Kappa Delta Award for Research in Orthopaedics, 1987;Member, National Advisory Dental Research Council (NADRC) 1987 -1992;
NIH Merit Award, 1987;
Member, NIDR Program Advisory Committee, 1987-1992 -chairman, 1989-1992;
Member, National Advisory Council, NIDR 1993-96;
Member, Blue Ribbon Panel on the Intramural Program at NIDR 1992-93;
Member, NIH-NASA Advisory Committee, 1993-95;
President, Orthopaedic Research Society, 1996-1997; Co-Organizer 5th International Conferences on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized TissuesICCBMT),1995;Secretary/Treasurer ICCBMT, 1995-98; President 1999- ;
Member, NIH Musculoskeletal IRG Working Group, 1998- ;
National Research Council: Member, Taskforce to Evaluate Biotechnology on the International Space Station, 1999-2000;
Member, Task Group to Evaluate Research on the International Space Station, 2001-2002;
AADR Gies Award Committee, 1996-99, Chair, 1997-1999;
Orthopaedic Research & Educational Foundation (OREF)-Peer Review Committee (Osteotech Award for Excellence in Bone Allograft) 1996-; OREF Grant Peer Review Committee 1990-94; 1999-2004, co-chair Basic Science Panel, 2001-4.
Education
Ph.D.,
Boston University,
1970
B.A.,
Barnard College - Columbia University,
1964
Appointments
Associate Scientist Hospital for Special Surgery
Professor of Biochemistry Weill Cornell Medical College