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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of the Workshop Planning Committee, Speakers, and Staff
Pages 105-128

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... (cochair) , is a Senior Medical Director for Women's Health with the Office of the Chief Medical Officer at Johnson & Johnson (J&J)
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... degree from Universidad de Cartagena with a focus on family medicine and a Master of Public Health with a specialty in global health and infectious diseases from the Harvard T
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... Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., is the inaugural vice president and chief health equity officer for Indiana University Health and the associate dean for health equity research for Indiana University School of Medicine, where she holds an endowed chair for Health Equity Research. She is an associate professor of obstetrics/gynecology (OBGYN)
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... As a clinical reviewer for DVRPA since 2014, she evaluates a variety of investigational vaccines and other biologics in all phases of clinical development. Her professional interests include maternal immunization.
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... She was a working group member on the HHS Task Force for Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women (PRGLAC Task Force)
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... She has also written the clinical practice guidelines on human milk and breastfeeding for AWHONN and SPN as well as a technical brief for the USAID on human milk and breastfeeding in developing countries.
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... Dr. Spatz is the only Ph.D.-prepared nurse appointed to the Con­gressional Task Force on Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women.
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... in 2016, graduate faculty of the year award from the School of Pharmacy in 2015 and 2021, Tyler Prize for Stimulation of Research from the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) in 2011, the Bristol-Meyers Squibb Mentorship in Clinical Pharmacology from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy in 2009, the Provost's Award for Excellence in Graduate Education from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009, the Innovations in Teaching award from the Rho Chi Society at the University of Pittsburgh in 2009, the Scholarly Contributions award from the Rho Chi Society at the University of Pittsburgh in 2007, the Ranbaxy Research Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1998, and the Distinguished Research Scientists Award from KDRI in Ahmadabad, India, in 1996.
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... Dr. Zorrilla has experience in OBGYN and HIV-related research that includes behavioral interventions and clinical trials with HIV-infected and at-risk populations, as well as with pregnant and nonpregnant women.
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... She is also the medical director of adult palliative medicine at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego.
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... She is a faculty member in the Program in Bioethics and Humanities at Carver College of Medicine. Diana Bianchi, M.D., is the director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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... Ms. Cohen also has a strong interest in global health bioethics and has most recently worked on issues pertaining to equitable access to human milk for vulnerable infants.
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... She earned her medical degree from Meharry Medical College and completed her residency training at Ochsner Health System. She has a Master of Applied Science in patient safety and healthcare quality from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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... Zsakeba Henderson, M.D., is currently the Senior Vice President of MCH Impact and Interim Chief Medical Officer at March of Dimes, pro viding strategic direction and clinical expertise across the organization to help end the maternal and infant health crisis, including the direc tion of March of Dimes Mission programs and services, professional and patient education, and government affairs and advocacy. She is a board-certified ­obstetrician/gynecologist, and previously led the pro gram in support of state-based perinatal quality collaboratives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Reproductive Health, including leading the establishment of the National Network of Perinatal Quality C ­ ollaboratives (NNPQC)
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... She co-led the Preg nancy Research Ethics for Vaccines, Epidemics, and New Technologies (PREVENT) Working Group, which released Pregnant Woman & Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats: Ethics Guidance for Preparedness, Research and Response, a guidance document with specific actionable recommendations to ensure that pregnant women are no longer excluded from receiving vaccines against emerging infectious diseases, and she was codeveloper of the COVID-19 Maternal Immunization Tracker (www.
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... Before joining the UW faculty, she worked as a practicing health care attorney and served in a number of legal and govern­mental policy positions in Washington, DC. Her scholarly work examines the intersection of law, bioethics, public health, and health policy, with special emphasis on the legal and ethical challenges arising in research with pregnant women, the use of genetic technologies in public health, reproductive rights, and family building through assisted reproductive technologies.
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... Iona Munjal, M.D., is a senior director in Pfizer Vaccine Clinical Research and Development service as a medical monitor on vaccine trials. A board certified pediatric infectious diseases physician and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she is a grad uate of Georgetown University and Rutgers Medical School.
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... Roberts served as Clinical Branch Chief in the Division of Vaccines and Related Product Applications (DVRPA) , where he managed the clinical review activities for development programs and licensure applications for multiple products, including vaccines, allergenic products, phage therapy, and live biotherapeutics.
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... Prior to joining Icosavax, Dr. Sobanjo-ter Meulen led the global maternal immunization initiative with a focus on Group B streptococcus and pertussis maternal vaccine develop
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... Sobanjo-ter Meulen cochaired the COVAX Maternal Immunization Working Group to enable access to COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women worldwide.
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... Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, she worked for an international law firm in New York City, as well as a law firm in Princeton, New Jersey, where she focused on securities litigation, consumer fraud, and products liability litigation matters. She received her bachelor's degree with honors in political science from Brooklyn College -- The City University of New York, and her law degree from Fordham University School of Law.
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... The Division of Pediatric and Maternal Health oversees quality initiatives that promote and necessitate the study of drug and biological products in the pediatric population, and improves collection of data to support the safe use of drugs and biological products in pregnant and lactating individuals. She collaborates with numerous stakeholders both inside and outside of FDA to advance development of safe and effective therapies for children and pregnant and lactating persons.
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... Ms. Giraldi holds two bachelor's degrees in biology and political science from Vassar College and is a recent alumna of the Yale School of Public Health where she completed her Master of Public Health in health policy with a concentration in global health.


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