NIH TAPS DR. CHARLENE DREW JARVIS FOR FOUNDATION BOARD

Southeastern University President Returns to Roots of Her Research on the Brain

WASHINGTON - The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc., has appointed Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis, President of Southeastern University, to its board to serve a five-year term beginning in 2002.

Established by Congress as the National Foundation for Biomedical Research, the Foundation was incorporated in 1996. It has an independent Board of Directors of eminent scientists and representatives of industry and philanthropy. In 1999, the Foundation's name was changed to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. The purpose of the Foundation is to support the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is to develop new knowledge through biomedical research. Specifically, the Foundation fosters collaborative relationships in education, research, and related activities between NIH, industry, academia, and non-profit organizations; supports basic and clinical research to advance medical knowledge; supports training and advanced education programs for the investigators of tomorrow; and invests in educational programs about medical research.

Dr. Jarvis said, "Call it a homecoming or call it returning to my roots, but I am very excited to join the board of this most prestigious partner in world biomedical research." Scientists at 24 NIH institutes and centers have been at the very core of the extraordinary advances in medicine and human health of the 20th Century. The Foundation supports the mission of NIH both by developing public-private partnerships to address needs unmet through public funding and by facilitating the use of NIH as a training ground for future medical researchers. As a non-profit organization, the Foundation is also serving donors who wish to support biomedical research by building on the resources and talent at NIH in specific areas of interest.

"As the president of a university with a business and information technology focus among others, I hope to send a clear message that the possibilities for careers in information technology extend well beyond 'dot com' companies to endeavors that contribute to advances in modern medicine. For example, the mapping of the human genome and the rice genome are being accomplished on computers and posted on the World Wide Web for the scientific community to share. We need to attract as many information technology specialists to this field in order to keep up with the pioneers in biomedical research," Jarvis said.

Dr. Abe Eftekhari, who coordinates biomedical/information technology seminars at SEU, said, "Universities like Southeastern University understand the importance of information technology to the future of an enhanced documentation of medical research. Under Dr. Jarvis' leadership, we are able to introduce IT students to the brave new world of biomedical research at increasing rates. We are even newly attracting medical doctors to the campus to understand the intricacies of computers and their ability to memorialize and manipulate highly technical and exact data."

Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis conducted brain research at the National Institutes of Mental Health of the NIH from 1971 to 1979 when she then ran for, and won, the Ward 4 seat on the Council of the District of Columbia. During the final four years of her 21-year tenure on the Council, Dr. Jarvis was named president of Southeastern University.

Dr. Jarvis earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College in 1962, her Master of Science degree from Howard University in 1964 and her Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Neurophysiology from the University of Maryland in 1971. Dr. Jarvis has served on the boards of, or as an advisor to: The National Institute of Mental Health, The Washington Chapter of the American Red Cross (Transplantation Services), The Breast Cancer Task Force of the Department of Health, The National Museum of Health and Medicine and the National Bone Marrow (transplant) Program. Jarvis is the daughter of the late Dr. Charles RA. Drew who established the American Red Cross Blood Bank and pioneered the preservation of blood plasma that saved countless lives during World War II.

SEU is the only business/information technology institution of higher learning of its size in the area that is aggressively pursuing the much-needed parallel advancements in information technology and biomedical research. Founded in 1879 and chartered by an act of Congress in 1937, SEU is a private non-profit business university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in business management, computer science, information systems management, public administration and liberal studies. SEU is a member of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area and is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. SEU offers daytime, evening and weekend classes to accommodate the schedules of working adults. Bachelors, Masters and Associate degree courses are offered, as well as Certificate programs.

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Dr. Jarvis' list of scientific publications include:

Macko, K., Jarvis C.D., Kennedy, C., Miyaoka, M., Shinohara, M., Sokoloff, L. and Mishkin, M. "Mapping the Primate Visual with (2-14C)Deoxyglucose", Sci., 218:392-396, 1982.

Kennedy, C., Miyaoka, M., Suda, S., Macko, K., Jarvis, C.D., Mishkin, M. and Sokoloff, L. "Local Metabolic Responses in Brain Accompanying Motor Activity", Ann. Neurol., 8:90, 1980.

Shinohara, M., Miyaoka, M., Sakurada, O., Jarvis, C.D., Mishkin, M., Kennedy, C., Sokoloff, L. "Mapping the Primate Visual System with 2-(14C)deoxyglucose", Acta Neurol. Scand., 60:14-15, 1979.

Jarvis, C.D., Mishkin, M., Shinohara, M., Sakurada, O., Miyaoka, M. and Kennedy, C. "Mapping the Primate Visual System with the (14C)2deoxyglucose Technique", Neurosci. Abstr., 4:632, 1978.

Kennedy, C., Jarvis, C.D., Sakurada, O. and Mishkin, M. "A Delineation of the Visually Responsive Loci of the Temporal Lobe by Means of (14C)deoxyglucose", Neorol., 28-366, 1978.

Jarvis, C.D., and Mishkin, M. "Responses of Cells in the Inferior Temporal Cortex of Monkeys during Discrimination Reversal", Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., III:564, 1977.

Jarvis, C.D. and Mishkin, M., "Responses of Inferior Temporal Neurons to Visual Discriminanda", Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1:61, 1975.

Jarvis, C.D. and Mishkin, M. "Responses of Inferior Temporal Neurons to Visual Cortical Lesions in Monkeys," Brain Res., 120:209-220, 1977.

Blake, L., Jarvis, C.D. and Mishkin, M. "Pattern Discrimination Thresholds after Partial Inferior Temporal and Lateral Striate Lesions in Monkeys", Soc. For Neurosci. Abstr., p.174, 1974.

Robinson, D.C. and Jarvis, C.D. "Superior Colliculus Neurons Studied during Head and Eye Movements of the Behaving Monkey" I. Neurophysiol., 37:533-540, 1974.

Jarvis, C.D. "Visual Discrimination and spatial Localization Deficits after Lesions of the Tectofugal Pathway in Pigeons". Brain Behav. And Evol., 9