Seminar Series : An NICHD Perspective On Getting Funding : Linking Population Research and Global Health Research
Susan Newcomer from NICHD will speak on health initiatives at NIH.
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Nov 02, 2009 from 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm |
| Where | 0124B Cole Student Activities Building |
| Contact Name | Tiffany Pittman |
| Contact Phone | 301-405-6403 |
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About the Speaker
Susan F Newcomer is a statistician/demographer at the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, at the US National Institutes of Health. She manages a portfolio of research grants on fertility, HIV risk, contraceptive use, reproductive health and interventions to reduce risky behaviors. She is also responsible for developing and maintaining contacts with behavioral and social science researchers and providing assistance to those wishing to apply for funding to the NIH. Her publications have dealt with sexuality, fertility, and sexuality education. She has a 1983 Ph.D. in sociology and population studies from UNC Chapel Hill, a 1976 MS in educational administration from Iowa State and a 1962 B.A. in psychology and Chinese from Barnard. From 1984-1988, she was the Director of Education, Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Website: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/staff/bio.cfm?nih_id=0010140853