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Appendix B: Committee Biographical Sketches
Pages 159-166

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From page 159...
... Ms. Terry is also the founding chief executive officer of PXE International, a research advocacy organization for the genetic condition pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)
From page 160...
... She is the author of more than 90 peer-reviewed articles. In her focus on consumer participation in genetics research, services, and policy, she serves in a leadership role on many of the major international and national organizations, including the IOM's Board on Health Sciences Policy, the IOM Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health, the board of the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, the International Rare Disease Research Consortium Interim Executive Committee, and the newly formed Invoke Health!
From page 161...
... She has also received the IOM Walsh McDermott Medal in recognition of distinguished service to the National Academies and received the National Academy of Sciences Professional Staff Award. She received her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College, her M.A.
From page 162...
... She was twice awarded the UC Davis Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching Science Basic to Medicine and was honored with the American Medical Women's Association Gender Equity Award for providing a gender-fair environment for the education and training of women physicians. She has been recognized for her role in initiating training opportunities, mentoring fellows and students who have accepted positions in academics and industry, bringing together investigators to work in teams toward common goals, and fostering collaborations with faculty and department chairs across disciplines.
From page 163...
... Dr. Dennery is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the Andrew Mellon Fellowship, the Ross Young Investigator Award from the Western Society of Pediatrics, the Alfred Stengel Health System Champion Award from the University of Pennsylvania, an honorary doctorate of science from Ursinus College, and the Mentor of the Year Award from the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, among others.
From page 164...
... She has recently received a Fulbright Senior Specialist Award to train faculty who teach front-line health care workers in Zanzibar. She has worked for more than 18 years as a program and evaluation consultant, behavioral scientist, program developer, program director, and evaluator for community-based health organizations focused on vulnerable populations in the United States and abroad.
From page 165...
... Through the course of her nursing career Dr. McCabe has worked in roles providing direct patient care, managing care units for patients participating in research protocols and developing and implementing clinical research protocols.
From page 166...
... Dr. Rosen is a professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and currently studies the role of insulin-like growth factors, bone marrow adiposity, and stem cells in skeletal remodeling.


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