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Nicolas Linares-Orama, Ph.D. Appointed to NIH Director's Council of Public Representatives

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Nicolas Linares-Orama


The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Nicolas Linares-Orama, Ph.D to serve as member of the Director’s Council of Public Representatives (COPR). Since 1999 COPR has advised the NIH Director on issues of public importance.

Dr. Linares-Orama is one of seven new members who will join twelve current members of the council. The other members newly appointed by NIH Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, MD, are Nicole Johnson Baker of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Christina Clark of Metamora, Michigan; Valda Boyd-Ford of Omaha, Nebraska; Cynthia A. Lindquist of Devils Lake, North Dakota; Michael Manganiello of Washington, D.C., and Marjorie Mau, M.D., M.S. of Honolulu, Hawaii.

"These new members bring a wealth of knowledge, a clear, public perspective, and professional experience in the areas of public service, health care, medicine, and underserved communities, and the visual media, as well as a strong commitment to the advancement of public health and medical research. I am delighted to welcome them to the Council," said Dr. Zerhouni.

Dr. Linares-Orama is Director of the Filius Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research at the University of Puerto Rico. Filius is a research center that also includes outreach to Latino/Latina audiences and in-reach to organizations. Dr. Linares-Orama is a Professor of Language Pathology at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico and has developed many research and training projects, including the Assistive Technology Project, the Center for Interdisciplinary Intervention, the Infantile Autism Project, and the Initiative for Correctional Interdisciplinary Services. He served as Director of the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Puerto Rico for 12 years.

Congratulations to doctor Linares for his appointment to this prestigious committee. We know he will make important contributions during his tenure.

For the NIH press release go to: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2005/od-23.htm

Contact:
Emma Fernández-Repollet,Ph.D.
Program Director
RCMI Program
Room 621-A, 6th. floor
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San Juan, PR 00936-5067
Email: e.fernandez@upr.edu
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The project is supported by Grant Number G12RR03051(RCMI Program, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus) from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NCRR or NIH.