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Co-Inventor, CRISPR; Core Member, Broad Institute; James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience, MIT
Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Public Health
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CEO and Co-Founder Seed Global Health
Chief Health Officer IBM and Watson Health
Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Vice President of Research 23andMe
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Executive Director Cook County, Illinois Department of Corrections
Chief Medical Education Officer Association of American Medical Colleges
Iodine Co-Founder
President Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Foundation
Co-founder and President Mindstrong Health
Senior Research Investigator, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation; Blogger, Adventures In Living Terminally Optimistic; Co-Founder, THE COLONTOWN CLINIC
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Medicine; Co-lead, Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network
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Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
Editor in Chief, The Atlantic
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Professor, Boston University School of Law; Executive Director, CARB-X
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Chief Scientific Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Linde Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Head Bayer Lifescience Center
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Associate Professor of the Practice, Boston University School of Public Health Senior Strategy Advisor, Wakely Consulting; Adjunct Professor, Brown University
Founder and Chair Human Diagnosis Project
President and CEO Spero Therapeutics
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Professor of Family Medicine, UMass Medical School; President, Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
CEO Syros Pharmaceuticals
Chief Business Officer Roivant Sciences, Inc.
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President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity; Forbes Opinion Editor, The Apothecary
President Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Foundation
Chief Technology Officer Oscar
Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic
Associate Professor of the Practice, Boston University School of Public Health Senior Strategy Advisor, Wakely Consulting; Adjunct Professor, Brown University
(R-LA)
Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic
Chief Health Officer IBM and Watson Health
CEO OptumLabs
Staff writer, The Atlantic
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Chief Medical Education Officer Association of American Medical Colleges
Dean of Students Harvard Medical School
Margaret Low, AtlanticLIVE
Journalist and Author
Professor, Boston University School of Law; Executive Director, CARB-X
President and Executive Director Small World Initiative
CEO and Co-Founder Seed Global Health
Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Editor in Chief, The Atlantic
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Head Bayer Lifescience Center
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Tom Insel, Co-Founder and President, Mindstrong Health
Author and Journalist @David_Dobbs
Vice President of Research 23andMe
Senior Writer, Science and Discovery, STAT
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Genomes2People Research Program
Director and Co-Founder, Personal Genetics Education Project; Professor, Genetics, Harvard Medical School
National Reporter, Biotech, STAT
President and CEO Spero Therapeutics
CEO Syros Pharmaceuticals
Chief Business Officer Roivant Sciences, Inc.
Founder, President & CEO ImmusanT
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Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
Iodine Co-Founder
Deputy Editor, The Atlantic
CEO and Co-Founder PatientPing @jdesai01
Founder and Chair Human Diagnosis Project
Senior Vice President, Global Policy & International Public Affairs Pfizer Inc.
Executive Director Cook County, Illinois Department of Corrections
Staff writer, The Atlantic
Professor of Family Medicine, UMass Medical School; President, Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Medicine; Co-lead, Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network
Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
Chief of General Surgery Darthmouth-Hitchcock
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Senior Research Investigator, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation; Blogger, Adventures In Living Terminally Optimistic; Co-Founder, THE COLONTOWN CLINIC
Deputy Editor, The Atlantic
Medical Director, CLIA Cancer Genomics Laboratory The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chief Scientific Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Linde Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Deputy Editor, The Atlantic
Cancer Survivor and Patient Advocate
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President and CEO, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Co-Inventor, CRISPR; Core Member, Broad Institute; James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience, MIT
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