2014
The 2014 symposium focused on emerging knowledge in science and medicine, and on how the brain’s capacity and limitations affect the progress for improving healthcare. Once again, the symposium illustrated, through presentations and dialogue, the importance of making the hard science completely understandable to the audience. Discussions of the intellectual, scientific, economic, and social aspects of healthcare were stimulated by agent provocateurs who challenged participants with interludes of deep thought about how we learn and act.
Lucy Shapiro is a Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology at Stanford University School of Medicine where she holds the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Chair in Cancer Research and is the Director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine.
I began my research career by studying lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. In mid-career, I switched to work on genetics of obesity and diabetes.
Ted J. Kaptchuk is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Placebo Studies, Healing and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Ajit Singh is Managing Director and General Partner at Artiman Ventures, based in Palo Alto, CA and focuses on early-stage Technology and Life Science investments.
Joy Hirsch, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and currently a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology at Yale University, in New Haven, CT.
Our research combines mouse genetics, bioinformatics and genomic methods to explore cis- and trans-acting components of mammalian gene regulatory machinery.
Neil Siegel, Ph.D. is sector vice-president & chief technology officer at Northrop Grumman. In this position, he has been responsible for the creation of many first-of-their-kind, large-scale, high-reliability systems for the U.S. Government and other customers.
A graduate of the University of London, where he went on to earn a master’s degree in computer science and mathematics, David Krakauer received his D.Phil. in evolutionary theory from Oxford University in 1995.
Dr. Ganz is the Chief of Cardiology and the Director of the Center of Excellence in Vascular Research at the San Francisco General Hospital.
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.D. from Western Reserve University. In 1956, pulling the No. 6 oar as a member of the victorious United States rowing team, he was awarded a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
Richard C. Levin recently completed a twenty-year term as Yale’s President. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1968 and studied politics and philosophy at Oxford University, where he earned a B.Litt. degree.
Dr. Williams trained as a physician at Charing Cross and Westminster medical school, University of London, and following his internships returned to the same institution for a Ph.D. in medicine and physiology.
Charles R. “Chuck” Middleton has had a long and distinguished career in higher education, currently serving as Roosevelt University’s 5th president.
Kenneth E. Sharpe is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College where he teaches political philosophy, practical ethics, Latin American politics, and foreign policy.
Thomas Cathcart spent most of his career in health care, including serving as chief operating officer of a hospital and directing a boarding home for people with HIV/AIDS.
Robert Duke is the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor and Head of Music and Human Learning at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Elizabeth Shatto Massey Distinguished Fellow in Teacher Education, and Director of the Center for Music Learning.
Scott Danielson is a tinkerer, inventor and entrepreneur who creates high-impact, high-value, customer-centered products and services.
Larry Gold serves as the Founder and Chairman of the Board of SomaLogic, and is a Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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