Gene Drives on the Horizon Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values (2016) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Appendix F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 210-218
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 210... ...
He also was a founding direc of ASU's Undergraduat Biology En H ctor s te nrichment Proogram, and ser rved as co-dire ector of ASU's Undergraduat Mentoring in Environment Biolo te n tal gy and Minority Access to Res search Careers programs. Co ollins' expertise in population dynam e n ics led him to ser as Director of the Popula s rve r ation Biology and Physiologic Ecology pr a cal rogram at the National Scie e ence Foundatio (NSF)
|
From page 211... ...
Heitman has served as a faculty member in international faculty development projects on responsible science in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Malaysia and Indonesia. She recently chaired the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Elaboration of a National Curriculum in Bioethics and Responsible Conduct of Science for Algeria, advising the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education.
|
From page 212... ...
Drawing on the highly interdisciplinary field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) , he engages various qualitative research methodologies to ask questions about how policymakers and members of the public interface with controversial science.
|
From page 213... ...
Dr. Higgs' research interests are mosquito-virus-vertebrate interactions, and is an expert in vector biology, arthropodborne infectious diseases, immune modulation and vaccine evaluation.
|
From page 214... ...
She received the first Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology from the Entomological Society of America in 1997, the G.J. Mendel Honorary Medal for Merit in the Biological Sciences from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in 1998, and the Vollum Award from Reed College in 2011.
|
From page 215... ...
; UK Department of Health Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee; Board of Directors, Roslin Foundation; Scottish Science Advisory Council; Scientific and Technical Council of the International Risk Governance Council, Geneva.
|
From page 216... ...
Travis studies local adaptations and how multiple ecological forces combine to generate different pressures of natural selection in different locations. His current research is focused on the evolution of life history and ecological interactions in populations of Trinidadian guppies, divergence in the responses of the molecular stress network in populations of least killifish, and indirect genetic effects among genotypes of male mosquitofish.
|
From page 217... ...
Mr. Winickoff served as a Working Group member on a Royal Academy project on geoengineering, and sits on a number of bioethics advisory boards around the United States.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.