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Derrick Rossi P '24, '26, '28 Stem Cell Science and the Genesis Of Bissell Grogan Symp Program 2017 3.qxp_Layout 1 1/10/17 1:16 PM Page 1 Derrick Rossi P ’24, ’26, ’28 Samantha Hale Stem Cell Science and the Genesis of Innovative New erapies for Patients e 5-0 and Y.O.U.: How can the people and the police get along? Dr. Derrick Rossi will broadly discuss how stem cell science is at the tipping point for the Teen Empowerment—e Center for Teen Empowerment (Teen Empowerment or TE) is emergence of innovative new therapies to treat deadly diseases. In particular, he will focus on an asset-based youth development program, founded in 1992, that reaches low-income youth how discoveries made in his lab and in his colleagues’ labs have made the leap into clinical and neighborhoods in Boston and Somerville, MA, and in Rochester, NY. Teen Empowerment development within the rich biotechnology ecosphere of Boston/Cambridge. inspires young people, and the adults who work with them, to think deeply about the most Dr. Rossi is an Associate Professor in the Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department difficult social problems in their communities, and gives them the tools they need to work with at Harvard University and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Harvard others in creating significant positive change. In addition to youth-led social change initiatives Medical School. He is also an investigator in the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine that reach more than 6,000 youth and adults annually, TE provides consulting and training to at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he holds a Boston Children’s Hospital Pediatrics Chair. other organizations, businesses, and municipal groups. ey also market and sell TE’s book on Dr. Rossi is also a principal faculty member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. interactive facilitation, Moving Beyond Icebreakers (www.movingebyondicebreakers.org). His lab at Harvard Medical School focuses on several areas of stem cell biology, including how aging of stem cell compartments contributes to aging-associated decline and disease Julie Eaton ’05 pathogenesis. Time Magazine cited Dr. Rossi’s discovery of modified-mRNA reprogramming Climate Change Adaptation and Uncertainty as one of the top ten medical breakthroughs of 2010, named him as one of the “People Who Julie Eaton is a Brimmer alumna. She has Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science (University Mattered” in 2010, and as one of the 100 Most Influential People in 2011. of Rochester) and Civil Engineering (UMass Lowell), and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering (UMass Lowell). In 2005, she started off her collegiate career at Tulane University in New Victoria Budson Orleans days before Hurricane Katrina landed. For over a decade, her academic and professional Women and Politics ventures have focused on looking at climate change resiliency and adaptation from policy and Victoria A. Budson is a founder and the Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy design perspectives. She works for Weston & Sampson Engineers and is currently the lead Program (WAPPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. WAPPP is the preeminent resiliency engineer for the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and institution for advancing interdisciplinary research on approaches to closing gender gaps, Maintenance (DCAMM) Statewide Resiliency Master Plan. educating students and leaders on gender policy, and implementing policy changes at local, state, and national levels. WAPPP created and hosts one of the field’s most significant research Emma Rawls ’02 seminars to foster faculty dialogue, promote the exchange of innovative ideas, and disseminate Gender: the Social Construct findings. Budson’s policy advice is regularly drawn upon by leaders across the sectors including: Emma Rawls, MSW, is a Brimmer alumna and Boston native, who has had the honor and the White House Council on Women and Girls, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the U.S. privilege of working with underserved communities (POC, LGBTQIA, youth of color, and Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, the U.S. Department of State, and the immigrants) for the majority of her career. She believes in the power of one’s own story being U.S. Army and Air Force, as well as multinational corporations leading on diversity and the voice of resiliency and empowerment. She is a social justice advocate, clinical social worker, inclusion. She is Chairperson of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women and youth worker, and avid basketball fan. She is currently working as a clinician with female has served as a board member or advisor to numerous other organizations including the identified women who are recovering from substance use. Eisenhower Fellowships, the Boston Mayoral Women’s Workforce Council, the Global inkers Forum, Womensphere, Women2Women, the Women and Public Service Project, and the Dr. Spencer Kimball National Council for Research on Women.. Election Polling: A presentation on the purpose of a political survey, the scientific process, and value of polling Sean Neely Dr. Kimball is the Senior Scholar-in-Residence at Emerson College teaching courses in Transportation in a Changing World: Self-Driving Cars Political Communication and is the founder and President of Kimball Political Consulting, Mr. Neely practices civil engineering design and planning for transportation, working for a LLC, a strategic communication firm. Spencer has authored the textbook Survey Says. a consulting firm in South Burlington, Vermont. He completed a master's degree at the University Practical Guide to Public Opinion Polling and serves as the adviser for both the Emerson College of Vermont (UVM) in civil engineering for transportation and a certificate of graduate studies Polling Society and the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economic Polling Initiative. in sustainable transportation systems and planning. He worked as a research assistant at the He is a Member of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, American Association for Public UVM Transportation Research Center both before and during graduate school. Prior to moving Opinion Research (AAPOR), American Association of Political Consultants, (AAPC) and is to Vermont, Mr. Neely practiced consulting for planning and engineering projects across the certified in Human Subject research by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative country. He holds a bachelor degree from the University of Southern Maine in environmental (CITI). His surveys have been cited on the floor of the U.S. Senate and published in national, science and policy, with focus in community planning and geographic information systems international and local media outlet including Bloomberg News, e Chicago Tribune, CNN, (GIS). Fox News, e Huffington Post, Real Clear Politics, MSNBC, National Public Radio (NPR ), e National Journal, and the Washington Post. In 2016, Bloomberg News ranked the Emerson College polls as the most accurate among all the college and universities for the 2016 Presidential Primaries. Bissell Grogan Symp Program 2017 3.qxp_Layout 1 1/10/17 1:16 PM Page 2 Dr. Michael Misialek Combining Medicine and Government to Fight Disease: Can we end cancer? 12th Annual Dr. Misialek is the Associate Chair of Pathology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He is Bissell Grogan Humanities Symposium the Medical Director of the Vernon Cancer Center, Chemistry Laboratory, and Point of Care Testing. He practices in all areas of pathology in a busy community hospital. He e Global Tipping Point: regularly instructs medical students and pathology residents at Tufts University School of What it Means and Where to Go From Here Medicine. Dr. Misialek is a strong advocate for pathology and is very active in the College of American Pathologists. He is passionate about bringing awareness to the valuable role January 17, 2017 pathologists play in health care. He received his MD from the University of Massachusetts, did an internship in internal medicine at Boston Medical Center, and completed his 10:45 a.m. - Keynote address, residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Stem Cell Science and the Genesis of Innovative New Center. He did a fellowship in general surgical pathology at the University of Florida and erapies for Patients, Derrick Rossi P ’24, ’26, ’28, Ruth Corkin eatre is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Middle School Workshop Dr. Kathleen Torrens 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. - Upper School Workshops e Education Will Not Be Televised: What skills will be necessary, and what opportunities await as learning moves online? 12:45-1:45 p.m. - Panelist Lunch Dr. Torrens is the Assistant Director of Online Learning at Harrington School of 1:45-2:45 p.m. - Upper School Workshops Communications and Media, URI. A member of the Communication Studies Department since 2003, Kathleen Torrens is a tenured associate professor. Her academic credentials Workshops: include a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota-Twin cities, and an M.A. and B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her teaching covers rhetorical theory and criticism, Women and Politics, Victoria Budson - Chase 48 public discourse, argumentation, public speaking, and communication fundamentals. Dr. Transportation in a Changing World: Self-Driving Cars, Sean Neely - eatre,11:45 a.m.; Torrens’ areas of research include public communication, online pedagogy, feminist rhetorical history, and Burkean studies. Chase 42, 1:45 p.m. e 5-0 and Y.O.U.: How can the people and the police get along?, Samantha Hale - Dr. Brooke Foucault Welles #Hashtag Activism: A Discussion of the Role of Social Media in Activism around Race Chase 46 and Gender Climate Change Adaptation and Uncertainty, Julie Eaton ’05 - Chase 83 Brooke Foucault Welles is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Network Science at Northeastern University. She studies how online social networks can Gender: the Social Construct, Emma Rawls ’02 - Chase 45 empower people to achieve personal, group, and social goals. Election Polling: A presentation on the purpose of a political survey, the scientific process, and Doug Worthen value of polling, Dr.
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