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Appendix D: Committee Member Biographies
Appendix D: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 153-162
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Recently, in concert with several of his university presidential peers, he established the Coalition for Next Generation Life Science, which commits each of the participating universities to collect and disclose data publicly on the education, training, and placement of students and postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Daniels was also appointed to the Order of Canada in 2017 and received the Academic Leadership Award from the Carnegie Corporation in 2015.
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W Travis Berggren joined the Salk Institute in 2007 as the founding director for the Stem Cell Research Core Facility.
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He has presented several keynote addresses and lectures to scientific societies, universities, and other organizations on his research and on training disparities for minorities in the sciences. He served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the NIH Office of Research on Minority Health, the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director, the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute Advisory Council, the National Science Foundation's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Science and Engineering, and the Department of Energy's Biological, Environmental Research Advisory Committee.
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Through his service as Chapter President, Region IV Director, and National Internal Affairs Committee Chair, Dzirasa has participated in numerous programs geared toward exposing youth to science and technology, providing health education for underserved communities, and organizing clinics to screen for chronic diseases. In 2016, he was awarded the inaugural Duke Medical Alumni Emerging Leader Award and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
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In 2007, Landis was named chair of the NIH Stem Cell Task Force. Kenneth Maynard is head of Global Patient Safety Evaluation (GPSE)
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. Polka was a recipient of the Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship, the ASCB Beckman Coulter Distinguished Graduate Student Prize, a Genentech Graduate Fellowship, the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and the Morehead Scholarship.
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She formerly served as director of science policy at NIH, where she was responsible for identifying policy issues relevant to the support and conduct of research and analyzing, recommending, and creating new policies that advance the interest of NIH. These included human subject protections, the privacy and confidentiality of research records, conflicts of interest, human embryo research, cloning and fetal tissue research, genetics, health and society, dual use research, gene therapy and nanotechnology, comparative effectiveness research, personalized medicine, among others.
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In addition to her interests in plant development, she is interested in educational equity issues, has worked to develop science curricula for K-12 teachers, has worked to improve teaching and learning in STEM, and has established and directed programs that seek to increase the number of minorities in the sciences. Zavala's accomplishments include serving as director of the MARC/RISE and Bridges to the Doctorate Program -- Maximizing Access to Research Careers, a program designed to offer mentorship, financial support, and research experi
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. Under her direction, SACNAS received the 2002 National Science Board Public Service Award for institutions increasing public understanding of science and engineering.
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