Mark Bale, PhD, is head of the Genetics Branch in the Scientific Developments and Bioethics Division in the U.K. Department of Health.
William R. Brinkley, Ph.D, is the Senior Vice President for Graduate Sciences and Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.
Baruch Brody, PhD, is a professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine.  He is also the Andrew Mellow Professor of Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Rice University and Director of the Ethics Program at The Methodist Hospital.
Arlene Y. Chiu, PhD, is the Director of Scientific Program and Review Activities at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
Judith L. Haley is the president and co-founder of Texans Advancement of Medical Research (TAMR).
Karen K. Hirschi, PhD is associate professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular & Cellular Biology in the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine.
Lori P. Knowles is a bioethics policy consultant and research associate of Harvard Law Institute at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Neal F. Lane, PhD, is the Malcolm Gillis University Professor at Rice University, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and senior fellow in Science and Technology at the James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy.
Eugene H. Levy, PhD, was appointed to the Howard R. Hughes Chair as provost and professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University in 2000.
Colin McGuckin, PhD, is a professor of Regenerative Medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.  Dr. McGuckin received his PhD studying leukemia in 2001 at Biomedical Sciences Research Centre, University of Ulster, UK.
Steven Minger, PhD,  is a senior lecturer and director of the Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at King’s College, London U.K.
Kenneth I. Shine, MD, is the executive vice chancellor for Health Affairs at the University of Texas System and is responsible for the six University of Texas System Health Components and their aggregate operating budget.
Elizabeth J. Shpall, MD,  is professor of Medicine, medical director of the Clinical and cGMP Cell Therapy Laboratory, and director of the Cord Blood Bank at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Beverly Woolley is currently serving her sixth term in the Texas House of Representatives.  Presently, Representative Woolley is the chairman of the powerful House Committee on Calendars and serves as a member on the House Committee on Civil Practices and the House Committee on Ways & Means.

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