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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.

19 members

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Ryan Shelby, PhD

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I am an accomplished relationship builder with extensive experience in infrastructure, legislative affairs, transportation, energy, agriculture, governance strengthening, economic growth, international trade, foreign affairs, national security, and government relations. My journey has equipped me with the skills to navigate complex domestic & international legislative landscapes, manage infrastructure projects, advocate for technology development, triangulate national security implications, and foster collaboration among civil society, public, and private sector stakeholders. I thrive in fast-paced environments, leveraging my expertise to drive impactful initiatives that align with strategic goals.

Michael Baumer, PhD

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Data Science @ Swayable

Bethany Gordon, Ph.D., E.I.T.

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Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington

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Solutions Engineering @ Betterworks

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Director of Finance

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Executive Recruiter, Builder of Networks & Community, Connector of People & Threads that Shape the Future

Dr. Abdul R Shaikh

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Dr. Abdul Shaikh is Global Leader for Population Health for Amazon Web Services (AWS) where he leads the go-to-market strategy translating leading tech including generative AI and cloud services into meaningful clinical and community health applications for commercial, nonprofit and government organizations. He is a member of the pan-Amazon Global Health Community of Practice and is passionate about advancing value-based care. As a former NIH program officer, public health educator, and health services researcher, Abdul is committed to multi-disciplinary collaboratives driving evidence-to-practice such as NASEM, AcademyHealth, and RWJF. Abdul brings more than 20 years of experience helping providers, payors, governments and nonprofits work backwards from their goals to harness data for more equitable, efficient, and person-centered care. He has also served as an advisor for early stage startups, incubators, and accelerators. Prior to AWS, Abdul was the Population Health Leader for PwC and Guidehouse, leading strategy, design and organization transformation, and served as a Program Officer at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and ONC. In this latter role he worked on meaningful use of health IT and was recognized by the Whitehouse in 2010 for leading the first COMPETES Act innovation prize competitions. Abdul's work spans digital health and precision medicine, remote patient monitoring, machine learning (ML) prediction models, quantification of social needs (i.e., SDOH), natural language processing (NLP), electronic health records (EHR), digital quality measurement, and interoperability of diverse/multi-modal data. He has been featured in national outlets such as Becker’s Hospital Review, Wired, and the Wall Street Journal, and he is a regular speaker at industry, government and scientific meetings on AI, cloud, and digital health innovation. Abdul's professional activities include serving on commercial and nonprofit boards, the HIMSS SDOH Committee, AWS Health Equity CoP, and the National Academy of Medicine’s Digital Health Action Collaborative. Trained in public health and health services research at the University of Toronto and University of Michigan, Abdul completed his post-doc Cancer Prevention Fellowship at NCI.

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Accomplished ethical leader with strong business acumen, engineering & operations experience. Passionate about building strong teams and driving continuous improvement to impact the bottom line. Highly motivated, and strategically minded to make lasting data driven decisions without forgetting that people are key in making any plan work.

Rebecca Lawrence

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An experienced publisher and senior business leader with over 25 years in the business, with a drive to identify and implement new ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of converting new discoveries into real-world impact with a particular focus on open science. Led and actively driven the development and growth of many innovations in publishing, and played a key role in several major initiatives in scholarly communication led by organisations such as the EC, NASEM, DORA, RDA, ORCID and more.

Brian Holmes, Ph.D.

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National Intelligence Officer for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies