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Advisory Committees

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Scientific and Regulatory Advisory Committee

 

Mark Baumeister, Ph.D., Senior Diagnostics Scientist Industry​

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Paul J. Camarata, M.D., Chairman of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS

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Anthony E. English, Ph.D., Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering, Western New England University, Ph.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technolog

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Philip A. Iredale, Ph.D., Vice President, Head of the Biology Cerevel Therapeutics 

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Stephen McGowan, M.D., Full Professor of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine and Pulmonary Division Director, Iowa Veterans Administrative Hospital, Iowa City, IA

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Kyle McKenna, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Franciscan University of Steubenville

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Matthew T. McLeay, M.D., M.S., Midwest Pulmonary Care/MTM Research LLC, Omaha, NE

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Blake Mertz, Principal Scientist, Modulus Discovery; Director of Research Computing, West Virginia University 

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Maria Alejandra Vazquez-Gragg, M.D., Head of Global Patient Safety, Vice President at Orchard Therapeutics

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William Williams, M.D., CEO of BriaCell Therapeutics, New York, NY

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Business Development and Finance Advisory Committee

 

Charlie Weikel, J.D., Director of Strategic Development, Fortive

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William Williams, M.D., CEO of BriaCell Therapeutics, New York, NY

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Intersection of Science, Bioethics, Faith and Health Policy Advisory Committee

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Grattan Brown, STD/STB, Academic Dean, Thales College

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Sister (Sr.) Deirdre 'Dede' Byrne, Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

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Joshua Cummins, Ph.D., Senior Manager of Safety Management System

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Philip A. Iredale, Ph.D., Vice President, Head of the Biology Cerevel Therapeutics

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Kyle McKenna, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Franciscan University of Steubenville

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Stacy Trasancos, Ph.D., Chief Research Officer, Children of God for Life

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