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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 135-142
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In addition, he has received honorary doctorates from Amherst College and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. His research focuses on the molecular biology of fungal infectious disease.
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is Presley Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School. His scientific contributions include: demonstrating that Diphtheria toxin blocks protein synthesis by inactivating Elongation Factor-2; elucidating Diphtheria toxin structure, as containing enzymatic (A)
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He also served as a member of the first two US/UK teams that visited Russia in support of the Trilateral Joint Statement on Biological Weapons, and as a member of the Trilateral Experts Committee for biological weapons negotiations. While at the Medical Research and Materiel Command, he was assigned to four of its laboratories, personally conducting research and publishing in the areas of frostbite pathogenesis, organophosphate chemical warfare agent effects on pulmonary and upper airways function, the role of cell-mediated small vessel dysfunction in cerebral malaria, and the development of medical countermeasures against biological agents.
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He chairs the ABA Committee on Law and National Security as well as the Arms Control Section of the American Society of International Law. In addition to his work on terrorism, Professor Kellman is a legal authority on the Chemical Weapons Convention and has served as a consultant to the Defense Department on a wide array of weapons control issues.
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She has served in several advisory roles, including: Scientific Advisory Board, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation; Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Boston University School of Medicine Department of Genetics and Genomics; External Review Committee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Division of Physical Biosciences. She has previously served the Academies on the HHMI Predoctoral Fellowships Panel on Biochemistry and Structural Biology.
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She previously served as the General Counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency; Principal Deputy Legal Adviser for the U.S. Department of State; General Counsel for the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; and Acting Assistant Director for the Federal Trade Commission.
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Dr. Scolnick's commitment to the mental health field is evidenced by memberships on the Board of Directors for McLean Hospital, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Pennsylvania Montgomery County Emergency Services, and as President of the Pennsylvania Montgomery County Chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
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