Dr. Nabil Alkayed, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine, has accepted an invitation from the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to serve on its Neural Oxidative Metabolism and Death Study Section.
Over the next two and a half years, Dr. Alkayed will have a unique opportunity to contribute to the national biomedical research effort. He will review grant applications submitted to the NIH, make recommendations to the appropriate NIH national advisory council or board, and survey the status of research in the designated fields of science.
Members of study sections are selected on the basis of competence and achievement in their scientific discipline demonstrated by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements, and honors.