«Using approved therapies for one condition to treat another, or drug repurposing, offers new avenues to speed Parkinson's therapeutic development,» said Dr Brian Fiske,
senior vice president of research programs at MJFF.
Not exact matches
«It's not something that will be a panacea for all [cocaine] addicts,» says John Shields,
senior vice president of research at Cantab Pharmaceuticals, a British company that recently bought ImmuLogic's vaccine
program.
«On the one hand, we're doing things that feel to me like [the] traditional sort
of plumbing - level computer science,
programming languages, operating systems, hardware architectures, things
of that sort — but we're also stretching out to areas that you might not expect,» Microsoft
Research senior vice president Rick Rashid said during his TechFest keynote.
Together with Dr. Krainer's lab, we have validated the antisense approach to treating this disease and are now advancing this
program into clinical studies,» said C. Frank Bennett, Ph.D.,
Senior Vice President of Research at Isis.
«Being ranked among the best
programs in the nation is a true testament to the stature and reputation
of our faculty in the Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology — those who teach our students and residents, hold leadership positions locally, nationally, and internationally, and conduct groundbreaking
research to improve the lives
of women across the globe,» said Jack A. Elias, MD,
senior vice president for health affairs, Dean
of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Frank L. Day Professor
of Biology, and professor
of medicine at Brown University.
Dr. Busch is the Director
of Blood Systems
Research Institute,
Senior Vice President for
Research & Scientific
Programs of BloodSystems, and Professor
of Laboratory Medicine at the University
of California, San Francisco.
Keynote speakers included Pedro Rivera, Pennsylvania secretary
of education; Roberto Rodriguez, deputy assistant to the
president for education at the White House; Judy Schneider,
senior analyst at the Congressional
Research Service; Carmel Martin, executive
vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress; Lindsay Fryer,
senior education policy advisor for the U.S. Senate HELP Committee; and Raul Gonzalez,
senior program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Elizabeth Rooklidge, Associate Curator, Katonah Museum
of Art Boshko Boshkovic,
Program Director, Residency Unlimited Adele Eisenstein, Independent Curator &
Research Assistant, Alma on Dobbin Jovana Stokic, Art Historian, Curator Ming - Jiun Tsai, Independent Curator, Taiwan Lisa Varghese,
Senior Director, Luhring Augustine Zuzana Jakalova Artist, Curator, MeetFactory, Prague Jenny Jaskey, Director and Curator, The Artist's Institute Joshua Decter, Independent Curator & Critic Rachel Reese, Associate Curator
of Modern and Contemporary Art, Telfair Museums in Savannah GA Zuzanna Foggt, Co-founder &
President of the Contemporary Art Foundation In Situ, Sokołowsko, Poland Liz Blum, Artist & Curator Stamatina Gregory, Curator & Associate Dean, School
of Art at Cooper Union Alise Tifentale, Art Historian, CUNY Grad Center Leah Dixon, Visual Artist and Co-Owner
of Beverly's NYC Julia Geerlings, Independent Curator & Writer, Netherlands Sharon Matt - Atkins,
Vice Director, Exhibitions and Collections Management Brooklyn Museum Asya Geisberg, Owner, Asya Geisberg Gallery Sebastian Sans de Santamaria, Director
of Operations, Residency Unlimited Gu Chenlin, Director
of Artistic Department & Curator, Shanghai Photographers Association, China He Guyian, Deputy Director
of Department
of Art History & Director
of the Contemporary School
of Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China
A former adjunct professor in the Women in Politics Institute at American University, Maya has also served as the
vice president of research and
programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF),
senior resident scholar at the National Urban League, chief
of staff to Congressman Charles Rangel (D - NY), professional staff on the House Ways and Means Committee, and as a CBCF legislative fellow in the office
of Congressman Melvin Watt (D - NC) among other positions.
The participants in the
research workshop were: Joseph Aldy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Denny Ellerman, Part - time Professor, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies; Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor of Environmental Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Lawrence H. Goulder, Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Stanford University; Robert Hahn, Director of Economics, Smith School, University of Oxford; Paul L. Joskow, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Erin T. Mansur, Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College; Albert McGartland, Director, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Brian J. McLean, Former Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; W. David Montgomery, Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting; Erich J. Muehlegger, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Karen L. Palmer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; John Parsons, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT Sloan School of Management; Forest L. Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Richard L. Schmalensee, Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management; Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Harvard University; Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Thomas Tietenberg, Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Colby College; and Jonathan B. Wiener, William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor of Law, Duke University Law
research workshop were: Joseph Aldy, Assistant Professor
of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins
Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Denny Ellerman, Part - time Professor, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies; Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor
of Environmental Economics, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; Lawrence H. Goulder, Shuzo Nishihara Professor
of Environmental and Resource Economics, Stanford University; Robert Hahn, Director
of Economics, Smith School, University
of Oxford; Paul L. Joskow,
President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Erin T. Mansur, Associate Professor
of Economics, Dartmouth College; Albert McGartland, Director, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Brian J. McLean, Former Director, Office
of Atmospheric
Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; W. David Montgomery,
Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting; Erich J. Muehlegger, Associate Professor
of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Karen L. Palmer,
Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; John Parsons, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
Research, MIT Sloan School of Management; Forest L. Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Richard L. Schmalensee, Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management; Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Harvard University; Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Thomas Tietenberg, Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Colby College; and Jonathan B. Wiener, William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor of Law, Duke University Law
Research, MIT Sloan School
of Management; Forest L. Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor
of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Richard L. Schmalensee, Howard W. Johnson Professor
of Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School
of Management; Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor
of Geology, Harvard University; Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor
of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Thomas Tietenberg, Mitchell Family Professor
of Economics, Emeritus, Colby College; and Jonathan B. Wiener, William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor
of Law, Duke University Law School.
Presenters to include: Jean Baldwin Grossman,
Senior Fellow, K - 12 Education Policy, MDRC Stephanie Jones, Professor, Harvard Graduate School
of Education Livia Lam;
Senior Policy Advisor, Learning Policy Institute David Osher,
Vice President and Institute Fellow, American Institutes for
Research Charles Smith, Executive Director, Weikart Center for Youth
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