Bruce Fuchs Explained

Bruce A. Fuchs is an American immunologist and health science administrator.^[1] He was the director of the Office of Science Education (OSE) at the National Institutes of Health.^[2] On October 1, 2013, OSE ceased operations and Fuchs was reassigned.^[3] He works as a health science administrator in the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs and oversees programs pertaining to career development. He is the primary contact for F30/F31 and SERCA K01 applications and the Diversity and Re-Entry Supplements. Fuchs' expertise is in immunology and brain immune interactions.^[4]

Selected publications

• Fuchs. Bruce A.. Albright. Julia W.. Albright. Joseph F.. 1988. β-Adrenergic receptors on murine lymphocytes: Density varies with cell maturity and lymphocyte subtype and is decreased after antigen administration. Cellular Immunology. en. 114. 2. 231–245. 10.1016/0008-8749(88)90318-8. 2839301.
• Fuchs. Bruce A.. Campbell. Kerry S.. Munson. Albert E.. 1988. Norepinephrine and serotonin content of the murine spleen: Its relationship to lymphocyte β-adrenergic receptor density and the humoral immune response in vivo and in vitro. Cellular Immunology. en. 117. 2. 339–351. 10.1016/0008-8749(88)90123-2. 2848630.
• Pruett. S. B.. Fuchs. B. A.. 1993-07-01. Morphine induces apoptosis in murine thymocytes in vivo but not in vitro: involvement of both opiate and glucocorticoid receptors.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. en. 266. 1. 417–423. 0022-3565. 8392561.
• Fuchs. B. A.. Freier. D. O.. 1994-09-01. A mechanism of action for morphine-induced immunosuppression: corticosterone mediates morphine-induced suppression of natural killer cell activity.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. en. 270. 3. 1127–1133. 0022-3565. 7932161.
• Street. N. E.. Fuchs. B. A.. Kasprowicz. D. J.. Ramer-Quinn. D. S.. Baker. R. A.. Sanders. V. M.. 1997-05-01. Differential expression of the beta2-adrenergic receptor by Th1 and Th2 clones: implications for cytokine production and B cell help.. The Journal of Immunology. en. 158. 9. 4200–4210. 10.4049/jimmunol.158.9.4200 . 0022-1767. 9126981. 32439156 . free.
• Bybee. Rodger W.. Fuchs. Bruce. 2006. Preparing the 21st century workforce: A new reform in science and technology education. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. en. 43. 4. 349–352. 10.1002/tea.20147. 2006JRScT..43..349B . 0022-4308. free.

Notes and References

1. News: 'Mini-Med School' Briefs Virginians on Health Care : Medicine: The 10-week course covers the brain, the immune system, microbiology, biochemistry, genetics and health policy. Students are not doctors in training; they just want to learn.. Brown. Heidi Nolte. 1993-11-21. Los Angeles Times. 2019-03-30. en-US. 0458-3035.
2. Web site: 2007 Short Course Videocast: Globalization and Science Education Policy. National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). en-US. 2019-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330122808/https://www.genome.gov/25521974/. 2019-03-30. dead.
3. Web site: NIH Swears Off Science Education. Mervis. Jeffrey. 2013-09-27. Science. en. 2019-03-30.
4. Web site: ORIP Staff Contacts. National Institutes of Health.