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Bhagavatula Moorthy, Ph.D., will serve as a member of the Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a term that ends June 30, 2009.

“Membership on a study section represents a major commitment and is a unique opportunity to contribute to the national biomedical research effort,” said Toni Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review.

Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements, and honors.

“Service on a study section also requires mature judgment and objectivity as well as the ability to work effectively in a group,” Dr. Scarpa said, “qualities we believe Dr. Moorthy will bring to this important task.”