switzerland, Francisco, serving as executive secrecary to sion of deep appreciation is extended by the and perhaps again doing some part-time modeling , the appeals committee and private secretary Director, EAP, NWD, NIH, co Dolly co its chairman. In 1945 she joined the staff Knadler in recognition of sustained Ltnselfish of the U.S. Scace Department accepting a posi being excavated for what is now che Clinical service, consistent dedication to mission, and tion at the American embassy in Rio de Jan Center) she came co NIH as secretary co the substantial contributions to the scientific com eiro, Brazil, for 2 years, followed by a hardship budget and fiscal officer in Bldg. l. Marriage munity during her tenure as secretary co the post in Berlin. followed soon thereafter and she left NIH to Director, EAP, NIAJD." 0 While in Berlin she visited Switzerland begin raising a family . Four children and 9 and Czechoslovakia, the latter trip bringing years later she rerurned co work at the N acional a few surprises since it was 1 week before the Cancer lnscicuce as a secretary. Eleanor has Iron Curtain unexpectedly fell . Before return also held positions as secretary to che executive If Your ing to the U .S., she also visited Austria, officer, NCI; to che direccor of Office of Pro France, Italy and Spain. gram Planning and Evaluation, Office of the Returning home she pursued a dual career Surgeon General; co the director, National Clothing for severa] years, working as a secretary with Center for Heahh Services, R&D; and to che the National Aviation Trades Association and deputy direccor for science, NIH. Catches Fire attending the Southeastern University school Friends and family gathered recently at che of fashion modeling. Upon graduation she en FAES club to honor her and wish her happi gaged in television modeling and fashion ness in retirement. Maloney was presented with Stop runway work for exclusive Connecticut Ave. a memory book, a dozen long-stemmed roses, and ocher shops at the Raleigh and Statler and a money tree which, she happily an Drop Hotels. nounced, will give her enough to buy the type In March 1949 (while the foundation was writer she's wanted. D and Roll
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CRISP Course Offered The NIH R&W Golf League is gearing up for the start of a new season. This year's One-day training courses in the Division first event will be the annual Betty Sanders of Research Grant's Computer Retrieval of Open scheduled for Apr. 21 (rain date, Apr. Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) data 23), base will be offered on Apr. 2 l and June 10. A general meeting will be held on Apr. If interested, write co the Chief, Research 28, at 5 p.m., in Bldg. 29, Rm. 115. An in Documentation Section, Division of Research formation session is scheduled for Mar. 30 Granes, Westwood Bldg., Rm. 148, by COB from 11:30 a.m. co l p.m ., in Bldg. 29, Rm. Apr. 10 (for the Apr. I 6 session) and by June 5 121. (for the J une 10 session). Include name, ad lf interested in joining, call Karen Wright, Fire and Rescue Emergency dress, telephone and preferred session dace. 496-3424, or Toni Dunlap, 496-4961, for For additional information call 496-7543. 0 information. D Dial 116 page 12 The Record March JO, 1987
NCI and Giant Food Make All Welcome To Attend Diet Recommendations PEF Auction, Apr. 8 in VIC
Decrease your fat intake and increase your Just because you may not happen ro work fiber consumption to 20-30 grams a day (bur at the Clinical Center is no reason ro deprive no more than 3 5 ). This is the advice of the yourself of an opportunity ro participate in National Cancer Institute in announcing "Eat its third annual auction to benefit the Patient for Health," a 2-year consumer education pro Emergency Fund. gram on diet and cancer risk reduction. To Fast becoming a social and culinary affair, accomplish these goals, NCI encourages Ameri the auction features many interesting items cans co consume more fruits, vegetables, and ac atcraccively low cost. Already donated to the whole-grain breads and cereals and to eat less auction, robe held Apr. 8 in the Visiror In CFC keyworkers were honored for their hard work and diligence in meeting NIH's 100 percent dollar fat and fatty foods. formation Center, ACRF, are: Kennedy Center The program-conducted in cooperation tickets, Minolta camera equipment, rococilling goal and QVer 63 percent employee participation for 1987. Certificates ofappreciation to dep11ty coor with Giant Food, Inc., a regional supermarket services for a garden, 6 dozen chocolate chip chain-is designed co inform consumers about cookies, a golf package for cwo at Canaan Val dinators were pre1emed by Don Newman, 11nder nutrition, health promotion, and cancer risk ley Resort and dinner for two at the Anchor ucretr1ry, DHHS (r); Frank Marchand, CFC di reduction. It also will help test rhe effectiveness Inn. rector (/);and Dr. jameJ B. Wyngaarden, dire.ctor, of a supermarket nutrition education program. Savvy shoppers have gotten good deals in NIH. Dr. Wyngaarden accepted the CFC Merit A ward 011 behalf of NIH. A special award was pre According co Dr. Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., past auctions on such items as tickets co Bullets sented to Jack Patterson, executive officer, NIDR, NCI director, "This is an exciting project char and Capitals games at the Capital Centre, get enables NCI ro give shoppers important dietary away weekends at oceanfront condominiums for his support of the CFC campaign and its key information chat they can use at the very mo (condominia)) and even hi-fi equipment. workers. Each deputy coordinator pwemed key ment they choose their food. We hope chis in The PEF Auction, which last year netted workers with recognition certificates afterwards. novative approach will have a positive effect more than $3,500, comes in two pares. A on food-buying habits." live auction,.complece with gigasyllabic auc Odonna Matthews, vice president of con tioneer, begins at 12:30 p.m. and lasts a half sumer affairs, Giant Food, stated at a Mar. hour. A silent auction begins at 11 a.m. and 3 press conference char the program will be lasts uncil 2 p.m. Half the fun of the auction is implemented in 105 Washington area stores browsing over the tables laden with goods, with Baltimore area stores serving as a com entering your name as a bidder on items of in parison group. terest and then returning co see if you have NCI will conduce three comparison studies been trumped. to assess changes in consumer knowledge, Those who get hungry during the auction attitudes, and behavior. The primary message may choose from a menu that includes sub of rhe program will be that a growing body marine sandwiches, pizza, cookies, brownies of scientific evidence points to a link between and a tasty concoction called Dole whip. Doris diet and several common forms of cancer. Cur O'Brien, cl istrict manager of Guest Services rent knowledge on chis issue will be presented Inc., has graciously agreed to donate the food; so that consumers can make their own decisions all food profits benefit PEF. about changing eating and shopping behaviors Donations co the auction may be made any while in the score. 0 time during March by calling the R&W, 496-6061. Even if you can't think of anything Male Voices Needed to donate, plan on attending the auction. An unknown person has been leaving bouquets of Since 1953, the PEF has helped CC patients flowers at the s11me near NLM marking the Tree Male voices and sopranos are needed for wich marginal resources remain .at the hospital, of HippocrateJ. Any leads that may solve the myJlery the R&W Singers' Spring concert. Rehearsals and can help their loved ones coo. By helping of who is strewing flowers and why may be for are Monday evenings in Masur auditorium PEF, you help patiencs--Our invaluable col warded to the Record. from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For additional informa leagues in the conduce of biomedical re tion, call 496-2749 or 496-4832. 0 search. 0 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING orna 1987-181- 288160026
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