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Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 89-102

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From page 89...
... His primary research interests include the epidemiology of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, theoretical population vaccinology, Phase III HIV vaccine trial design, and health economic evaluations of public health policies for vaccination and preventative intervention programs.
From page 90...
... Greg Bond, Ph.D., M.P.H., adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Health in the University of Michigan School of Public Health, is a member of the team that is developing and delivering programming for the University of Michigan's Dow Sustainability Fellows Program, which will develop and support 300 sustainability scholars over the first 6 years of the program.
From page 91...
... She recently led a project connecting breast cancer advocacy and environmental justice in a study of household exposures to endocrine disrupters and air pollutants through a collaboration of Silent Spring Institute, Communities for a Better Environment (a California-based environmental justice organization) , and researchers at Brown University and the University of California, Berkeley.
From page 92...
... grant portfolio in environmental and molecular epidemiology and developed several complex multidisciplinary research programs. These include the NIEHS Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers Program, the NIEHS-U.S.
From page 93...
... Since 1986, Cox Associates' mathematicians and scientists have applied computer simulation and biomathematical models, statistical and epidemiological risk analyses, causal data mining techniques, and operations research and artificial intelligence models to measurably improve health, business, and engineering risk analysis and decision making for public- and private-sector clients. Since 1996, its sister company, NetAdvantage, has provided operations research services and software for telecommunications companies.
From page 94...
... She has extensive experience with the development of statistical methods and their applications to environmental epidemiology, implementation science and health policy, outcomes research and patient safety, and comparative effectiveness research.
From page 95...
... Office of Research and Development and as the Agency's science adviser, promoting scientific excellence in EPA research, advocating for the continuing evolution of the Agency's approach to analysis, and encouraging programs that provide academic research to support EPA's mission. His areas of focus included nanotechnology, ecosystem research, the influence of toxicology advances on testing and risk assessment, and sustainability.
From page 96...
... Mr. Greenbaum also chaired the EPA Blue Ribbon Panel on Oxygenates in Gasoline, which issued the report Achieving Clean Air and Clean Water, and EPA's Clean Diesel Independent Review Panel, which reviewed technology progress in implementing the 2007 Highway Diesel Rule.
From page 97...
... He was formerly a member of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission under President Bill Clinton, the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee and the Ethics Subcommittee, and the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has written articles on ethical issues in the procurement of embryos for research, oversight of stem cell lines derived in other institutions, informed consent for future research, and prohibiting the use of induced pluripotent stem cells for reproductive cloning.
From page 98...
... He has taught administrative law and other subjects at Harvard, New York University, Stanford University, the University of Hawaii, and American University law schools. He is a senior fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United State and a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Committee on Science, Technology, and Law.
From page 99...
... Department of Energy, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the states of Maryland and New York, the World Bank, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Pan American Health Organization. Her research and professional activities bridge science and public policy and a focus on the incorporation of mechanistic toxicology into environmental and occupational health policy.
From page 100...
... Dr. Sondik has also served as the acting director of the National Center for Public Health Informatics and as acting director to co-lead the Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service until a candidate was named.
From page 101...
... ; and more than 65 articles on the general topic of public law and regulation. He is president emeritus of the College of William & Mary, former dean of the Tulane and Cardozo Law Schools, and a faculty member at the University of North Carolina Law School.


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