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Appendix B: Speaker Biosketches
Appendix B: Speaker Biosketches
Pages 77-86
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Dr. Burke's research addresses the social, ethical, and policy implications of genetic information, including genetic test evaluation, the development of practice standards for genetically based services, and genetics education for health professionals.
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He has served on many national expert panels using evidencebased methods to develop clinical guidelines, including chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, co-chair of the otitis media panel convened by the then-Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, chair of the CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines panel, member of the American Medical Association/CDC panel producing Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services, member of the IOM's Immunization Safety Review Committee, and chair of the IOM's Committee on the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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In 2007 became Director of CHR/SE in Atlanta, GA, where he currently focuses on genetics research in diagnosis and treatment. He collaborates with the HMO Research Network and the NIH-funded Pharmacogenomics Research Network in studies of human genetic variation and response to commonly used medication for diabetes and heart disease.
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Since the formal establishment of a Genomic Medicine Program by the VA Secretary in 2006, she has been involved in establishing the framework for a genomics research program within the Office of Research and Development, including policy development, infrastructure development, and scientific review process development for genomics. She serves as the designated federal officer for the Genomic Medicine Program Advisory Committee, a FACA committee that advises the VA Secretary on the application of genomics to improve health care for veterans.
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Dr. Perrin has served on the IOM Committees on Maternal and Child Health Under Health Care Reform, Quality of Long-TermCare Services in Home and Community-Based Settings, Enhancing Federal Healthcare Quality Programs, and Disability in America; the National Commission on Childhood Disability; and the Disability Policy Panel of the National Academy of Social Insurance (Chair, Children's Committee)
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Bruce Quinn, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., formerly the Contractor Medical Director for the California Medicare Part B program, is a senior policy strategist within the firm's Government Strategies practice, where he focuses on Medicare coverage and payment matters for new technologies. He is a national leader in the areas of Medicare coverage and payment, claims and billing, and Medicare contractor reform processes.
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She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Institute and on the Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins Genetics and Public Policy Center funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. She is the chair of the Coalition for Genetic Fairness, composed of advocates, healthcare providers, and industry working to enact effective federal policy to prohibit genetic information discrimination.
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Preventive Services Task Force, which develops the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. He currently chairs the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics Health and Society, and serves on America's Health Information Community Personalized Health Care Workgroup, the Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Prevention and Practice (EGAPP)
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He is Editor-in-Chief of the Manual on Reimbursement for Medical Genetic Services. He has authored more than 40 articles in the peer-review medical literature and has presented over 50 papers at national and international meetings.
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