Name: 

Susan Garges

 

Education: 

    1974 B.A.  -- University of Dayton, cum laude
                            Major:  Chemistry.

    1978 M.S.  -- University of Dayton, M.S.
                            Major:  Biology.

    1983 Ph.D. -- University of Maryland, Ph.D.
                            Major:  Microbiology.
                            Minors:  Biochemistry, Biology.

Brief chronology of employment: 

    1974-1976    -- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of 
                                Biology University of Dayton, 
                                Dayton, Ohio.

    1976-1978    -- Faculty Research Assistant, Department of 
                                Microbiology University of Maryland, 
                                College Park, Maryland.

    1978               -- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of 
                                Microbiology University of Maryland, 
                                College Park, Maryland.

    1979               -- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of 
                                Microbiology University of Maryland, 
                                College Park, Maryland.


    1979-present -- Microbiologist, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
                                National Cancer Institute, National 
                                Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

    1986               -- Guest Lecturer, Bacterial Genetics Course
                                Foundation for Advancement and Education 
                                in Science.

    1987               -- Guest Lecturer, Biochemical Aspects of Replication,
                                Translation and Transcription.  Foundation for
                                Advancement and Education in Science.

    1988               -- Guest Lecturer, Microbial Physiology and Genetics
                                Course, Department of Microbiology, Uniformed
                                Services University of the Health Sciences.

    1989-present -- Faculty Member, Foundation for Advancement and
                                Education in Science Teach "Biochemical 
                                Aspects of Replication and Transcription"

    1990-present -- Faculty Member, Center for Advanced Training in
                                Cell and Molecular Biology, teach a DNA 
                                Sequencing Workshop

    1995               -- Invited Faculty, Indo-Japan Workshop for Prokaryotic
                                Transcription, Centre for Cellular and 
                                Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Committees: 

    1987-1993    -- Member:  NCI Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory
                                Group; Chairman:  Subcommittee on 
                                Affirmative Action and Recruitment

    1986-present -- Member:  American Society for Testing Materials
                                Subcommittee on Standardization of Viruses

    1989-1993    -- Member:  Administration Committee for the National
                                Cancer Institute Adopt-a-School

    1993-present -- Member:  NIH Review Committee of the Biomedical
                                Engineering and Instrumentation Program 
                                of NCRR 

    1993-present -- Chairman, Collaborative Scientist
                                Conversion/Promotion Panel, Division of
                                Cancer Biology, Diagnosis and Center, NCI

Awards: 

    American Institute of Chemists Award for Outstanding Senior
              Majoring in Chemistry, 1974

    National Cancer Institute, Equal Employment Opportunity
              Honorable Recognition Award, 1989

    National Cancer Institute, Equal Employment Opportunity Special
              Achievement Award, 1990

    National Cancer Institute, Equal Employment Opportunity
              Officers' Recognition Award, 1991

    National Cancer Institute, Equal Employment Opportunity
              Officers' Recognition Award, 1992

Professional societies: 

    American Society for Microbiology
    American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
    Committee for the Status of Women in Microbiology

Professional activities: 

    Editorial Board, Journal of Bacteriology

    Ad hoc reviewer for grant proposals for the National Science
              Foundation Genetics Section.

    Reviewer for Cell, Science, Gene, Journal of Molecular Biology,
              and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

    Organizer of FASEB Summer Conference on "Positive Control of
              Transcription Initiation in Prokaryotes", 1991.

    Chairperson, FASEB Summer Conference on "Transcription
              Initiation in Prokaryotes", 1993.

    Co-chairperson, FASEB Summer Conference on "Transcription
              Initiation in Prokaryotes", 1995.

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