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Komisaruk Joins NIGMS
BY
SUSAN ATHEY, NIGMS
Dr.
Barry R. Komisaruk recently joined NIGMS as a program director in
the MORE Division. He comes to NIGMS from Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey, where he was a professor in the department of psychology
and director of the university’s MBRS program.
Komisaruk earned a B.S. in biology from the
City University of New York, City College, and a Ph.D.
in psychobiology from Rutgers. He conducted postdoctoral research
as a National Institute of Mental
Health fellow at the Brain Research Institute at the University of
California, Los Angeles. His research
interests include the neurophysiology, pharmacology, and endocrinology
of reproductive behavior, and
analgesia in laboratory animals and humans.
Komisaruk has authored over 140 research
articles and is a member of several professional societies,
including the Society for Neuroscience and the American Physiological
Society.
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