Beth Lewis, PhD, professor and director of the School of Kinesiology and director of the Exercise & Mental Health Laboratory (EMHL) has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to serve as a member of the Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. Her term will begin July 1, 2019 and end June 30, 2023.

Members review grant applications submitted to the NIH, make recommendations on these applications to the appropriate NIH national advisory council or board, and survey the status of research in their fields of science. These functions are viewed to have great value to medical and allied research in this country. Lewis was selected on the basis of her demonstrated competence and achievements in her scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors. Membership represents a major commitment of professional time and energy as well as a unique opportunity to contribute to the national biomedical research effort.

“I want to take this opportunity to emphasize the importance of Dr. Lewis’s participation in assuring the quality of the NIH peer review process, and to express the NIH appreciation of your institution’s support of its activities,” said Noni Byrnes, PhD, director of the Center for Scientific Review.