The Emerging Field of Human Neural Organoids, Transplants, and Chimeras Science, Ethics, and Governance (2021) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Biographies of Committee and Staff Members
Appendix A: Biographies of Committee and Staff Members
Pages 119-128
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Dr. Lo also chairs the external advisory board of the Multiregional Clinical Trials Network and serves on the Medical Advisory Panel of Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the Ethics Advisory Council for Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
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Collectively, the Arlotta Lab research program explores the interface between development and engineering of the neocortex to gain fundamental understanding of both the principles that govern normal cortical development and of previously inaccessible mechanisms of human neurodevelopmental disease. The lab aims to understand and model complex human cortical pathology, focusing on the development of new high-throughput in vitro models of human cortical development and neurodevelopmental disease using stem cell– derived 3D brain organoids.
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She cochaired the National Academies committees that wrote guidelines for embryonic stem cell research and developed recommendations for U.S. policy and global principles for human genome editing research and clinical trials.
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He has also shown that environmental enrichment and physical exercise can enhance the growth of new brain cells, and his team continues to study the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurogenesis to find possible avenues to repair damaged or aging brains.
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Newsome's honors are the Rank Prize in Optoelectronics, the Spencer Award, the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association, the Dan David Prize of Tel Aviv University, the Karl Spencer Lashley Award of the American Philosophical Society, and the Champalimaud Vision Award. His distinguished lectureships include the 13th Annual Marr Lecture at the University of Cambridge, the 9th Annual Brenda Milner Lecture at McGill University, and most recently, the Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lectures at the Kavli Institute of Brain and Mind at the University of California, San Diego.
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. She has led numerous National Academies consensus studies including Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy, Dual Use Research of Concern in the Life Sciences, Optimizing the Nation's Investment in Academic Research, Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States, Science and Security in A Post 9/11 World, and the 3rd edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.
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Dr. Mazza directed the National Academies' Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program from 2007 to 2018 and served as senior director of strategic initiatives in the National Academy of Medicine President's Office from 2018 to 2019.
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LoBuglio developed outreach and science education programs within the fundraising department of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Previously, he also worked in the science and technology division at the Los Angeles office of the Japan External Trade Organization, a section of the Japanese government's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.
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Dr. Carter is also a former Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a former Mirzayan Fellow of the National Academies.
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