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Minority Affairs

Committee Members:

Luis Marky, Chair (2012)
Ibrahim Cisse (2010)
Angel Garcia (2012)
Barry Gold (2010)
Princess Imoukhuede (2012)
Barry R. Lentz (2011)
Ishita Mukerji (2012)
Wilma K. Olson (2010)
Don Rufus A. Ranatunga (2012)
Sandy Ross (2012)
Ana Marie Soto (2011)

The Committee's charge is to increase the number of minority biophysicists and enhance the visibility and career opportunities of present minority biophysicists, and to involve them in Society affairs. A major focus is to reach minority students and beginning investigators and interest them in biophysics via the Annual Meeting.

Minority Resources
NIH: Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities
NSF: Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Minority Biophysicists Travel Grant
Biophysical Society Summer Course in Biophysics at UNC, CH

March 15, 2010