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Appendix C: Biosketches of Committee Members
Appendix C: Biosketches of Committee Members
Pages 153-162
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In 1985, she joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where she created the Department of Neurosciences that, under her leadership, achieved an international reputation for excellence.
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Dr. Landis currently serves on the scientific advisory boards of the Vollum Institute at Oregon Health & Science University and the Neurological Research Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as the scientific review boards of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Wellcome Trust. Throughout her research career, she has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of how functionally appropriate synapses form during development and the role of neurotrophins in peripheral nervous system.
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He has authored/co-authored more than 260 methodological and biomedical journal articles and has received awards for his research from the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association. He has held leadership positions in more than two dozen coordinating centers for major studies and is a frequent consultant to NIH and industry.
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She has coauthored two popular textbooks, on longitudinal data analysis and on statistical genetics. She has received numerous awards, including the Florence Nightingale David award and the Samuel S
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Eric B Larson, M.D., M.P.H., is executive director of Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and vice president for research and health care innovation at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington.
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Ralph L Sacco, M.S., M.D., is the chairman of neurology; Olemberg Family chair in neurological disorders; Miller Professor of neurology, epidemiology and public health sciences, human genetics, and neurosurgery; executive director of the Evelyn McKnight Brain Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami; and chief of the neurology service at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
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His research has also addressed stroke and vascular disparities. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including, the Johann Jacob Wepfer Award from the European Stroke Conference, the American Heart Association's Golden Heart Award, the Feinberg Award of Excellence in Clinical Stroke, the Chairman's Award from the American Heart Association, the NINDS Javits Award in Neuroscience, and been elected to the American Association of Physicians.
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In 2008, she received the American Public Health Association's Rogers Health Communication Award for her research. Recent studies have examined mobile media, mobile devices, games, and traditional media across a range of topics, including tobacco, alcohol, HIV/AIDS, family planning, maternal/child health, physical activity and sedentary behaviors, food marketing, and nutrition.
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Yaffe's research focuses on the epidemiology of dementia and cognitive aging.
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