Name: Meredith Mason Garcia
Present Position: Associate Professor
Organization: Tulane University School of Medicine
Address: Tulane University School of Medicine
1430 Tulane Avenue SL-59
New Orleans, LA 70112-2699
Telephone: 504-588-5769
FAX: 504-582-7846
E-mail: mgarcia@ tulane.edu
Chapter Affiliation: Tulane University
Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Tulane University Chapter: Member, 1987-present; Secretary, 1995-97; President-Elect, 1997-98; President, 1998-2000. Sigma Xi, Society: Member, Committee on Qualifications and Membership, 1997-present; Member, Southeastern Region Nominating Committee, 1999-2000; Member, Research and Doctoral Universities Constituency Group Nominating Committee, 1999-2000; Panelist, Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities for Serving the Needs of Members, 1997 Annual Meeting; Panelist, Workshop of Managing a Successful Sigma Xi Chapter, 1999 Annual Meeting. Other: Society for Neuroscience, Greater New Orleans Chapter: President-Elect, 1991-92; President, 1992-93. Association for Research in Otolaryngology: Member, Committee on Animal Use, 1997-present. NIH/Nat. Inst. on General Medical Sciences: Member, Minority Biomedical Research Support Review Panel, 1997-2000
Biographical Information: Neuropharmacologist. BS in Biology, St. Mary's Dominican College, 1984; Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Tulane University, 1990. Postdoctoral fellow in molecular neurobiology, Tulane Medical School, 1990-91. Tulane Medical School: Instructor in Anatomy, 1991-93; Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Pharmacology, 1993-98; Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Anatomy and Pharmacology, 1998-present; Member, Faculty of the Neuroscience Program, 1991-present; Member, Faculty of the Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1994-present. Contributed articles to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1985, 1986, 1988. Recipient of a predoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation, 1987-90. Recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship in Pharmacology-Morphology from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturer's Association, 1990-92. Recipient of an individual postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health/NIDA, 1991-93. Recipient of the Sigma Xi Gold Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research [New Orleans Chapter], 1983. Recipient of the William G. Carey Science Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1990. Member of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, American Association of Anatomists, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, International Brain Research Organization, Society for Neuroscience, Sigma Xi.
Additional Comments: I have been active in Sigma Xi at both the chapter and national levels for the past several years. My goal as a member of the Committee on Nominations is to increase the participation of younger members of Sigma Xi in activities at the national level.
Recommended by: Southeast Regional Nominating Committee
Name: Juarine Stewart
Present Position: Professor, Biological Sciences
Organization: Clark Atlanta University
Address: 223 James P. Brawley Drive
Research Ctr for Science and Tech
Room 4017
Atlanta, GA 30314
USA
Telephone: 404-880-6764
FAX: 404-880-6756
E-mail: jstewart@cau.edu
Chapter Affiliation: Atlanta University Center
Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Member, Sigma Xi Committee on Programs, 1998 - present.
Biographical Information: Professor of Biology, Clark Atlanta Univ, & Director of Research Center in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program 2000- ; Coordinator, Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program, Clark Atlanta Univ, Oct 99-. Educ: Knoxville College, Knoxville, TN (B.S. Chemistry), 73; Univ of TN-Oak Ridge, Knoxville, TN (Ph.D., Biochemistry), 78. Res & Prof Exp: Aug. 98 - May 99, Int Chair, Dept Biol Sciences, Clark Atlanta Univ; Jan. 97 - Dec. 97, Visit Prof, Dept of Biochem, Emory Univ Sch Med (Sabb Leave); 92 - 96, Chair, Dept Biol Sci, Clark Atlanta Univ; 88 - 90, Dir Nat Res Ser Awds (NRSA) Grad Fell Prog; 87 - 88, Assoc Prof Biol, Atlanta Univ and Associate Director of RCMI; 85 - 88; Associate Professor of Biology, Clark Atlanta Univ, & Director of Research Center in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program , 1988-2000 ; Inst Biochem, Dept of Biol, Morehouse Coll; 81 - 87, Asst Prof Dept Biology, Atlanta Univ. Fac Res Participant, Argonne National Laboratory, Biomed Sci Div, (Summer, 1983, 1984). Inst, Dept Biol, Atlanta Univ, Atlanta, GA, 1980 - 81. Asst to Dean Grad Studies, Univ Tennessee, Knoxville, 1978 - 79. Prof Societies : AAAS, NY Acad Sci, Am Soc Biochem & Mol Biol, Sigma Xi. Prof Act: Reviewer, Toxicol & App Pharmacol, 1988; Member, NCRR/RCMI Rev Panel, 1990; Member, NSF Grad Fell Rev Panel, 1991; Member, NIGMS/MARC Rev Subcomt, 1992 - Present; Member, Visit Comt, Commission on Coll, Southern Assoc of Coll and Schls, March, 1995; May, 1996.
Recommended by: Southeast Regional Nominating Committee
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