Background
Atwell, Constance Woodruff was born on January 27, 1942.
health services executive researcher
Atwell, Constance Woodruff was born on January 27, 1942.
AB with high honors in psychology, Mount Holyoke College, 1963. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968.
Assistant professor psychology Pitzer College, Claremont (California) Graduate School, 1967-1972, associate professor psychology, 1972-1977, professor psychology, 1977-1978. Grants associate division of research grants National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1978-1979. Chief, Office of Clinical Applications of Vision Research National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1979-1988, assistant chief, Strabismus, Amblyopia and Visual Processing Branch, 1980-1981, chief, Strabismus, Amblyopia and Visual Processing Branch, 1981-1992, deputy associate director Extramural and Collaborative Programs, 1988-1992.
Associate director for extramural research National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, since 1992, acting deputy director, 1997-1998. Research proposal reviewer for the National Foundation March of Dimes, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, National Society to Prevent Blindness, United States Department Education, National Institutes of Health office of Program Planning and Evaluation, co-chair advisory committee women's health issues. Member executive committee Federal Demonstration Partnership.
Member various advisory boards, executive committees and research projects, co-chair improving peer review reinvention committee.
Reader for Recording for the Blind, 1973-1978. Trustee Claremont Collegiate School, 1975-1977. Chairman guidance advisory committee Cabin John Junior High School, 1980-1981, executive committee, since 1980, president parent teachers association, 1981-1982.
Member executive committee Winston Churchill High School Parent-Teachers Association, 1982-1985. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Neurosci., Assn for Women in Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
