CALL: Peer Review Panel Recruitment: American Institute of Biological Sciences
Keith L. Cowing
€ AIBS PEER REVIEWS
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) performs scientific
peer review of proposals submitted to various government agencies. AIBS
peer review activity in 1994 involved the receipt and processing of almost
5,000 proposals. These proposals were reviewed by over 100 panels
composed of more than 1,000 scientific and technical reviewers. Below is
a listing of the types of topics for which we have convened panels in 1994
as well what we expect to handle in 1995.
€ ABOUT AIBS
AIBS was established in 1947 by the National Academy of Sciences under
federal charter and became an independent, member-governed nonprofit
(501)(c)(3) organization in 1955. AIBS currently has 5,000 individual
members and has 45 affiliated societies whose combined membership totals
over 80,000. AIBS is chartered to: "further the advancement of the
biological sciences and their application to human welfare, and to foster
and encourage research and education in the biological, medical,
environmental, and agriculture sciences." For more information about
AIBS, you can check out our gopher (currently under construction) at
gopher.aibs.org or point your browser at: gopher://gopher.aibs.org
€ WE NEED YOUR HELP!
If you were a panelist in 1994 (or previous years) and are willing to
serve again; would like to serve for the first time; or know someone who
is interested in serving on a similar panel, we'd like to know. Also, if
you know of other people who might be able to serve on any of the panels
listed below, we'd certainly like to know about them too.
€ AIBS REVIEWER PROFILE
[1.] Please provide the following personal information:
Full Name:
Title:
Organization/institution:
Address line 1:
Address line 2:
Address line 3:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Work phone:
Home phone:
Fax:
email:
US citizen?:
Gender:
Date of Birth:
Disability: [OPTIONAL]:
Ethnic Background: [OPTIONAL]:
[2.] Please provide the following information regarding your expertise:
Discipline (primary):
Specialty:
Sub disciplines:
Subspecialties:
Training/experience:
Computer Preference? Mac or PC?
Newsgroup you read this on?
[3.] Please provide us with a copy of your current CV/resume. A list of
publications is sufficient, please do not send reprints.
€ HOW TO RECOMMEND OTHERS FOR CONSIDERATION
If at all possible, have them follow the same procedure outline above. If
that isn't possible, please provide us with a name, a means to contact
these individuals, and any description you can of their skills and
interests.
€HOW TO SEND US THIS INFORMATION
Send the personal information and your CV/resume (together or separately)
to us via:
Email: res...@aibs.org (flat text files or enclosures - Mac or PC formatted)
FAX: 703-758-1222
Mail: AIBS, 10700 Parkridge Blvd., Suite 380, Reston, VA, USA, 22091
Telephone: 703-758-1212 for help or further information about AIBS peer
review services.
€ CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
The information you provide will be kept in the AIBS Consultant Roster.
This database is for internal AIBS use during the recruitment of peer
review panelists. We do not sell names, personal information, or access
to this system. AIBS employs confidentiality and conflict of interest
practices similar to that employed by NIH and NSF.
€ANTICIPATED AIBS PEER REVIEW PANEL TOPICS AND EXPERTISE NEEDED
€ Aquacultural endocrinology and physiology; sea food pathogens:
diagnosis, assay, disease control
€ Aquaculture natural products, biomaterials, bioactivity, pharmacological uses
€ Aquaculture policy, education, information, communications, technology
transfer
€ Biocomputing, biological modeling, nanotechnology
€ Bioethics
€ Biological and medical information systems, internet usage, biological
database design, data analysis, biostatistics
€ Biomedical imaging technology: mammography, radiology, NMR, PET, ultrasound
€ Biomedical infrastructure: registry, laboratory/animal resources,
€ Bioprocessing, biotechnology
€ Cancer cell and tissue biology, molecular biology, immunology,
interleukin and interferon therapies
€ Cancer detection & diagnosis; chemotherapy, medicinal chemistry,
nuclear tracer chemistry
€ Cardiopulmonary physiology in microgravity , exercise physiology,
cardiac deconditioning
€ Cellular genetics, immunology, intra- and inter-cellular communication
€ Conservation biology, endangered species, biological diversity, habitat
destruction
€ Developmental and reproductive biology in microgravity: avian,
mammalian, amphibian, reptilian, invertebrate
€ Electromagnetic interactions with living systems: effects, detection,
protection
€ Endocrinology and regulatory physiology during spaceflight,
chronobiology, circadian rhythms. growth factors, endocrinology of cancer
€ Environmental aspects of community planing: civil engineering, land use zoning
€ Environmental budget analysts/economics, demographics
€ Environmental law and policy: regulation, compliance, and enforcement
€ Environmental technology diffusion and transfer
€ Exobiology, origin and evolution of life, origin of biogenic compounds
€ Geographic information systems, satellite navigation and geodesy
€ Global Warming, Earth Observation System, Mission to Planet Earth
€ Gravitational biology, gravitropism, gravisensing, graviresponse
€ "Green" chemistry: process controls and feedback systems; "green" buildings
€ Health care delivery, community health, counseling, psychosocial
factors, psychology, sociology,
€ Incinerator monitoring, biomass combustion systems, particulate control,
indoor air pollution, NOx control
€ Infectious disease, vaccines, epidemiology, parasitology, virology,
bacteriology, retrovirology/HIV
€ Life cycle analysis, recycling, continuous monitoring systems
€ Marine bioacoustics, cetacean science, marine mammals, fishing area depletion
€ Microgravity muscle physiology and sensorimotor integration, exercise
countermeasures
€ Neurofibromatosis
€ Neuroscience and behavior, space motion sickness, space adaptation
syndrome, vestibular structure and function in microgravity
€ NSCORT (NASA Centers of Specialized Research & Training)
€ Nutrition and metabolism, pregnancy and endocrinology
€ Operational medicine (military and space), telemedicine, trauma,
surgery, rehabilitative medicine
€ Opportunities in science for ethnic minorities, women, senior citizens,
and the disabled
€ PCR, genetic analysis, genetic engineering, genetically modified organisms
€ Pesticide use: monitoring, regulation, enforcement, alternatives
€ Plant biology in microgravity: genetics, development, growth, and propagation
€ Pollution, air, soil, and water: detection, monitoring, and prevention;
clean up: in-situ subsurface treatment, biotechnology
€ Radiation environment during spaceflight: effects, detection, protection
€ Remote sensing (satellite and aircraft) for disease control, land use
planning, habitat monitoring, pollution detection, climate change
€ Science education, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate; curriculum design
€ Skeletal and biomineralization physiology in microgravity, calcium
homeostasis, bone loss
€ Space human factors studies, ergonomics, performance, interpersonal relations
€ Space Shuttle Middeck, Spacelab research hardware, Space Station
hardware, Russian Mir Space Station research, Biocosmos/Biosatellite
research
€ Spacecraft life support systems: physicochemical and biological
air/water/food regeneration
€ Spacesuit design and extravehicular activity (spacewalk) physiology
€ Toxicology, spacecraft air/water contamination, environmental health,
occupational health, safety
€ Toxicology: drinking water systems , recycling systems, waste water systems
€ Vision hazards from laser use