NIH taps Clark for membership

Alice Clark, vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs at the University of Mississippi, has served the National Institutes of Health for almost 20 years. Recently, she was chosen for membership on the NIH Drug Discovery and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance Study Section for the Center for Scientific Review.

Clark previously chaired the Drug Discovery and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance Study Section for three years and is returning for the second time as a standing member. She will be reviewing applications related to the discovery of new drugs for resistant pathogens. Clark also has served two four-year terms as a study section member on the AIDS and Related Research 4 Study Section and as a member of the Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry Study Section. She chaired the AIDS and Related Research 4 Study Section for two years.