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Profiling New Voices for Research

Each of our New Voices has a fascinating background to go along with their passion for research. This series takes a look at our New Voices' work, interests, and advocacy efforts.
Amit Mistry, AAAS Science and Technology Fellow at USAID
Kristofor Langlais, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health
Peter Hotez, PhD, MD, Molecular Parasitologist and Pediatrician
Joe Hanson, Molecular Biologist
Robert Rivers, PhD, Chemist
Lisan Parker, PhD, Scientific Liaison
Michael Barresi, PhD, Developmental Biologist

Yung Lie, PhD, Non-Profit Scientific Director 

Hillary Lewis, JD, Health Policy Consultant

Susan Maya, Clinical Research Coordinator
Jaime Vernon, PhD, Molecular Biologist
Elyse Walker, Marine Scientist (more)

Images from Around the Lab

A look at the workplaces of many of our New Voices.
Barresi Lab, Smith College (more)
Sontheimer Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Neurobiology at Work
Pipetting at Harvard 
Greco Lab, Yale University

Science the Endless Frontier

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - Flowing Scientific Knowledge

Part 3 - The Importance of Basic Research

Part 4 - The Need for Federal Support for Research

Project Series

New Voices for Research is written in part by a rotating staff of Research!America science policy interns and fellows. As part of their internships/fellowships, they work on an independent research project, which they then share here on our blog.

Economic Impact of R&D
Part 1 - Economic Impact of Research & Development
Part 2 - Biosciences: Where the Jobs Are
Part 3 - Economic Impact of R&D Ranked by State
Part 4 - Show Me the Money

Chemical Exposures and Public Health
Part 1 - From Interest to Passion

Part 2 - An Environmental Health Risk

Part 3 - Lead: A Regulatory Success Story

Part 4 - Something My Body Needs Anyway?

Part 5 - Obesity's Elephant: Environmental Chemicals

Part 6 - Why Our Approach to Toxicology Must Change

Part 7 - Failures of U.S. Chemical Regulation

Part 8 - Cleaning Up Our Act

Part 9 - Environmental Health Research Saves Lives and Money

Part 10 - Call to Action

Intersection of Medical Research and Public Health
Part 1 - The Intersection of Medical Research and Public Health

Part 2 - Research and Public Health Tackle the Flu Together

Part 3 - Today's Epidemic: Childhood Obesity

Part 4 - HIV/AIDS: From Death Sentence to Chronic Disease?

Part 5 - Advocating for the Intersection

Entrepreneurship
Part 1 - Science and Entrepreneurship: An Introduction

Part 2 - It's All About the Ideas (and Money)

Part 3 - Financing a New Business in the Life Sciences

Part 4 - Leading Life Science States

Part 5 - Life Sciences in North Carolina

Part 6 - Life Sciences in Minnesota

Part 7 - Life Sciences in Kansas

Part 8 - Life Science Industry Overall

Human Capital and Knowledge-based Economy
Part 1 - A Knowledge-based Economy

Part 2 - U.S Competitiveness and Innovation

Part 3 - The Making of a Scientist

Part 4 - From Training to Practice: Joining the Faculty

Part 5 - A Race to Save the Lab Rats

Part 6 - Advocating for Human Capital

Climate Change and Health
Part 1 - Climate Change and Health

Part 2 - Heat-Related Issues

Part 3 - Malaria

Part 4 - Lyme Disease

Part 5 - Mental Health

Part 6 - Water-borne Disease

Part 7 - Extreme Weather Events

From Ideas to Treatments

Part 1 - From Ideas to Treatments

Part 2 - Basic Research: It Starts with an Idea

Part 3 - You're an Animal!

Part 4 - Can I care about animals and do research too?

Part 5 - Regulations for Animal Research

Part 6 - Clinical Research Trials

Part 7 - Patient Safety in Clinical Trials: IRB Approval

Part 8 - Recruitment

Part 9 - Health Disparities in Clinical Research

Part 10 - A Brief History of Inclusion Policies

Part 11 - Breaking News: Women and Men are Different

Part 12 - Including Minorities in Clinical Trial Research

Part 13 - Bringing From Ideas to Treatments Home

Science of Advocacy

Part 1 - Senator PhD?
Part 2 - Baby don't cry, baby don't get no milk
Part 3 - A=B; B=A