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Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 59-72

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... , co-chairs the eHealth Initiative's Council on Data and Research, is on the board of the National Health Council, and is a member of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Advisory Council, the Cures Acceleration Network Review Board, the National Health Council Board of Directors, United for Medical Research Steering Committee, and the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Drug Discovery, Development and Translation. She served as a board member of the Council for American Medical Innovation and the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research.
From page 60...
... Anderson was a health science analyst at the American Public Health Association (APHA) from 1992 to 1995, where she managed a programmatic portfolio on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, infectious diseases, women's health, and public health infrastructure issues.
From page 61...
... Paul R Billings, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified internist and clinical geneticist who serves as chief medical officer of Life Technologies Corporation, a new position aimed at improving patient care through expanding the use of medically relevant genomic technologies in clinical settings.
From page 62...
... He reinstituted the Hunterian Neurosurgery Laboratory (originally founded by Cushing) and has trained numerous researchers in brain research, particularly in intraoperative imaging, angiogenesis, immunotherapy, stem cell therapy, and targeted brain therapy.
From page 63...
... , hosted its annual national meeting, and served on planning committees for their subsequent annual meetings He served on the joint AAMC–AAU Advisory Committee on Conflict of Interest in Human Subjects Research and the AAMC task force on financial conflicts of interest in clinical care. He is currently the chair of FOCIA and serves on
From page 64...
... , a coalition of chief executives of the nation's leading health care companies and organizations. The HLC advocates consumer-centered health care reform, emphasizing the value of private-sector innovation.
From page 65...
... In this role, Dr. Lavezzari is the primary staff lead for a variety of strategic initiatives aimed at establishing PhRMA as a valuable source of scientific expertise in innovative biopharmaceutical research and development within the scientific and regulatory affairs division of PhRMA.
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... Dr. Lo serves on the board of directors of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs and on the medical advisory panel of Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
From page 67...
... While on the Hill, she worked on homeland security, health disparities, health care quality, and translational research bills, including the American Center for Cures initiative and legislation (later enacted as the Cures Acceleration Network)
From page 68...
... She has served on ad hoc committees and task forces convened by organizations, including the Institute of Medicine, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the National Dialogue on Healthcare Innovation, and Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. Prior to joining AAMC, Ms.
From page 69...
... Health Sciences Policy Board, the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics board, and the International Rare Disease Research Consortium Interim Executive Committee, and she is a member of the IOM Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health. She is on the editorial boards of several journals.
From page 70...
... America Distinguished Organization Advocacy Award in 2009; and the Clinical Research Forum and Foundation's Annual Award for Leadership in Public Advocacy in 2011. She is an Ashoka Fellow.
From page 71...
... Before that she was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of Extramural Research at NIH.


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