Carolyn W. Slayman, Ph.D.

Carolyn W. Slayman, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology and deputy dean for academic and scientific affairs, has been appointed to a 15 member panel that will analyze the peer-review system at the National Institutes of Health. The system includes study sections which evaluate and score most grant applications submitted by researchers at colleges and universities. Recommendations from the panel are expected to be made within a year.