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Dentistry Professor Appointed to Important NIH Role
In this important role, she will act as leader and guide for the peer review process, which is used by the NIH to assess the merit of grant applications and select proposed research projects for funding. She will serve in this position from July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001. In addition to her appointment in the department of stomatology, Fisher holds secondary appointments in the department of anatomy and department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences in the School of Medicine and in the department of pharmaceutical chemistry in the School of Pharmacy. She is associate director of the UCSF Mass Spectrometry Facility and served as Chair of the Division of Oral Biology from 1989 to 1996. She is also a member of the Cell Cycle Disregulation Program of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. Fisher runs an active research program with support from several institutes of the NIH, focusing on two major areas of investigation. One line of research seeks to define mechanisms used by human trophoblast cells to invade the uterus during pregnancy. The other major area of investigation is aimed toward understanding adherence mechanisms used by microbial pathogens – research that could explain how salivary proteins become adsorbed to the tooth surface and act as a conduit for bacteria. Fisher was recently granted MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) award status for her ongoing National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research-funded investigations of molecular mechanisms of bacterial adherence to cementum. This prestigious award "provides long-term grant support to investigators whose research competence and productivity are distinctly superior," according to the NIH. Links: Researchers Discover Possible Cause of Pregnancy Complication
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Susan
Fisher, PhD, professor of oral biology, has been appointed Chair of
the Reproductive Biology Study Section for the National Institutes of
Health Center for Scientific Review.