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Greg Thomas,
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Oct.
28, 2003
NC
State’s Riviere Elected to Prestigious Institute
of Medicine
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Dr.
Jim E. Riviere of Raleigh, Burroughs Wellcome
Fund Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and
Director of the Center for Chemical Toxicology
Research and Pharmacokinetics at North Carolina
State University’s College
of Veterinary Medicine, has been elected to
the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Election is considered one of
the highest honors in the fields of medicine and
health, and is awarded to those who have made
major contributions to the advancement of the
medical sciences, health care and public health.
The names of the Institute’s 65 newly elected
members were announced this week, bringing the
Institute’s number of total active members
to 1,383.
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Dr. Jim
E. Riviere
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Riviere
is the first NC State faculty member elected to the
Institute of Medicine. Nine NC State faculty members
belong to the National Academy of Sciences; nine others
hold membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
Riviere, who joined the NC State College of Veterinary
Medicine in 1981, is also the co-founder and co-director
of the USDA-supported Food Animal Residue Avoidance
Databank (FARAD). He is also chair of NC State’s
Research Committee.
Riviere’s primary research focus is the development
of pharmacokinetic models to study the absorption and
transport of drugs and chemicals across the skin. Results
of these studies have been used to develop transdermal
drug delivery approaches as well as revise risk assessment
approaches for topical chemical exposure to occupational
and environmental chemicals. In the veterinary arena,
this modeling approach is applied to food safety in
the prediction of drug and chemical residues in the
edible tissues of food-producing animals.
“I
am simply overwhelmed and honored to have been elected,”
Riviere said. “This selection supports my contention
that the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State
ranks as one of the best in the United States. I am
thankful for the efforts of all my faculty colleagues,
graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and technical
staff in our Center whom deserve to share in the honor
this recognition brings.”
Riviere received his bachelor’s
degree in biology (summa cum laude) and master’s
degree in endocrinology from Boston College, and his
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Ph.D. in pharmacology
from Purdue University. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa,
Phi Zeta and Sigma Xi. He serves on the Science Board
of the Food and Drug Administration. His honors include
the 1999 O. Max Gardner Award from the Board of Governors
of the University of North Carolina, the 1991 Ebert
Prize from the American Pharmaceutical Association,
and the Harvey W. Wiley Medal and FDA Commissioner’s
Special Citation.
He
is the editor of the Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology
and Therapeutics and has published more than 350
full-length research papers and chapters, authored or
co-authored seven books, and holds five U.S. patents.
Riviere
has been married for 27 years to Dr. Nancy Monteiro-Riviere,
a professor at NC State.
They have three children: Christopher, Brian and Jessica.
The Institute of Medicine was established
in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences and has
become recognized as a national resource for independent,
scientifically informed analysis and recommendations
on issues related to human health.
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