Creighton Professor Appointed to NIH Study Section

Devendra K. Agrawal, Ph.D has accepted an invitation by the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) to become a member of the Lung Cellular, Molecular and Immunobiology Study Section. The CSR, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), organizes the peer review groups that evaluate the majority of grant applications submitted to the NIH.

Members of the Lung Cellular, Molecular and Immunobiology Study Section evaluate grant applications related to diseases of the lung, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline. Agrawal, Creighton professor of biomedical science, medical microbiology and immunology and medicine, will begin his four-year term on July 1, 2005. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (FAAAAI), the American Heart Association (FAHA) and a Fellow of Council Arterioscelerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

"Service on a study section requires mature judgment and objectivity as well as the ability to work effectively in a group, qualities we believe Dr. Agrawal will bring to this important task," said Brent Stanfield, Ph.D., acting director of the Center for Scientific Review.