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Sukhishvili invited to serve on NIH's Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section

Stevens professor's participation will support national biomedical research efforts

Grant and Award Announcement

Stevens Institute of Technology

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Svetlana Sukhishvili, Associate Professor in Stevens Institute of Technology’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology department, has been invited to serve on the Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review. Sukhishvili’s two-year term on this National Institutes of Health (NIH) committee will run from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2009.

Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors.

Membership on a study section represents a major commitment of professional time and energy as well as a unique opportunity to contribute to the national biomedical research effort. Study sections review grant applications submitted to the NIH, make recommendations on these applications to the appropriate NIH national advisory council or board and survey the status of research in their fields of science. These functions are of great value to medical and allied research in the US.

“I am confident that Professor Sukhishvili will be an asset to the National Institute of Health in assuring the quality of its peer review process,” said George P. Korfiatis, Provost and University Vice President at Stevens. “Svetlana’s colleagues and I congratulate her on being selected to participate in the Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section.”

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About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value. Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 1,850 undergraduate and 2,980 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time faculty of 140. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu. For the latest news about Stevens, please visit www.StevensNewsService.com.


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