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Appendix D: Committee Member and Staff Biographies
Pages 37-48

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From page 37...
... She has been a member of the boards of the Alan Guttmacher Institute and the Foundation for Genetic Medicine, a member of the National Medical Advisory Committee of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and a member of the ethics advisory boards of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and WiCell. In 1994, Professor Charo served on the National Institutes of Health Human Embryo Research Panel, and from 1996 to 2001, she was a member of the presidential National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
From page 38...
... In 2000, he served as president of the American Society for Cell Biology and testi fied before Congress about the need for federal support and oversight of embryonic stem cell research. He cochaired the 2005 National Academies Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and is a governor of the Wellcome Trust, UK.
From page 39...
... Adashi is the author or co-author of over 250 peer-reviewed publications, over 120 book chapters/reviews, and 13 books focusing on ovarian biology, ovarian cancer and women's reproductive health, freedom and rights. Elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1999, Adashi served on consensus committees on Women's Health Research, Antiprogestins: Assessing the Science and Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Health Outcomes.
From page 40...
... Imbrescia is an active volunteer with New England Disabled Sports. She served on the National Academies Committee on Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in 2004-2005.
From page 41...
... Mellon post doctoral fellow, holds an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University, and is a recipient of the Benjamin Rush Medal from the College of William and Mary Law School. Moreno has served as adviser to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among many other organizations.
From page 42...
... , on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Bioethics, an adviser to the National Human Genome Research Institute on ethical issues in large-scale sequencing, and a member of the University of Wisconsin's institutional review board for health-sciences research. She is a past member of AAAS's Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibil ity, a past member of the National Cancer Policy Board in the Institute of Medicine, and a past member or chair of several working groups on genet
From page 43...
... He studies the formation of the synapses that interconnect nerve cells, including pioneering work on the signals exchanged between nerve cells and their target muscles as new connections are made. He is also using the vertebrate visual system to examine how nerve cells develop and migrate to the right location in the body.
From page 44...
... He is the first recipient of the Children's Cancer Research Fund/Hageboeck Family Chair in Pediatric Oncology and also holds the University of Minnesota McKnight Presidential Chair in Can cer Research. He is the director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation and scientific director of clini cal research of the Stem Cell Institute.
From page 45...
... He came to the National Academies from Harvard University, where he most recently served as preceptor on molecular and cellular biology. He earned his PhD in molecular biology and education from Harvard, working on issues related to undergraduate science courses; his research focused on mechanisms for assessing and enhancing introductory science courses in biology and physics to encourage student learning and conceptual understanding, including studies of active learning, classroom demonstrations, and student understanding of genetics vocabulary.
From page 46...
... Altevogt joined The National Academies as a science and technology policy fellow with the Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fel lowship Program. Since joining the Board on Health Sciences Policy, he has been a program officer on multiple IOM studies including, Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem, The National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: 2007 Amendments and 2008 Amendments, and Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems.
From page 47...
... Pope has directed numerous studies on topics that range from injury control, disability prevention, and biologic markers to the protection of human subjects of research, National Institutes of Health priority-setting processes, organ procurement and transplantation policy, and the role of science and technology in countering terrorism.


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