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1993.07.14 :  Fogarty International Center Advisory Board

Contact:  Jim Bryant (301) 496-2075
July 14, 1993

   The National Institutes of Health announced today that two new members have
joined the advisory board of the Fogarty International Center, the agency's
international arm.
   The new board members are Diana S. Natalicio, Ph.D., president of the
University of Texas at El Paso, and Robert H. Glew, Ph.D., chairman of the
department of biochemistry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine
in Albuquerque.
   "We are pleased that Drs. Natalicio and Glew have agreed to serve on our
advisory board," Philip E. Schambra, Ph.D., the center's director, said in
announcing the appointments.  "They possess specialized international
experience that will be valuable in guiding the Fogarty center in the years
ahead," he added.
   Both were appointed by then-HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., and will
serve under the current HHS Secretary, Donna E. Shalala.  Dr. Natalicio will
serve as one of three laymembers of the board; Dr. Glew will be one of nine
scientific members.
   Dr. Natalicio has extensive international experience i the areas of mental
health, psychology, language acquisition and bilingualism, and here
administrative experience involves the accreditation of non-US. institutions,
health science policy and resources for biomedical research.
   She received her bachelor's degree in Spanish from St. Louis university, a
master's degree in Portuguese and, in 1969, a doctorate in linguistics from
the University of Texas.  She was a Fullbright scholar in Brazil and later a
Gulbenkian Fellow in Portugal.  She joined the linguistics faculty of the
University of Texas at El Paso and later served as dean of liberal arts, vice
president for academic affairs, and interim president of the university before
being names its president in 1988.
   Dr. Glew has extensive international experience in biochemistry, nutrition
and metabolic diseases.  He received his bachelor's degree from the University
of Massachusetts and his master's from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology before receiving a doctorate in biochemistry in 1968 from the
University of California at Davis.
   He did postdoctoral work at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
in Baltimore before joining the department of chemistry at the University of
Louisville School of Medicine as an assistant professor.  He then joined the
department of biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh as associate
professor and later professor.
   Dr. Glew was a visiting associate professor at the University of Benin
Teaching hospital in Nigeria, and later was a visiting professor at the Usmanu
Danfodio College of Medicine at the University of Sokoto, Nigeria.  Since
1990, he has been chairman and professor at the School of Medicine's
department of biochemistry at the University of New Mexico.
   The FIC Advisory Board advises the center about how its professional staff
and fiscal resources can most effectively contribute to biomedical and
behavioral research of international significance.  The board also provides
programmatic review for research awards supported by the center.
   NIH is one of eight agencies of the U.S. Public Health Services within the
Department of Health and human Services.