You and Proposal Review at the NIH

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Stamp Student Union, Benjamin Banneker Room

Speakers/Panelists:
Jane E. Clark, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, University of Maryland

Alicia J. Dombroski, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH

Robert J. Dooling, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology, and Associate Vice President for Research, University of Maryland

Dushanka Kleinman, DDS, MScD
Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland (symposium organizer)

Speaker bios:
Jane E. Clark, PhD, is a professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland. Her work focuses on understanding the development of movement control and coordination in motor skills and examines the role of sensory information in the development of upright posture and locomotion in infants. She also has an on-going project to study perception-action relationships with children who have motor coordination problems.

Alicia Dombroski, PhD, is the deputy director of the Division of Extramural Activities at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) where she oversees the Scientific Review Branch, the Grants Management Branch, and the Research Training and Career Development Branch. Previously, she was a Program Officer at the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases and an Assistant and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Texas in Houston. She received a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Rochester and conducted postdoctoral research in prokaryotic molecular biology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Robert J. Dooling, PhD, is a professor of psychology and the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Maryland. His research includes the comparative and evolutionary biology of hearing and auditory perception; the learning, production, and perception of bird vocalizations; the return of hearing following hair cell regeneration; and the effects of noise on hearing. Dr. Dooling was named a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the university, and has received numerous career and research scientist awards, including the Alexander v. Humboldt Award for Senior Scientists.
Dushanka Kleinman, DDS, is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Associate Dean in the School of Public Health, University of Maryland. A dentist and board certified specialist in dental public health, Dr. Kleinman’s research has included epidemiologic studies of dental, oral, and craniofacial diseases, oral cancer, and HIV-related conditions. She is interested in enhancing the understanding and elimination of health disparities, with a focus on the role of factors that transcend health conditions such as health determinants, health promotion interventions, and health literacy.

Dushanka Kleinman, DDS, is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Associate Dean in the School of Public Health, University of Maryland. A dentist and board certified specialist in dental public health, Dr. Kleinman’s research has included epidemiologic studies of dental, oral, and craniofacial diseases, oral cancer, and HIV-related conditions. She is interested in enhancing the understanding and elimination of health disparities, with a focus on the role of factors that transcend health conditions such as health determinants, health promotion interventions, and health literacy.