USU professor appointed to review grants

After years of filling out grant applications to the National Institutes of Health, Utah State University associate professor Timothy Shahan will be on the other side of the review board.

Shahan recently was appointed to the NIH Biobehavioral Regulation, Learning and Ethology study section. The four-year appointment begins July 1.

The study section, which meets three times a year, will review about 180 grant applications concerning biobehavioral processes and adaptation.

"Dr. Shahan is in rare company among people who serve on these key grant-review panels at NIH," said Brent Miller, USU vice president of research.

At USU, Shahan conducts his own research on the basic principles of learning and behavior, especially concerning drug abuse.

— Lana Groves