Background
Opava-Stitzer, Susan Catherine was born on March 14, 1947 in New York City. Daughter of Joseph Francis and Beatrice Agnes (Fitzgerald) Opava-Stitzer.
Opava-Stitzer, Susan Catherine was born on March 14, 1947 in New York City. Daughter of Joseph Francis and Beatrice Agnes (Fitzgerald) Opava-Stitzer.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, College Mount St. Vincent, New York City, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy Physiology, University of Michigan, 1972.
Postdoctoral fellow, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1972-1974;
assistant professor, U. P.R. Medical School, San Juan, 1974-1981;
associate professor, U. P.R. Medical School, San Juan, 1981-1986;
professor, U. P.R. Medical School, San Juan, 1986-1995;
chairperson department physiology, U. P.R. Medical School, San Juan, 1989-1993;
dean research and graduate programs, California Polytech. State University, San Luis Obispo, since 1993. Member National Institutes of Health Research Resources Advisory Committee, Washington, 1988-1990.
Chair reviewcom. National Institutes of Health Research Centers in Minority Institutions, Washington, 1994-1999.
Member Science and Technology Committee, P.R., 1990-1992. Participant Surgeon General's Workshop on Hispanic/Latino Health, Washington, 1992. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, New York Academy Sciences.
Married Louis Kent Stitzer, September 2, 1973 (divorced September 1989). Children: Joshua Kent Stitzer, Matthew Louis Stitzer.