Francis Collins, MD/PhD – NIH Director

Director, National Institutes of Health

As NIH Director, Dr. Collins oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, spanning the spectrum from basic to clinical research. Dr. Collins is a physician-geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the international Human Genome Project, which culminated in April 2003 with the completion of a finished sequence of the human DNA instruction book. He served as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH from 1993-2008.

 

Web Information

NIH web pages: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/index.htm

Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins

Twitter@NIHDirector

Contact Information

Email:francis.collins@nih.gov

Phone: 301-496-2433

Address: 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892

 

Biosketch

From NIH Director’s page

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. is the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  In that role he oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, spanning the spectrum from basic to clinical research.

Dr. Collins is a physician-geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the international Human Genome Project, which culminated in April 2003 with the completion of a finished sequence of the human DNA instruction book. He served as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH from 1993-2008.

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France A. Córdova, PhD – NSF Director

 

Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)

France A. Córdova, was sworn in as director of NSF on March 31, 2014. Córdova leads the only government science agency charged with advancing all fields of scientific discovery, technological innovation, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. NSF’s programs and initiatives keep the United States at the forefront of science and engineering, empower future generations of scientists and engineers, and foster U.S. prosperity and global leadership.

 

Web Information

NSF web pagehttps://www.nsf.gov/mobile/staff/staff_bio.jsp?lan=fcordova

Wikipedia  page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_A._C%C3%B3rdova

Contact Information

Email: fcordova@nsf.gov

Phone: (703) 292-8000

Address: 1205 N, 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Virginia 22230

 

Biosketch

France A. Córdova, was sworn in as director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) on March 31, 2014. Nominated by President Barack Obama to head the $7.2-billion independent federal agency, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 12. Córdova leads the only government science agency charged with advancing all fields of scientific discovery, technological innovation, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. NSF’s programs and initiatives keep the United States at the forefront of science and engineering, empower future generations of scientists and engineers, and foster U.S. prosperity and global leadership.

Córdova is president emerita of Purdue University, where she served as president from 2007 to 2012. From 2002 to ...

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Walter Koroshetz, MD – NINDS

 

Summary

Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Co-chair, BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG)

Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D. was selected Director of NINDS on June 11, 2015. Dr. Koroshetz joined NINDS in 2007 as Deputy Director, and he served as Acting Director from October 2014 through June 2015. Before joining NINDS, Dr. Koroshetz served as Vice Chair of the neurology service and Director of stroke and neurointensive care services at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

 

Information

NINDS Webpage: ninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/bio_walter_koroshetz Twitter:  @NINDSdirector

Email: koroshetzw@ninds.nih.gov

Address: NIH/NINDS Building 31, Room 8A52 31 Center Dr MSC 2540 Bethesda, MD 20892

 

Biosketch

Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D. was selected Director of NINDS on June 11, 2015. Dr. Koroshetz joined NINDS in 2007 as Deputy Director, and he served as Acting Director from October 2014 through June 2015. Previously, he served as Deputy Director of NINDS under Dr. Story Landis. Together, they directed program planning and budgeting, and oversaw the scientific and administrative functions of the Institute. He has held leadership roles in a number of NIH and NINDS programs including the NIH’s BRAIN Initiative, the Traumatic Brain Injury Center collaborative effort between the NIH intramural program and the Uniformed Health Services University, and the multi-year work to develop and establish the NIH Office of Emergency Care Research to coordinate ...

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Fay Lomax Cook, PhD – NSF

 

Assistant Director for the NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE) Co-lead with Jim Olds of NSF Neuroscience

In her role as head of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Cook will be a key member of the National Science Foundation’s senior management and policy team. She will direct an SBE staff of 119 and manage a budget of approximately $250 million. Dr. Cook was Director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern from 1996 to 2012 and past President of the Gerontological Society.

Web Information

NSF web page: http://www.nsf.gov/staff/staff_bio.jsp?lan=fcook&org=SBE&from_org=SBE

Institute for Policy Research  web pagehttp://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/faculty-experts/fellows/cook-f.html

Contact Information

Email: fcook@nsf.gov

Phone: (703) 292-8700

Address: 905 N, 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Virginia 22230

Biosketch

Fay Lomax Cook is on leave from Northwestern University at the National Science Foundation (NSF), where she has served as NSF Assistant Director and head of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate since September 2014. At the University, she is a faculty fellow of the Institute for Policy Research and professor of human development and social policy in the School of Education and Social Policy, with a courtesy appointment in the department of political science. Her research focuses on the interrelationships between public opinion and social policy, the politics of public policy, ...

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Jo Handelsman, PhD – OSTP Associate Director for Science

 

Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Co-Chair of the Interagency Working Group on Neuroscience

Dr. Handelsman helps to advise President Obama on the implications of science for the Nation, ways in which science can inform U.S. policy, and on Federal efforts in support of scientific research. Prior to joining OSTP, Dr. Handelsman was an HHMI Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University.

Web Information

OSTP web pagehttps://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/

Yale Department web pagehttp://bbs.yale.edu/molecularcell/people/jo_handelsman.profile

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Handelsman

Contact Information

Email:

Phone:

Address: Eisenhower Executive Office Building 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20504

 

Biosketch

Dr. Jo Handelsman was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and Frederick Phineas Rose Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University. She received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984 and she served on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1985 until moving to Yale in 2010. Her research focuses on the genetic and functional diversity of microorganisms in soil, plant and insect gut communities. Handelsman’s lab is one of the pioneers of functional metagenomics, an approach to accessing the genetic potential of unculturable bacteria in environmental samples. Their studies using both culture-based and metagenomic analyses have ...

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Amber Story, PhD – NSF

Acting Division Director of the Division of Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation Co-Chair Interagency Working Group on Neuroscience Former Ex Officio Member of Multi-Council Working Group 

The Division of Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences  supports research in psychology, anthropology, linguistics, geography, and related fields. Dr. Story received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Cornell University and held several academic positions before joining NSF.

Web Information

Division of Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences Webpage: nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=bcs

Contact Information

Email: astory@nsf.gov

Phone: (703) 292-7249

Address: National Science Foundation 995 N – 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Virginia 22230

 

Biosketch

After serving for six years as director of the social psychology program at the National Science Foundation, Amber Story became Deputy Director of NSF’s Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) in October, 2009. BCS supports research in psychology, anthropology, linguistics, geography, and related fields. Dr. Story received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Cornell University and held several academic positions before joining NSF.

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APA Interview

July 7, 2010 by  Heather O’Beirne Kelly and Howard Kurtzman

APA: Welcome. To start, what’s new at NSF? 

Dr. Story: For one thing, we have a new head of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE), which includes the BCS Division. That’s Myron Guttman, ...

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Rockell N. Hankin, LLB – Kavli

 

Rockell N. Hankin is Chairman of the Board of Semtech Corporation, an analog semiconductor company (Nasdaq) and Chairman of the Board of The Kavli Foundation.

Mr. Hankin has been Chairman or a Board member of seven other listed companies and eleven private companies, as well as other charitable organizations.  He has taught courses in business and law at UNC (Charlotte), UCLA and USC Law School.

Web Information

Kavli Foundation webpagehttp://www.kavlifoundation.org/rockell-n-hankin

Biosketch

Currently, Mr. Hankin is an Executive in Residence at the McColl School of Business, Queens University of Charlotte. Mr. Hankin has been an adjunct faculty member of UNC Charlotte, teaching Entrepreneurship, of USC’s School of Law teaching a joint course to graduate business school and law students regarding governance and other lessons learned from the Enron Era, and of the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he taught a graduate course in business strategy and planning as part of the school’s entrepreneurship course of study. He previously held a lectureship position at UCLA’s extension university as well as an associate professorship at California State University, Northridge. Mr. Hankin has presented regularly on corporate governance issues at the Duke Capital Markets Director’s Education Institute, UCLA’s ...

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Robert W. Conn, PhD – Kavli

 

Robert W. Conn is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Kavli Foundation and Zable Professor and Dean, Emeritus, of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego.

Dr. Conn is widely recognized for his academic achievements and leadership in education and research and for his experience in the private sector.

Web Information

Kavli Foundation webpagehttp://www.kavlifoundation.org/robert-w-conn

Biosketch

Dr. Conn began his academic career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970 where he became Professor of Engineering Physics, served as founding director of the University’s Fusion Technology Institute and held the Romnes Faculty Chair. Dr. Conn moved to UCLA as Professor of Engineering and Applied Science in 1980 and in 1986 he led the formation of UCLA’s Institute of Plasma and Fusion Research and became its first director.

From 1993 to 2002, Dr. Conn was Dean of the Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego and the Walter J. Zable Professor of Engineering Science. While Dean, he led the School through a period of unprecedented growth in faculty, students and reputation resulting in the School’s current ranking among the top twelve engineering schools in the country. He led major changes in the School’s organizational structure to position it ...

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Miyoung Chun, PhD – Kavli

 

Miyoung Chun is Executive Vice President of Science Programs at The Kavli Foundation.

Dr. Chun’s career spans a wide range of experience in academia and industry. Her academic career began as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and a member of Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute at Boston University School of Medicine in 1995. There she taught in the areas of cell biology and molecular medicine, and conducted research in signal transduction of G-protein coupled receptors.

 

Web Information

Kavli Foundation web pagehttp://www.kavlifoundation.org/miyoung-chun

Biosketch

From 1999 to 2004 she worked for Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. as a scientist and project leader, where her research focused on genomics/functional genomics and on molecular imaging in drug discovery and development. She discovered and characterized novel genes that are important to inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases, and has over 30 U.S. and International issued/published patents.

In 2004 she moved back to academia as Assistant Dean of Science and Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), in particular serving the California Nanosystems Institute. She was also appointed Director of International Research Advancement at UCSB. In this role she was active in building partnerships among academia, government and industry around the globe.

Dr. Chun was Vice President of Science Programs at The Kavli Foundation since ...

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William Vanderlinde, PhD – IARPA

 

Director, IARPA Office of Safe and Secure Operations (SSO)

Dr.Vanderlinde was an IARPA program manager from 2009 to 2012, leading the CAT and ATHENA programs. He re-joined IARPA in March 2015 as the SSO office director. Dr. Vanderlinde’s work has focused on microelectronics and advanced microscopy, with applications to supply-chain assurance and high-performance computing.

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/files/resources/Vanderlinde_Bio.pdf

LinkedIn Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-vanderlinde/6/6a0/116

Contact Information

Email: william.vanderlinde@iarpa.gov

Phone: (301) 851-7508

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

 

Biosketch

Dr. Vanderlinde  previous positions include Technical Director of the DOD Microelectronics Research Laboratory and as Team Leader for Nanotechnology at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences. He was General Chair of the International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis in 2010 and serves on the Electron Device Failure Analysis Society Board of Directors.

He holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in physics from the University of Virginia. He is a DNI Fellow and an elected Fellow of ASM International.

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Catherine Cotell, PhD – IARPA

 

Director, IARPA Incisive Analysis (IA) Office

Dr. Cotell’s career has been dedicated to delivering innovative technology-based solutions to both the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Department of Defense. Dr. Cotell holds seminal patents in the field of laser deposition of biocompatible coatings for medical implants.

 

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/files/resources/Cotell_Bio.pdf

LinkedIn Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/catherine-cotell/1/860/50 

Contact Information

Email: catherine.cotell@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301) 851-7685

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

Biosketch

Dr. Cotell joined IARPA in November 2014. She served as a science, strategy and transition advisor to the Basic and Applied Sciences Department at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for Analytic Services Inc. and as Chief Scientist at Noblis. As Vice President at In-Q-Tel, Dr. Cotell launched In-Q-Tel’s University Outreach program and managed In-Q-Tel’s largest technology practice, Applications Software & Analytics, investing on behalf of the IC in knowledge management, search and discovery, machine translation, data visualization, digital media, gaming, modeling and simulation, as well as collaboration and geospatial tools. Prior to In-Q-Tel, Dr. Cotell was head of Technology Transfer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory where she managed and licensed the largest intellectual property portfolio in the Department of Defense. Dr. Cotell holds seminal patents in the field of laser deposition of biocompatible ...

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Rita Bush, PhD – IARPA

 

Acting Director, IARPA Office for Anticipating Surprise Program Manager. ICArUS program

Dr. Bush previously served as Division Chief of the Information Exploitation (InfoX) Research Division in the Disruptive Technology Office (DTO), where she oversaw an extensive research portfolio in a variety of topics of interest to the Intelligence Community, including natural language understanding, video exploitation, collaborative work environments, social network analysis, modeling and simulation and information visualization.

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/files/resources/Bush_biography.pdf

LinkedIn Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rita-bush/0/997/15b

Contact Information

Email: rita.bush@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7431

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

 

Biosketch

Prior to becoming a federal government employee, Dr. Bush was employed as a Program Manager at AT&T and at Telcordia Technologies. She began her career as a researcher in Human Factors at Bell Labs. She holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology.

Research Interests

Her current research interests include social psychology and group behavior, experimental design and quantitative methods, visualization techniques, usability engineering, user interface design, novel human-computer interaction techniques, virtual worlds, massive multiplayer online games (MMOGs), web 2.0 technologies

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Chris Reed, PhD – IARPA

Acting Director, Office of Smart Collection Program Manager, Athena,  GHO, HFGeo, SLiCE

Dr. Reed has been an IARPA program manager since 2010, managing programs and projects on diverse topics that include geolocation, electrically small antennas, and reliability of information from sensor networks.  He has been involved in all development phases for systems for signals intelligence, communications, navigation, radar, and electronic warfare. He has patents in parallel computing, radar signal processing, and GPS.

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/bios/Reed_Bio.pdf

 

 

Contact Information

Email: chris.reed@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7485

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

 

Biosketch

Dr. Chris Reed is concurrently serving as the Acting Director of the Office of Smart Collection and as a Program Manager in the Office where he oversees the Athena,  GHO, HFGeo, SLiCE programs.

Prior to joining IARPA he worked with L-3 Communications, Statistical Signal Processing, Raytheon, Hughes, Compaq Computer, and the U.S. Army. He has been involved in all development phases for systems for signals intelligence, communications, navigation, radar, and electronic warfare. He has patents in parallel computing, radar signal processing, and GPS.

Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, and a master’s and doctorate in Electrical Engineering from UCLA

 

Research Interests

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Alexis Jeannotte, PhD – IARPA

Program Manager, IARPA SHARP and TRUST programs

Dr. Jeannotte held an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in the National Securities and Global Securities at the US Department of Homeland Security. Dr Jeannotte also was a contractor supporting the government in the development and management of programs that fund research and development to meet national security needs.

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/our-program-managers#Jeannotte

Contact Information

Email: alexis.jeannotte@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7517

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

 

Biosketch

Dr. Jeannotte, at Avian, led a three of three as a systems engineering and technical assistant to her government customer. Alexis used her technical background in neuroscience to help develop, fund and manage research programs that will meet critical needs for U.S. government operations. She also acts as a cheerleader for the company in the Metro D.C. area and served as program manager for the AVIAN team.

 

Research Interests

Human cognition and intelligence, mobile sensing, wearable devices, social psychology and neuroscience, deception, trust, motivation, creativity, human performance, second language learning, cross-cultural training, identity

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Tom Kalil – OSTP Deputy Director for Policy

 

Deputy Director for Policy for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Senior Advisor for Science, Technology and Innovation for the National Economic Council

Tom Kalil has been the OSTP Director spearheading the convening of the BRAIN Initiative.  Tom supervises a team of 14 policy entrepreneurs working science, technology and innovation policy issues such as the President’s Strategy for American Innovation, Grand Challenges, incentive prizes, STEM education, the Maker Movement, high-growth entrepreneurship, lab-to-market, space policy, innovation for global development, R&D funding, insights from the social and behavioral science, and national S&T initiatives in areas such as advanced manufacturing, Big Data, cyber-physical systems, nanotechnology, robotics, software-defined networks, synthetic biology.

Web Information

OSTP Webpage: whitehouse.gov/blog/author/Thomas%20Kalil

LinkedIn webpagelinkedin.com/profile/

Wikipedia Entrywikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kalil

Contact Information

Email: tkalil@ostp.eop.gov

Address: New Executive Office Building 725 – 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20502

Biography

From OSTP page

From 2001 to 2008, Kalil was Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology at UC Berkeley. He was responsible for developing major new multi-disciplinary research and education initiatives at the intersection of information technology, nanotechnology, microsystems, and biology. He also conceived and launched a program called “Big Ideas @ Berkeley,” which provides support for multidisciplinary teams of Berkeley students that are interested ...

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Monica Ramirez Basco, PhD – OSTP

Assistant Director for Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Broadening Participation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Dr. Basco is an internationally recognized expert in cognitive-behavioral therapy, a clinical psychologist, and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She is on the Psychology faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington, with a secondary appointment in Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Her books include bestsellers Never Good Enough and The Bipolar Workbook.

Web Information

Website: monicabasco.com/about.php

Contact Information

Email: mbasco@ostp.eop.gov

Phone: 202-456-4444

Address: New Executive Office Building 725 – 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20502

Biosketch

Clinical Psychologist

Assistant Professor of Psychology University of Texas at Arlington

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy

Videos

The Procrastinator’s Guide to Getting Things Done

Published on July 7, 2015 by Guilford Press

Everyone procrastinates sometimes—often at a significant price, from poor job performance to stress, financial problems, and relationship conflicts. Cognitive-behavioral therapy expert Monica Ramirez Basco’s new book provides easy-to-relate-to examples from “recovering procrastinators”—including herself. Inviting quizzes, exercises, and practical suggestions help you: * Understand why you procrastinate. * Start ...

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William Newsome, PhD – Stanford

 

Director of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute and Professor of Neurobiology HHMI scientist Co-Chair, Advisory Committee to the NIH Director

Dr. Newsome’s research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying visually based decision making and related issues in cognitive neuroscience. He seeks to understand how higher mammals acquire sensory information about the world, how that information is processed within the brain, and how behavioral responses to that information are organized.

Web Information

Stanford Webpage: med.stanford.edu/profiles/william-newsome

Lab Webpage: monkeybiz.stanford.edu/

HHMI Webpage: hhmi.org/scientists/william-t-newsome

Contact Information

Email: bnewsome@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-5814

Address: Stanford School of Medicine 291 Campus Drive Li Ka Shing Building Stanford, CA 94305-5101

Research Interests

From lab page

The long-term goal of our research is to understand the neuronal processes that mediate visual perception and visually guided behavior. To this end we are conducting parallel behavioral and physiological experiments in animals that are trained to perform selected perceptual or eye movement tasks. By recording the activity of cortical neurons during performance of such tasks, we gain initial insights into the relationship of neuronal activity to the animal’s behavioral capacities. Hypotheses concerning this relationship are tested by modifying neural activity within local cortical circuits to determine whether behavior is effected in a predictable manner. Computer modelling techniques are then used to develop more refined hypotheses concerning the relationship of ...

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Cori Bargmann, PhD – Rockefeller

 

Torsten N. Wiesel Professor at Rockefeller University and head of the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior Co-chair of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) and At large member of the Multi-Council Working Group (WCWG) for the BRAIN Initiative

Cori Bargmann was awarded the Kavli Prizein 2012  and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2013.  Cori is known for her work on the behavior in the C. elegans, particularly olfaction in the worm.

Web Information

Rockfeller website:  rockefeller.edu/research/faculty/labheads/CoriBargmann/

HHMI pages: .hhmi.org/scientists/cornelia-i-bargmann

Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviorlab.rockefeller.edu/bargmann/

Wikipedia Entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Bargmann

Contact Information

E-mail: Cori.Bargmann@rockefeller.edu Office Phone: (212) 327-7242 Lab Phone: (212) 327-7411 Address: The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue New York, NY 10065

 

Biography

From the Kavli prize page

Cornelia Isabella Bargmann was born in 1961 in Virginia and raised in Athens, Georgia, where she attended the University of Georgia. She then went north to study cancer-signalling genes and cloned the oncogene HER2, a key factor in breast cancer, in the laboratory of Robert Weinberg at the Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

After receiving her Ph.D. in 1987, Professor Bargmann transferred to the laboratory of H. Robert Horvitz, at MIT, where she became acquainted with the tiny worm C. elegans. Professor Horvitz had already made major contributions to understanding neural ...

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Lyric Jorgenson, PhD – NIH

 

Acting Director of the Office of Biotechnology Activities, Office of Science Policy at National Institutes of Health Executive Secretary for the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director

Dr. Jorgenson provides senior leadership, direction, and oversight of new, high impact NIH scientific initiatives across the NIH Institutes and Centers and conducts analyses on a wide variety of policy issues of high-priority to NIH and the United States Government. Most recently she has assisted in the creation of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and is the lead staff on the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative at NIH.

Web Information

Office of Biotechnology Webpage:   osp.od.nih.gov/office-biotechnology-activities

LinkedIn Webpage: linkedin.com/pub/lyric-jorgenson/4/544/8b2

Contact Information

Email:lyric.jorgenson@nih.gov

Phone: 301-496-6837

Address: Office of Science Policy, OD Rockledge 1, Suite 750 6705 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20817

Biosketch

Lyric A. Jorgenson, Ph.D., is a Health Science Policy Advisor and Analyst in the Immediate Office of the Director at the National Institutes of Health under the Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy. In this position, she provides senior leadership, direction, and oversight of new, high impact NIH scientific initiatives across the NIH Institutes and Centers and conducts analyses on a wide variety of policy issues of high-priority to NIH and the United States Government. Most recently she has assisted in the ...

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Kathy Hudson, PhD – NIH

 

Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ex Officio Member for the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director

Dr. Hudson leads the science policy, legislation, communications, and outreach efforts of the NIH and serves as a senior advisor to the NIH director. She is responsible for creating major new strategic and scientific initiatives for NIH and is currently leading the planning and creation of the President’s Precision Medicine Initiative.

Contact Information

Email: kathy.hudson@nih.gov

Phone: 301-496-1455

Address: BG 1 RM 109 1 CENTER DR BETHESDA MD 20814

Biosketch

Dr. Hudson is the Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy (DDSOP) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  In April 2013, Dr. Hudson was appointed an ex-officio member of the NIH Advisory Council’s Working Group for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, with a goal to understand and map the human brain

As NIH’s DDSOP, Dr. Hudson works with the NIH leadership in developing and implementing new strategic and scientific initiatives for the world’s largest biomedical research agency, which has an annual budget of $31 billion, to advance NIH’s mission of enhancing public health.

Dr. Hudson’s professional experience includes serving as the Acting Deputy Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH; the NIH Chief of Staff; ...

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Henry T. Greely, JD – Stanford

Professor of Law, Stanford University Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences Director, Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society (SPINS) At large member, BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group

Henry Greely specializes in the ethical, legal, and social implications of new biomedical technologies, particularly those related to neuroscience, genetics, or stem cell research.

Web Information

Stanford Webpage:  www.law.stanford.edu/profile/henry-t-greely

SPINS website: https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-program-neuroscience-society/

Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences (CLB) website: https://law.stanford.edu/center-for-law-and-the-biosciences/

International Neuroethics Society founders: http://www.neuroethicssociety.org/who-are-we

Blog:  blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/

Twitter: @HankGreelyLSJU

Contact Information

Email: hgreely@stanford.edu

Phone:  650 723.2517

Address: Neukom Building Room N361

BRAIN Blog posts

Turn right at the cerebellum: President Obama maps the brain

Feb. 21, 2013 by Amanda Rubin

This week, the New York Times reported on a new Obama initiative that, in comparison to gun control or the economy, might seem a little frivolous. It’s called the “Brain Activity Map.”

Three Billion Dollars

The name of the project says it all: The goal is to map the connections in the brain in the same way the Human Genome Project mapped out the genes in human DNA. It’s expected to cost about $3 billion dollars over ten years.

If that seems like a pretty heavy price tag for the American people to take on, especially now, just to let scientist go ...

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Storey Landis, PhD – NINDS

 

Former Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institutes of Health. At Large Member of Multi-Council Working Group 

Neurobiologist Story Landis has spent 19 years at the NINDS, becoming its director in 2003 after 8 years as scientific director. She helped develop NIH programs for young investigators, coordinated neuroscience research across NIH, served as point person for human embryonic stem cell research, and steered an effort to improve the reproducibility of preclinical studies.

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From Wikipedia on July 18, 2015

Story Landis is an American neurobiologist and former director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health. She was director of the institute between September 1, 2003 and October 2014. Dr. Landis worked at NINDS since 1995, and was named Chair of the NIH Stem Cell Task Force in 2007.

She received her undergraduate degree in biology from Wellesley College in 1967 and her Master’s Degree and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her doctoral work at Harvard focused on cerebellar development in mice. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, where she studied transmitter plasticity in sympathetic neurons.

Dr. Landis served as a professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School ...

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Carlos Peña, PhD – FDA

 

Director, Division of Neurological and Physical Medicine Devices; Office of Device Evaluation; Center for Devices and Radiological Health; MetroHealth Medical Center – Food and Drug Administration Ex Officio Member of Multi-Council Working Group 

Dr. Peña is involved in all aspects of the safety and effectiveness review of neurostimulation, neurodiagnostic, neurosurgical, neurotherapeutic, and physical medicine devices. He also serves as a Principal Investigator on a FDA sponsored clinical study focused on the treatment of pediatric neurologic disorders.

Web Information

Office of Device Evaluation Webpage: fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/

Contact Information

Email:

Phone: 301-796-6610

Address: U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993

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Dr. Carlos Peña is Division Director for the Division of Neurological and Physical Medicine Devices, in the Office of Device Evaluation, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Peña is involved in all aspects of the safety and effectiveness review of neurostimulation, neurodiagnostic, neurosurgical, neurotherapeutic, and physical medicine devices. He also serves as a Principal Investigator on a FDA sponsored clinical study focused on the treatment of pediatric neurologic disorders.

Prior to joining CDRH, Dr. Peña served on detail as Assistant Director for Emerging Technologies in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. His areas ...

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Justin Sanchez, PhD – DARPA

 

DARPA program manager exploring neurotechnology, brain science and systems neurobiology, formerly Director of the Neuroprosthetics Research Group at Miami Ex Officio Member of Multi-Council Working Group 

Dr. Sanchez has developed new methods for signal analysis and processing techniques for studying the unknown aspects of neural coding and functional neurophysiology. His experience covers in vivo electrophysiology for brain-machine interface design in animals and humans.

Web Information

DARPA Webpage:  darpa.mil/staff/dr-justin-sanchez

Neuroprosthetics Research Group Webpage: bme.miami.edu/nrg/faculty/faculty_list

Webpage:

Contact Information

Email:

Phone: 703.526.6630 (main number)

Address: 675 North Randolph Street Arlington, VA 22203-2114

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Dr. Justin Sanchez joined DARPA as a program manager in 2013 to explore neurotechnology, brain science and systems neurobiology.

Before coming to DARPA, Dr. Sanchez was an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience at the University of Miami, and a faculty member of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. He directed the Neuroprosthetics Research Group, where he oversaw development of neural-interface medical treatments and neurotechnology for treating paralysis and stroke, and for deep brain stimulation for movement disorders, Tourette’s syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Dr. Sanchez has developed new methods for signal analysis and processing techniques for studying the unknown aspects of neural coding and functional neurophysiology. His experience covers in vivo electrophysiology for brain-machine interface design in animals and humans where he studied the activity ...

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R. Jacob Vogelstein

 

Summary

Program Manager, Office of Safe and Secure Operations, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Multi-Council Working Group (staff), BRAIN Initiative

As an IARPA Program Manager, Dr. Vogelstein’s areas of interest include neural computing, neuromorphic hardware, neuromimetic algorithms, brain-computer interfaces, neural prosthetics, and other topics in applied neuroscience.

 

Information

IARPA Webpage: iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/microns

LinkedIn Webpage: linkedin.com/pub/r-jacob-vogelstein/4/21b/658

Email: jacob.vogelstein@iarpa.gov Phone: 301-851-7497 Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5, 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

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Partner

Gamma3 LLC July 2012 – Present (3 years 1 month)Baltimore, MD

Early-stage venture capital for Baltimore-based technology companies in all sectors.

Assistant Research Professor

Johns Hopkins University January 2008 – November 2013 (5 years 11 months)Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 Direct the Laboratory for Cross-disciplinary Research in Applied Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.  Oversee and advise research activities of post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students enrolled in academic study programs at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering.  Teach two courses: Product Design Lab (520.427) and Brain-Computer Interfaces (520.671)

Program Manager, Applied Neuroscience

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

January 2007 – November 2013 (6 years 11 months) | Research and Exploratory Development Department

 Responsible for conception, technical oversight, and management of a diverse portfolio of cutting-edge research and development programs in applied neuroscience and biomedical engineering. Duties include: o Establishing ...

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Alan Willard, PhD – NINDS

 

Acting Deputy Director, NINDS, Office Of The Director Designated Federal Official for the Multi-Council Working Group

Dr. Willard served as the Deputy Director of the NINDS Extramural program, Chief of the Scientific Review Branch and the Referral Officer for NINDS. He was a tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology and the Curriculum in Neurobiology, where his research interests were in the areas of developmental neurobiology and synaptic physiology.

Web Information

NIH Webpage:  ninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/srabio_alan_willard

Contact Information

Email: aw135y@nih.gov

Phone:  301-496-9248

Address: NIH/NINDS Building 31, Room 8A52 31 Center Dr MSC 2540 Bethesda, MD 20892-2540

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Dr. Alan Willard is the Acting Deputy Director of NINDS.  Prior to this position, he served as the Deputy Director of the NINDS Extramural program, Chief of the Scientific Review Branch and the Referral Officer for NINDS. He previously worked as the Scientific Review Officer of the NINDS NSD-C study section. Before joining NINDS, he was a tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology and the Curriculum in Neurobiology, where his research interests were in the areas of developmental neurobiology and synaptic physiology. He was also actively involved in graduate and medical student education ...

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Greg Farber, PhD – NIMH

 

Director, Office of Technology Development and Coordination for National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Multi-Council Working Group (Staff)

While at Penn State, Dr. Farber’s research included work on structural movies of enzyme action, molecular evolution, and mechanistic enzymology. As Director of TDC, he is responsible for coordinating all technology development and bioinformatics activities at NIMH, overseeing the National Database for Autism Research, managing the Human Connectome Project on behalf of the NIH Neuroscience Blueprint, and overseeing the NIMH small-business program.

Web Information

NIMH Webpage:  nimh.nih.gov/about/organization/od/office-of-technology-development-and-coordination-otdc

Contact Information

Email: FarberG@mail.nih.gov

Phone: 301-435-0778

Address: 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 7162, MSC 9640 Bethesda, MD 20892-9663

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Dr. Farber has a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in chemistry (1984) and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in physical chemistry (1988). His research in graduate school involved determining the three-dimensional structure and mechanism of the enzyme xylose isomerase in the laboratory of Dr. Gregory A. Petsko. After graduate school, Dr. Farber received a Life Sciences Research Fellowship to work on mechanistic enzymology with Dr. W. W. Cleland at the University of Wisconsin. Following his postdoctoral fellowship, he returned to Penn State as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and rose to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure in 1998. Dr. Farber’s research included ...

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Kip Ludwig

 

Summary

Program Director, Neural Engineering at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Staff, Multi-Council Working Group 

Dr. Ludwig is the Scientific Lead for the Translational Devices Program at NINDS, is a Co-Lead of the Project Team responsible for developing and executing three of the six NIH Funding Opportunities Announcements for the B.R.A.I.N. Initiative, and led a trans-NIH planning team in developing the ~$250M Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) Program to stimulate advances in neuromodulation therapies for organ systems.  

Information

NINDS webpageninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/pdbio_kip_ludwig.htm Neural Interfaces webpage: ninds.nih.gov/research/npp/ LinkedIn pagehttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/kip-ludwig/4/6b9/b6

Email: kip.ludwig@nih.gov Phone: 301-496-1447 and 301-480-1080 Address: NIH/NINDS Neuroscience Center, Room 2207 6001 Executive Blvd MSC Bethesda, MD 20892

Biography

Prior to coming to the NIH, Dr. Ludwig worked in Industry as a research scientist, where his team conceived, developed and demonstrated the chronic efficacy of a next-generation neural stimulation electrode for reducing blood pressure in both pre-clinical and clinical trials. Through his industry work he oversaw Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP studies enabling clinical trials in Europe and the United States, as well as participated in the protocol development and execution of those trials, leading to approval for sale in the European Union and a U.S. Pivotal trial. His electrode concept is now for sale in seven countries around ...

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Edmund Talley, PhD – NINDS

 

Program Director, Extramural Research Program for National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Multi-Council Working Group (Staff)

Dr. Talley was a Research Assistant Professor at UVA and initiated investigations into the CNS functions of two-pore-domain potassium channels, with an emphasis on their modulation by neurotransmitters and clinically important drugs. His work on these channels included extensive mapping of their CNS expression patterns, identification of molecular bases for their modulation using mutational and biochemical analyses, and investigations into their functions in vivo by generating knockout mouse lines.

Web Information

NINDS Webpage: ninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/pdbio_edmund_talley

Contact Information

Email: talleye@ninds.nih.gov

Phone: 301-496-1917

Address: NIH/NINDS Neuroscience Center, Room 2132 6001 Executive Blvd MSC 9521 Bethesda, MD 20892-9521

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Specialties: synaptic transmission, neuromodulation, signal transduction

Edmund (Ned) Talley joined the NINDS in 2005 as a Program Director for Channels, Synapses and Circuits. His program at the NINDS is focused on basic research in synaptic transmission and neuromodulation. Dr. Talley received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Virginia, where he studied the physiology and pharmacology of motor neurons involved in respiration. After his Ph.D., he remained at UVA as a Research Assistant Professor, and initiated investigations into the CNS functions of two-pore-domain potassium channels, with an emphasis on their modulation by neurotransmitters and clinically important drugs. His work on these channels included extensive mapping ...

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Christine Grady, RN/PhD – NIH

Chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.  Co-chair of Neuroethics Committee, MCWG – BRAIN Inititative

Dr. Grady’s research focuses on the ethics of clinical research, especially subject recruitment, incentives, vulnerability, informed consent, and international research ethics. She is currently a member of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues; and also a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and an elected fellow at the American Academy of Nursing and at the Hastings Center.

Web Information

NIH Webpagebioethics.nih.gov/people/grady-bio

Presidential Commision page:  bioethics.gov/christine-grady

NIH Clinical Center pageclinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/SeniorStaff/christine_grady

Contact Information

Email:  cgrady@cc.nih.gov

Phone:  301-496-2429

Address: 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD 20892

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Dr. Christine Grady is chief of the Clinical Center’s Department of Bioethics. Her research focuses on research subject recruitment, incentives, vulnerability, and international research ethics. Dr. Grady has written widely in books and scholarly journals on topics in bioethics, HIV disease, and nursing.

Dr. Grady received a bachelor’s degree in nursing and biology from Georgetown University, a master’s degree in community health nursing from Boston College, and a doctoral degree in philosophy and bioethics from Georgetown University.

She is currently a member of President Obama’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. She is a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute ...

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Amy Adams, PhD – NINDS

Director, Office of Scientific Liaison, NINDS

Dr Adams leads OSL efforts to provide a seamless flow of information on research advances and initiatives to the various stakeholders including  scientific and academic communities, as well as policy-makers, patients, and the public.

Web Information

NINDS pagehttps://ned.nih.gov/search/ViewDetails.aspx?NIHID=0011929572

LinkedIn pagehttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/amy-adams/36/ab8/192

Contact Information

Email: amy.adams2@nih.gov

Phone: 301-435-0110

Address: BG 31 RM 8A31D 31 CENTER DR BETHESDA MD 20814

 

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Dr. Amy Bany Adams currently serves as Director of the Office of Scientific Liaison (OSL) at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at NIH, where she leads OSL efforts to provide a seamless flow of information on research advances and initiatives to the various stakeholders including  scientific and academic communities, as well as policy-makers, patients, and the public.  OSL manages the NINDS website, an important tool in broadly conveying this information.  Previously, she served as the Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Office of Science Policy and Analysis (OSPA) since 2008, where she was responsible for coordinating scientific planning efforts, policy analysis, and providing evaluating and reporting services for the NIDCR.  Prior to joining NIDCR, Dr. Adams served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of the (NIH) Director, and ...

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Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD – DARPA

 

Director, Biological Technologies Office, DARPA Ex Officio member of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director

Dr Ling’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics program developed advanced arm prostheses controlled either non-invasively or directly by a user’s brain. His Preventing Violent Explosive Neuro Trauma program developed new understanding and treatment of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI). He has spent his career providing critical care to patients suffering from neurological trauma (TBI).

Web Information

DARPA Webpage: darpa.mil/staff/dr-geoffrey-ling

LinkedIn page:  Linkedin.com/pub/geoffrey-ling/3/42/645

Wikipedia Entry: wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Ling

Contact Information

Email:    contact.darpa.mil/contact?people=/staff/dr-geoffrey-ling

Phone: (703) 526-6630 (main number)

Address: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 675 North Randolph Street Arlington, VA 22203-2114

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From DARPA page

Dr. Geoffrey Ling is the founding director of the Biological Technologies Office. He began his DARPA service in 2004 as a Program Manager in the Defense Sciences Office (DSO). He created and managed a broad research portfolio, spanning neuroscience, infectious disease, pharmacology, and battlefield medicine. His Revolutionizing Prosthetics program developed advanced arm prostheses controlled either non-invasively or directly by a user’s brain. His Preventing Violent Explosive Neuro Trauma program developed new understanding and treatment of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI). He was the 2009 DARPA Program Manager of the Year and served as the DSO Deputy Director from 2013-2014.

Dr. Ling has spent his career providing critical care to ...

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