An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies (2020) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Committee Biographies
Appendix A: Committee Biographies
Pages 48-55
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His recent work focuses on the features of human microbial community assembly and the basis for community stability and resilience. His previous work has included the development of methods for pathogen discovery and the identification of several historically important and novel microbial disease agents, as well as the use of genomic technologies for understanding human–microbe interactions.
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Her focus is on the use of new technologies, including mobile phone data and pathogen genomics, to understand and control disease threats, and to prepare for, and forecast, epidemics. Her work led to an Omidyar Fellowship at the Santa Fe Institute, where she developed theoretical approaches to understanding malaria parasite evolution and ecology.
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Professor of Medical Ethics, professor of medicine, professor of medical ethics in neurology, professor of medical ethics in rehabilitation medicine, professor of medicine in psychiatry, professor of health care policy and research, and chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College. His interests include ethical and policy issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of severe brain injury and disorders of consciousness.
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Research goals in her laboratory include identifying novel therapeutic approaches for preventing brain damage following exposure to chemicals that cause seizures; understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which environmental factors interact with genetic factors to increase risk for neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease; and determining how pesticides alter communication between nerves and immune cells in the lung to cause airway hyperreactivity, a major symptom of asthma. This research leverages diverse model systems ranging from primary neuronal cell culture to zebrafish to rodent models and multiple techniques ranging from cellular and molecular techniques to in vivo imaging to behavioral studies.
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He currently oversees research in health monitoring, as well as the applied neurological, cognitive, and psychological technologies portfolio that includes neurocomputational damage modeling along with acoustic and auditory health research projects. These projects include measurement and modeling of the health effects of high power lasers and high power microwaves on biological tissue and phantoms.
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He continues to serve in this capacity as chief psychiatric consultant for the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Units and Crisis Negotiation Unit. Since 1992, he has taught medical students, residents, and fellows correctional psychiatry on-site at a men's maximum security prison.
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His research interests include neural visual pathway disorders, double vision, pupillary abnormalities, eyelid disorders, higher order disorders of visual integration, traumatic brain injury, and disorders of high and low intracranial pressure. In 2001, he was appointed editor of the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, serving until 2009.
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and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied Type III Radio Solar Bursts and Nonlinear Energy Flow.
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