The roundtable explored how developments in computational neuroscience, molecular biology, and genomics have opened up new ways of looking at disease. The discussion examined potential innovations in understanding diseases and therapeutics, with particular focus on mental health disorders and etiology investigation.
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James Dahlman
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Chemical/bioengineer specializing in nanotechnology, genomics, and gene editing. PhD from MIT and Harvard Medical School (2014), studied RNA delivery and gene therapies with Robert Langer and Daniel...
Francis Lee
Mortimer D. Sackler Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical College
MD and PhD from University of Michigan; psychiatry training at Payne Whitney Clinic; attending psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Karen Maschke
Research Scholar, The Hastings Center
PhD in political science (Johns Hopkins), Master's in bioethics (Case Western Reserve University); Bioethics Fellow at Cleveland Clinic.
Hans-Guido Wendel
Principal Investigator, Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
MD trained in medicine in Aachen and Edinburgh; identifies new cancer therapies based on genetic disease origins.
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