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Singh Joins NIGMS
BY DANIELLE WITTENBERG, NIGMS

Dr. Shiva P. Singh recently joined NIGMS as a scientific review administrator in the Office of Scientific Review, where he will manage the review of applications to the MORE Division, as well as other selected research training, program project, and center grant applications.

Singh comes to NIGMS from Alabama State University in Montgomery, where he was chair of the Department of Biological Sciences and director of the university's biomedical and research training programs, including the MBRS and MARC programs. His research interests focused on the immunochemical structure of the outer membrane proteins of gram-negative bacteria, the expression of HIV epitopes in Salmonella, the genomic fingerprinting of pneumococci, and infection and antimicrobial resistance in patients with spinal cord injury.

Singh earned a B.S. in agriculture and animal husbandry from the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in India and a Ph.D. in microbiology from Auburn University in Alabama. He conducted postdoctoral research at Tuskegee University in Alabama, Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, and Auburn University and was an extramural associate at NIH.

He is a member of several professional societies, including the American Society for Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.