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Biographical Sketches of Panel Members
Pages 147-154

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From page 147...
... Her research and teaching include the ethical, legal, and social implications of developments in genetics. She has been an active participant in policy debates advising the National Human Genomic Research Institute as well as numerous other federal and international bodies on an array of topics, ranging from issues in children's health, including newborn screen 147
From page 148...
... David Harrington is professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health at Harvard University and chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He served as principal investigator of the Statistical Center for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group from 1990 to 2000.
From page 149...
... He is a fellow of the ASA and a member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research and the American Public Health Association. He was a member of the NRC's CNSTAT from 1998 to 2004 and has served as chair of the Panel on Measuring Respirator Use in the Workplace and cochair of the Oversight Committee for the Workshop on Survey Automation.
From page 150...
... He is project director for statistical consultation projects that assist the Energy Information Administration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Internal Revenue Service. He has 30 years' experience managing large-scale sample surveys and carrying out methodological research associated with federal survey programs.
From page 151...
... Previously, he served as director of the Division of Health Statistics and Research and then assistant commissioner for community health services in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and was a member of the Massachusetts and North Carolina governors' commissions on the reduction of infant mortality. He is the founding and senior editor of the Maternal and Child Health Journal and in 2000 was awarded its first national epidemiology award for "advancing knowledge." He has an M.P.H.
From page 152...
... Patricia O'Campo is Alma and Baxter Ricard chair in inner city health and director of the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, professor at the University of Toronto, and adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
From page 153...
... She has a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.


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