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HEALTH. EDUCATION. AND WELFARESeptember 16, 1970Vol. XXII, No. 19

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEAL

Dr. Law Appointed NCI'sCell Biology Lab Chief

Dr. Lloyd W. Law, NationalCancer Institute, was recently ap-pointed chief of the Laboratory ofCell Biology by Dr. Carl G. Baker,Institute Director. Dr. Law wasformerly head of the Laboratory'sCellular and Tumor ImmunologySection.

The Laboratory, organized lastFebruary, is concerned with thestudy of the mechanisms involvingthe transformation of normal cellsto malignant cells.

Dr. Law will coordinate andguide the five-section Laboratory'sresearch effort. Under his direction,techniques in the fields of immuno-logy, biochemistry, cell hybridiza-tion, and virology wil be used instudying the cell's growth and de-velopment processes.

Dr. Law is a graduate of theUniversity of Illinois. He receivedboth his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees inBiology from Harvard University.He joined NIH in 1947 as a gene-ticist with NCI.

He is the author of numerouspublications, and has also been as-sociated with various medical socie-ties and advisory and directoryboards, particularly in the field ofcancer. He retired from the PublicHealth Service Commissioned Corpsin July 1970.

Dr. Law has been recognized .forhis outstanding contributions in

Dr. Law will direct1 research intomechanisms involving transformationof normal cells to malignant cells.cancer research. His most recenthonors are the Alessandro PascoliPrize from the University ofPerugia, Italy, and his selectionthis year as a G. Burroughs MiderLecturer.

Brain Function Studies Using Monkeys Dr. Fouts Joins NIEH!Increase Knowledge of Human Behavior Plans to Study Effect

Of Toxicologic Hazart

Pity the poor young rhesus monkey—deprived of maternal care and alsoisolated—all for the sake of science. But the monkey finds a friend in JanetReeves of the Hazleton Laboratories. Dr. Prescott (I) and Dr. Symmes (r)and NICHD colleagues will conduct studies on the brain function and be-havioral traits of these animals.

Twenty-two infant monkeys between ages 10 to 16 months have beendonated to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop-ment for studies of their brain functions and behavior patterns.

The monkeys were reared with-out maternal care and have been in Harrv Harlow and his colleaguesisolation since birth. of the University of Wisconsin.

The primary objectives are to Behavior patterns thataredetermine if there is abnormalbrain function in the monkeys andif such dysfunction can be relatedto their abnormal behavior.

This research is intended to in-crease man's knowledge of his ex-periences in his early years thataffect his development and behavior.

The monkeys were presented toDr. James W. Prescott by Dr. 0. E.Paynter, assistant manager, Hazle-ton Laboratories, Falls Church, Va.Dr. Prescott is health scientist ad-ministrator in the Growth and De-velopment Branch, NICHD.

Some will be studied in NICHD'sSection on Brain and Behavior,headed by Dr. David Symmes.

Others were given to investi-gators across the country who aredoing brain and behavior studies.

The abnormal behavior of iso-lated and maternally deprived rhe-sus monkeys was described by Dr.

werenoted included autistic and with-drawn features, and hyperactivitywhich continued into adolescenceand adulthood. Other patterns wereself-destructive biting and unpro-voked attacks upon other animals.

Several of the investigators pre-sented the results of their researchon the rhesus monkeys at the an-nual meeting of the American Psy-chological Association held earlythis month in Miami Beach, Fla.

Two Special 'Record' IssuesTo Celebrate Anniversaries

The next two issues of TheNIH Record will feature spe-cial sections celebrating the20th anniversaries of the Na-tional Institute of Arthritisand Metabolic Diseases (Sept.29) and the National Instituteof Neurological Diseases andStroke (Oct. 13).

Dr. James R. Fouts has beenpointed chief of the Pharmacolamd Toxicology Branch at the '.tional Institute of Environme:Health Sciences in Research 'angle Park, N. C., Dr. Paul KoInstitute Director, announced.

Dr. Fouts will conduct stuion the adverse effects of enviimental agents on living system

His branch will determineeffect of realistic concentration;known or potential toxicologic 1ards on man's health. Studies •be based on epidemiological obs<ations as well as the chemicalphysical properties of toxicvironmental agents.

Dr. Fouts has received numerawards and honors, among tlthe Marple Schweitzer AwardChemistry from Northwestern Iversity and the Abel AwardPharmacology from the AmeriSociety for Pharmacology andperimental Therapeutics.

Dr. Fouts received his B.S.Chemistry in 1951 and his PIin Biochemistry and Pharmacolin 1954 from Northwestern Uni1

sity.He worked in the Laboratory

Chemical Pharmacology of the(See DR. FOUTS, Page It)

Dr. C. E. Morris LeaviChapel Hill to ConduNINDS Studies on Gut

An associate professor of Neilogy has agreed to give up the cforts of home and accept a posiwith the National Institute of frological Diseases and Stroke ilaborative and Field Research (ter in Agana, Guam.

Dr. Charles E. Morris, Uni'sity of North Carolina, will be nical officer-in-charge, replacingJames A. Schnur, who has 1there for the past year and isturning to this country.

The Center is run by the C&Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Mowill head the research team tlwhich includes both AmericansGuamanians.

The Center was establishec1956 as part of the Institi

(See DR. MORRIS, Page S)

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New Office to RecruitMinorities for CareersIn Health Service Opens

In an effort to recruit membersof minority groups into healthcareers, an Office of Health Man-power Opportunity has been setup as part of BHME. Dr. GeorgeBlue Spruce, the Nation's onlyfull-blooded Indian dentist, willhead the new office.

Last June, Dr. Blue Spruce wasappointed special assistant to theBHME Director, Dr. Kenneth M.Endicott. Prior to that, he waswith the Division of DentalHealth.

According to Dr. Endicott, thenew component ". . . will provideleadership in identifying disad-vantaged young people with po-tential for health careers. . . .And it will enable schools to of-fer special assistance to help in-crease the chances of success ofthese disadvantaged students."

Focus on 5 GroupsThe Office will focus on five

groups: black Americans, Amer-ican Indians, Spanish-surnamedAmericans, women, and students.

It will administer grant pro-grams under Section B of theHealth Manpower Education Ini-tiative Awards, a part of the Com-prehensive Health ManpowerTraining Act of 1971, which Pres-ident Nixon .signed on Nov. 18.

This section provides for grantsto increase the enrollment of stu-dents in health training courseswho are likely to practice in un-derserved areas.

It supports projects that helpdisadvantaged persons who havepotential for health training toenroll in schools and completetheir training.

Grants may be awarded to pub-lic or nonprofit private health oreducational entities.

Dr. Daniel F. Whiteside, BHME associatedirector (r), has been appointed Assist-ant Surgeon General, U.S. Public HealthService. He joined PHS in 1957 and hasserved with the Indian Health Programand DDH. Dr. Whiteside receives theASG Flag from Dr. Kennel h M. Endicott,BHME Director.

DR. SINSHEIMER(Continued from Page 1)

porates a number of his majorfields of interest, including thephysical and chemical propertiesof nucleic acids, replication ofnucleic acids, and bacterial viruses.

He also is interested in the bi-ological effects of ultravioletradiation, as well as biologicalapplications of ultraviolet andinfrared spsctroseopy.

In 1967, following 11 years ofresearch, Dr. Sinsheimer togetherwith Nobelist Dr. Arthur Korn-berg and Dr. Mehran Goulian an-nounced the synthesis of a fullyinfectious DNA virus.

As a template, or model, fortheir synthetic virus, the scientistsused the DNA of a dwarf viruswhich Dr. Sinsheimer had shownearlier to have only one strandinstead of the usual two.

This work represents an import-ant step forward in understand-ing how viruses are duplicated

Two Area Schools AnnounceSpring Registration Dates

Registration dates for the com-ing spring semester in two areaschools have been announced.

The U. S. Department of Agri-culture Graduate School springsemester schedule of classes for1972 is now available.

A catalog and schedule may beobtained f r o m USDA, Room1031, South Agriculture Bldg., orby calling 388-4419 (Governmentcode 111-4419).

Registration may be completedby mail until Jan. 14, or in per-son on the patio AdministrationBldg., 14th and Independence Ave.,S.W., between Jan. 22-29.

Tuition is $22 per credit houror $20 if paid in full at the timeof registration.

The Federal "After Hours" Edu-cation Program conducted byGeorge Washington Universitywill hold registration Thursdayand Friday, Jan. 13-14, 10 a.m.to 3 p.m., in Conference RoomsA, B, and C, Department ofCommerce Bldg., 14th and Con-stitution Ave., N.W.

Tuition is $54 psr credit hour.Classes will begin Jan. 24.

Dr. James W. Prescott (r), of NICHD's Growth and Development Branch, receivesthe Council on International Nontheatrical Events' Golden Eagle Award fromDr. William G. Carr (I), president of CINE as L. Richard Ellison, producer,Time-Life Films Inc., looks on. Dr. Prescott was given the certificate for hisscientific consultation durina the filming of "Rock-a-Bve-Babv."

Graduate Program SupplementsAvailable for Spring Semester

Catalog supplements for thespring semester of the GraduateProgram at NIH, which beginsFeb. 7, are now available.

They may be obtained from theFoundation for Advanced Educa-tion in the Sciences office, Bldg.10, Room B1L-101, or by callingExt. 65273.

Advance registration by mail ispossible through Jan. 21.

when they enter cells and howDNA polymerase or similar en-zymes make new DNA.

The following year, Dr. Sin-sheimer was honored as Califor-nia Scientist of the Year. One yearlater he was the recipient of theBeijerinck Virology Medal of theRoyal Netherlands Academy ofSciences and Letters.

After receiving his Ph.D. inBiophysics from the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology in1948, Dr. Sinsheimer was an as-sociate professor, and later pro-fessor of Biophysics at IowaState College.

In 1957 he moved to the Cali-fornia Institute of Technology asprofessor of Biophysics and, in1968, was named chairman of theDivision of Biology.

Dr. Sinsheimer is a member ofthe Advisory Committee to theNIH Director.

Dr. Sinsheimer has served asPresident of the Biophysical So-ciety, and is now editor of theAnnual Reviews of Biochemistry,and a member of the Council,National Academy of Sciences.

Eriko B. Love Af

Deputy Assoc. CAt Library of Mi

Erika B. Love hasdeputy associate dirbrary Operations atLibrary of Medicine.

Mrs. Love was foitor of Libraries atGray School of Medston-Salem, N.C.

She attended Heversity, and receiviB.A. degree in 19M.A.L.S. degree inIndiana University.

While medical libiLarue D. Carter Meital in Indianapolispleted the course w

Mrs. Love has served asa number of Governmeitional groups.

year psychiatric regram.

She later became (ian for both the Indment of Mental HeiCarter Hospital untishe moved to Winston

Mrs. Love has hteaching experiencepated in numerous mian workshops.

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