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Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 101-110

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From page 101...
... From 2010 to 2017 she served on President Obama's Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. She was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in 2015 and elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2016.
From page 102...
... An experienced executive leader in postsecondary education, he has consulted widely on governance and strategy, particularly with respect to interactions among government, private, and voluntary sectors. Deborah Estrin, Ph.D., is a professor of computer science at Cornell NYC Tech, where she founded the Health Tech Hub in the Jacobs Institute and the Small Data Lab at Cornell NYC Tech.
From page 103...
... He is also a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He works in a variety of areas of bioethics, exploring the intersection of ethics and health/ science policy, including human and animal research ethics, public health, and ethical issues in emerging biomedical technologies.
From page 104...
... She conducts empirical research into issues at the intersection of law, ethics, and health policy. She is the author of nearly 200 articles and book chapters on medical liability, public health law, pharmaceuticals and vaccines, biomedical research ethics and governance, health information privacy, and other topics.
From page 105...
... Dr. Merritt serves as the associate chair for student matters in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of International Health and as a program officer for the Johns Hopkins University Exploration of Practical Ethics.
From page 106...
... ­ Recent recognitions of her work include the Society of Family Planning 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award and American Psychiatric Association 2015 Solomon Carter Fuller Award. In 2017 she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
From page 107...
... From 2010 to 2015 Ms. Simoncelli served in senior staff roles in the Obama administration, including as assistant director for forensic science and biomedical innovation within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she crafted a series of interagency forensic science reform efforts and helped drive the creation and launch of the Presi
From page 108...
... From 2003 to 2010, Ms. Simoncelli worked for the American Civil Liberties Union as the organization's firstever science advisor, where she spearheaded the organization's successful Supreme Court case challenging the patenting of human genes.
From page 109...
... He conducts empirical research and conceptual scholarship focused on ethical and policy issues at the research–clinical care interface. His current focus relates to the integration of genomic testing into clinical practice, informed consent about research on medical practices, and decision making about technological interventions in children with disabilities.


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