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Appendix E: Committee and Staff Biosketches
Pages 323-334

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From page 323...
... , studies the design, control, and management of operations systems, with emphasis on manufacturing and supply chain systems, innovation processes, and health care systems. His teaching and research in these areas has been recognized with a number of awards, including being named a Fellow of Institute of International Education, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, SME, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
From page 324...
... Abir has led an internally funded RAND project evaluating strategies for critical care surge capacity in the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a project funded by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation comparing national and international approaches to pandemic-related outcome measurement. George Ball, Ph.D., M.B.A., is an associate professor of operations and decision technologies and the Weimer Faculty Fellow at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington.
From page 325...
... He has led major initiatives aimed at improving methods and infrastructure for clinical research, including the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative, a public–private partnership co-founded by FDA and Duke. He also has served as the principal investigator for Duke's Clinical and Translational Science Award, the National Institutes of Health Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory coordinating center, and as coPI of the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet)
From page 326...
... In addition to her private practice of pulmonary medicine, she has co-chaired and remains on the Executive Committee of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Mass Critical Care Task Force, has served on National Academy of Medicine and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panels for influenza, anthrax, and crisis care, is Past-Chairman of the ACCP Disaster Response Network, and is a former President of the California Thoracic Society.
From page 327...
... Drug Shortage Resource Center and Erin serves as a media resource and advocate for changes to improve the ongoing drug shortage situation and rising drug costs. Erin is also active in both state and national pharmacy and health-related societies serving in a variety of volunteer and elected positions.
From page 328...
... He is also a senior partner at Martin, Blanck, and Associates, a consulting firm of retired generals and flag officers specializing in military health matters. He is a frequent public speaker on biodefense, public health preparedness, and leadership.
From page 329...
... His research has focused on novel uses of survey data to inform and improve the practical management of ethical issues in health care and public policy. He has led projects on a wide variety of topics related to ethics and professionalism, including understanding and measuring the ethical climate of health care organizations and systems; ethics and quality improvement; communication, team-based care, and engaging patients as members of a team; defining physician professionalism; public health and disaster ethics; medicine and the Holocaust, with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; and inequities in health and health care.
From page 330...
... and develops and manages projects at the National Academies related to solving the nation's most pressing health security issues. She currently serves as a director for the Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats and the Security of America's Medical Product Supply Chain.
From page 331...
... In addition to this study, she works on projects initiated by the Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health. This is a standing committee at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine sponsored by the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, to provide a forum for discussion of scientific and technical issues relevant to the development, certification, deployment, and use of personal protective equipment, standards, and related systems to ensure workplace safety and health.
From page 332...
... Shalini Singaravelu, M.Sc., is an Associate Program Officer on the Board on Health Sciences Policy and works on the Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats. Prior to joining the National Academies, Shalini managed a portfolio of digital health tools as a Program Manager at IBM.
From page 333...
... Shalini has a graduate certificate in risk sciences and public policy from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2021) , where she is currently a part-time doctor of public health (Dr.P.H.)


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