Vijaya Lakshmi Melnick

Background

Melnick, Vijaya Lakshmi was born in Kerala, India. Came to the United States, 1959.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Madras Agriculture College, India, 1959; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1964; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, 1964-1966.

Career

Assistant professor department biology, Federal City College, Washington, 1970-1974; associate professor department biology, U. District of Columbia, Washington, 1974-1977; professor biology, U. District of Columbia, Washington, since 1977; director, Center for Applied Research and Urban Policy, Washington, since 1992; senior staff associate International Center Inter-Disciplinary Studies in Immunology, Georgetown University Medical School, 1978-1985; associate director technical transfer, education and community outreach Center Inter-Disciplinary Studies in Immunology, Georgetown University Medical School, since 1985. Senior research scholar Center for Applied Research and Urban Policy, Washington, 1984-1985. Special assistant policy and bioethics National Institute Aging/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1980-1982.

Visiting professor, research participant Carnegie program Oak Ridge Graduate School biomedical Science, U. Tennessee, 1974-1978. Visiting scientist Biology and Medicine Institute, Lawrence Livermore laboratories, University of California, 1972-1973. Invited delegate cell biologist to People's Republic of China, 1990, to Initiave on Education Science & Technology to Republic South Africa, 1995.

Member health education advising committee International Medical Svc. for Health, Washington. Member Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission, 1981-1991. Member Mayor's Advisory Board on Infant and Maternal Health, since 1987.

Delegate 1st Asian-Pacific Organisation for Cell Biology Congress, Shanghai, 1990. Member of national county on research in child welfare Child Welfare League American, Inc., since 1992. Member of advisory county District of Columbia family policy seminar Georgetown University Graduate Public Policy Program, since 1993.

Member of advisory committee training program for postdoctoral program in development immunology International Center Interdisciplinary Studies in Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, since 1993. Member steering committee National Consortium for African American Children, National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality, since 1993;host scientist Science in American Life exhibition National Museum American History The Smithsonian Institute, since 1994.

Achievements

• Vijaya Lakshmi Melnick has been listed as a noteworthy Biology educator, research center director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Invited delegate initiative on education, science, and technical to Republic of SouthAfrica, 1995. Member APHA, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Cell Biology, Association for Women in Science, American Political Science Association, National Association Minority Medical Educators (legislation committee since 1977), National Association for Equal Opportunities in Higher Education (science and technical advising committee 1982), New York Academy Science, Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon.

Connections

M. Daniel Melnick, June 28, 1963. 1 child, Anil D.

child:

Anil D. Melnick