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Appendix C: Speaker and Planning Committee Biographies
Appendix C: Speaker and Planning Committee Biographies
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is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist who covers medicine and public health for Vox.com. She was a 2013–2014 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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He is a lecturer in science policy and politics in the Hopkins Advanced Academic Programs division. He is a former mediarelations director for the National Academy of Sciences; press secretary for the US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; special assistant for public affairs in the Executive Office of the President during the Clinton administration; director of communication for the DOE Office of Science; and director of communication and public affairs in the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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The first person to serve in that role, he is responsible for developing the first integrated strategic marketing and communication plan for Georgia Tech's $730 million research enterprise. He provides strategic support for Georgia Tech's research news activities, the university's many research institutes and centers, research leaders, and external partners.
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Before joining OSTP, Dr. Handelsman was the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and Frederick Phineas Rose Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology of Yale University.
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His legislative work earned him numerous accolades, including being named one of Scientific American magazine's 50 National Visionaries Contributing to a Brighter Technological Future and a Champion of Science by the Science Coalition. He is also a past recipient of two of AAAS's highest honors: the William D
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. She is also a fellow of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the International Communication Association and a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association.
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The AAAS annual meeting is the predominant international scientific conference for scientists, engineers, policy-makers, journalists, and others interested in the intersection of science, technology, and society. The AAAS Center for Public Engagement provides a vehicle for boosting public awareness and understanding of the nature of science and the work of scientists while increasing public input into scientific research and policy agendas.
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Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education; the NSF-funded Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center; the external science advisory committee of the Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology; the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the Center for Environmental Policy at American University; the National Council of Advisors for the Center for the Study of the Presidency; the Journal of Industrial Ecology; and Games for Change. In 2004–2009, he was a member of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and serves on the National Academies Board on Life Sciences. She is a founding member of the Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, is a member of the visiting committee of the University of Chicago Medical Center and the National Council for Johns Hopkins Nursing, and serves on the External Advisory Board for Rice University's Professional Science Master's Degree program.
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