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Research & Updates
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November 2016
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Dr. Christopher Pickett, Director, Rescuing Biomedical Research
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November 16, 2016
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Scientific Research
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September 2016
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Dr. Adam Marblestone, MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group and MIT Media Lab, and Dr. Eric Drexler, Future of Humanity Institute and Oxford Martin School
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September 01, 2016
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Scientific Research
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May 2016
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Professor Shirley Tilghman, Co-Founder, Rescuing Biomedical Research, and President Emerita/Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
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May 19, 2016
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Scientific Research
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April 2016
January 2016
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Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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January 21, 2016
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Scientific Research
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January 2016
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Arti Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Duke University, and Co-Director, Duke Law Center for Innovation Policy
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January 06, 2016
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Scientific Research
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December 2015
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Thoughts on 3-bromopyruvate as a Potential Cancer Treatment by Chris Somerville, Scientific Advisor, Open Philanthropy Project and Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy and EBI Director, University of California, Berkeley
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December 29, 2015
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Scientific Research
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December 2015
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Valerie Mizrahi, Director, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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December 16, 2015
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Scientific Research
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December 2015
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Dr. Bavesh Kana, Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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December 16, 2015
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Scientific Research
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November 2015
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Robert Heimer, Professor of Epidemiology and of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine
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November 16, 2015
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Scientific Research
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June 2015
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Angela Geiger, Chief Strategy Officer, Alzheimer’s Association, and Dr. Dean Hartley, Director of Science Initiatives, Alzheimer’s Association
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June 23, 2015
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Scientific Research
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June 2015
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Diana Shineman, Director for Scientific Affairs, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
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June 08, 2015
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Scientific Research
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May 2015
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David Holtzman, Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Prof. and Chairman of Neurology; Prof. of Developmental Biology; and Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
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May 01, 2015
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Scientific Research
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April 2015
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Bruce Miller, A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco
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April 28, 2015
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Scientific Research
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March 2015
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Dena Dubal, Assistant Professor of Neurology and David Coulter Endowed Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease at the University of California, San Francisco
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March 10, 2015
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Scientific Research
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March 2015
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Anna Upton, PhD, Director Biology, TB Alliance; Kari Frame, Senior Manager, Resource Mobilization, TB Alliance; Willo Brock, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, TB Alliance; Nader Fotouhi, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, TB Alliance
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March 04, 2015
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Scientific Research
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February 2015
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Melanie Smith, PhD in biophysics, MD Candidate, University of California, San Francisco; Scientific Advisor, Open Philanthropy Project
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February 17, 2015
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Scientific Research
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February 2015
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David Russell, William Kaplan Professor of Infection Biology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Science
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February 03, 2015
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Scientific Research
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January 2015
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Christine Sizemore, Section Chief, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Other Microbial Diseases Section, National Institutes of Health
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January 29, 2015
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Scientific Research
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August 2014
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Micah Manary, MD/PhD Student, University of California, San Diego and scientific advisor to GiveWell
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August 29, 2014
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Global Health & Development
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July 2014
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Anna Bershteyn, Institute for Disease Modeling
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July 17, 2014
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Global Health & Development
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April 2014
April 2014
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Dr. Neal Lane, – Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and Malcolm Gillis University Professor , Rice University,
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April 16, 2014
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Scientific Research
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March 2014
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Dr. Arthur Bienenstock, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
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March 17, 2014
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Scientific Research
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February 2014
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Jeff Settleman, Michael Fischbach, Adam Marblestone
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February 28, 2014
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Scientific Research
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January 2014
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Dr. Bruce Alberts, Professor of Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco; former President, National Academy of Sciences
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January 29, 2014
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Scientific Research
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September 2013
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Tomas Philipson, Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy, University of Chicago
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September 04, 2013
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Scientific Research
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July 2013
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Allan Coukell, Brian Hill, and Nicole Mahoney, The Pew Charitable Trusts
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July 17, 2013
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Scientific Research
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June 2013
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Audrey Singer, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
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June 25, 2013
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Scientific Research
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June 2013
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Carolyn Bruzdzinski, Chief Mission Delivery Officer, California Division of the American Cancer Society
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June 19, 2013
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Scientific Research
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June 2013
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Dr. Steve Solomon and Dr. Jean Patel, Office of Antimicrobial Resistance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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June 18, 2013
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Scientific Research
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June 2013
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Kevin Moses, Director of Science Funding, Wellcome Trust
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June 07, 2013
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Scientific Research
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June 2013
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Robert Tjian, President, and Cheryl Moore, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, HHMI
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June 03, 2013
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Scientific Research
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May 2013
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Maryann Martone, Executive Director, Force11,
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May 30, 2013
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Scientific Research
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May 2013
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Mark Lim, Program Manager, Medical Research Innovation, FasterCures
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May 30, 2013
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Scientific Research
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May 2013
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Kevin Dolby, Evaluation Adviser, Wellcome Trust
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May 24, 2013
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Scientific Research
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May 2013
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Elizabeth West, Program Manager, FasterCures
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May 24, 2013
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Scientific Research
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May 2013
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Heather Joseph, Executive Director, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
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May 23, 2013
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Scientific Research
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May 2013
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Bhaven Sampat, Associate Professor, Columbia University, Department of Health Policy and Management
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May 02, 2013
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Scientific Research
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April 2013
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Kaitlin Thaney, Manager, External Relationships, Digital Science
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April 10, 2013
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Scientific Research
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April 2013
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William Gunn, Head of Academic Outreach, Mendeley Ltd.
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April 05, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Director, Public Library of Science
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March 26, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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John Wilbanks, Chief Commons Officer, Sage Bionetworks
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March 25, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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Tom Kenny, The NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC)
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March 22, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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Stanley Young, Assistant Director of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Statistical Science
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March 18, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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Jane Hunter, Managing Director, and Rebecca Lawrence, Publisher, Faculty of 1000
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March 15, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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David Jay, Chief Executive Officer, Journal Lab
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March 14, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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Jason Priem, Co-Founder, Impact Story
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March 13, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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Joshua Greenberg, Program Director, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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March 13, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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Doug Altman, Professor of Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, and David Moher University Research Chair in Systematic Reviews, University of Ottawa
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March 08, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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David Madigan, Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
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March 07, 2013
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Scientific Research
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March 2013
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Ferric Fang, Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, University of Washington
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March 01, 2013
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Scientific Research
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February 2013
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Ken Witwer, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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February 28, 2013
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Scientific Research
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February 2013
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Elizabeth Iorns, Founder and CEO, Science Exchange
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February 26, 2013
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Scientific Research
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February 2013
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Ivan Oransky, Co-founder, Retraction Watch
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February 21, 2013
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Scientific Research
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February 2013
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Kay Dickersin, Director of the U.S. Cochrane Center
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February 19, 2013
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Scientific Research
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December 2012
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Dario Amodei, Paul Christiano, Nick Conley, David Dalrymple, Yoni Donner, Kristen Fortney, Jacob Steinhardt and Jade Q Wang
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December 02, 2012
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Scientific Research
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October 2012
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Anil Soni, Former CEO of Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
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October 18, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2012
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Jo Mulligan, Research and Evidence Division, Department for International Development
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October 10, 2012
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Global Health & Development
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October 2012
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Brian Nosek, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia
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October 09, 2012
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Scientific Research
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June 2012
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David Carr, Strategic Planning and Policy Unit, Wellcome Trust
Date
June 19, 2012
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Scientific Research
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June 2012