SAB NewsSAB Member To Lead National BoardPosted 1/17/2008  The SAB Staff would like to congratulate Crystal Icenhour, SAB member since 2002, for being elected to the chair of the NPA Board. (Washington, DC) – Crystal R. Icenhour, Ph.D. has been elected to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA). Dr. Icenhour’s two-year term of service on the NPA Board began January 1, 2008. Dr. Icenhour is President/Director of Research for Phthisis Diagnostics, located in Charlottesville, Virginia. She also serves as Executive Director for Marafiki Foundation, also located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Icenhour has been a member of the NPA Board since 2005, and served as Vice Chair in 2007. Dr. Icenhour conducted postdoctoral research at Duke University Medical Center between 2005 and 2006, and in the Thoracic Diseases Research Unit at the Mayo Clinic from 2002-2005. She has contributed to other postdoctoral associations including Duke University Postdoctoral Association (chair of membership committee) and the Mayo Research Fellows Association Executive Committee (President). Dr. Icenhour received her PhD in Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine from the University of Cincinnati Medical School of Graduate Studies in 2002. “As Chair of the 2008 NPA Board of Directors, my goal is to provide strong leadership as the NPA facilitates implementation of postdoctoral policies that promote positive change in the US postdoctoral experience and research enterprise,” Dr. Icenhour noted. “We have made tremendous achievements toward this goal since our inception in 2002 and I look forward to leading the way as we move forward,” she concluded. The mission of the National Postdoctoral Association is to advance the U.S. research enterprise by maximizing the effectiveness of the research community and enhancing the quality of the postdoctoral experience for all participants. |
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