Stated Meeting, Cambridge, MA
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Science, Policy, & the Media
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Introduction:
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Emilio Bizzi (7 min.) is Institute Professor
at MIT, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1969. A neuroscientist whose
research focuses on movement control and the neural substrate for motor learning,
he has published book chapters, abstracts, and over 165 articles in refereed journals.
He is a trustee of the Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc.; a member of the
Board of Scientific Advisors for NYU’s Center for Neural Science; and a member of
the editorial board of the Journal of Motor Behavior, the Journal of Cognitive
Neuroscience, and many others. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of
Sciences, a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and a member of the Harvard
University Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts & Sciences and serves as its 44th President. |
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Donald Kennedy (40 min.) has served
as Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine since 2000. From 1980 to 1992, he
was President of Stanford University, where he currently is Bing Professor Emeritus
of Environmental Science and Policy. He served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration from 1977 to 1979, and has been on the Stanford faculty
since 1960. A biologist by training, Kennedy has focused his research on how the
natural and social sciences can contribute to improving environmental practices
and institutions, in realms ranging from global climate change to the ecosystem
impacts of alien marine species invasions. He served on the National Commission
for Public Service and the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government,
and as a founding director of the Health Effects Institute. He currently serves
as a director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and as co-chair
of the National Academies’ Project on Science, Technology and Law. He is a Fellow
of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, where he co-chairs a project that
explores how information about science and technology is diffused through the media.
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