Invited Guests

Speaker Biographies
Translating Recommendations into Actions
November 1, 1999

Jean Anderson MA ARNP
State Coordinator
Iowa Dept of Public Health
Lucas Street Office Bldg 5th Floor
321 East 12th St
DeMoines IA 50319
PH  515/281-7584
Fax 515/242-6384
janderson@health.state.ia.us

Polly Arango
Co-founder/Director
Family Voices
1456 Hwy 313
PO Box 769
Algodones  NM 87001
PH  505/867-2368
Fax 505/867-6517
parango@familyvoices.org

Sylvia Au
State Genetics Coordinator
Children with Special Health
Care Needs Branch (CSHCN)
Hawaii State Dept Of Health
741 Sunset Ave
Honolulu HI 96816
PH  808/733-9055
Fax 808/733-9068
sau@hgea.org

Timothy Baker
Deputy Director
Office of Genetics & Disease Prevention
4770 Buford Highway  MS K-28
Atlanta, GA  30341
PH 770/488-3235
Fax 770/488/3236
tgb2@cdc.gov

Scott Becker
Executive Director
Assoc of Public Health Laboratories
1211 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 608
Washington DC 20036
PH  202/822-5227x201
Fax 202/887-5098
Sbecker@aphl.org

Tom Bleecker PhD
Research Director
World Institute on Disability
510 16th St Suite 100
Oakland CA 94612-1500
PH  510/251-4338
Fax 510/763-4109
tom@wid.org

Jeff Botkin
Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Ethics
University of Utah
100 North Medical Dr
Salt Lake City UT 84113
PH  801/588-3649
Fax 801/588-3642
botkin@howard.genetics.utah.edu

Kenneth Bridges MD
Director
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Division of Hematology
75 Francis St
Boston MA 02115
PH  617/732-5842
Fax 617/975-0876
bridges@calvin.bwh.harvard.edu

Gil Buchanan MD
Medical Director
Childrens Medical Svcs
Arkansas Dept of Human Services
500 South University  Ste 200
Little Rock  AR 72205
PH  501/682-8202
Fax 501/682-8247
Gil.Buchanan@medicaid.state.ar.us

David Carpenter, PhD
State laboratory Director
Illinois Department of Public Health
825 North Rutledge Street
PO Box 19435
Springfield, IL 62794-9453
PH (217) 782-6562
Fax (217) 524-7924
dcarpent@idph.state.il.us

Sarah Carr
Senior Policy Analyst, Executive Secretary
Secretary’s Adv Comm on Genetic Testing
Office of Recombinant DNA Act
National Institute of Health
6000 Executive Blvd  Ste 302
Bethesda MD 20892-7010
PH  301/435-6753
Fax 301/496-9839
sc112@nih.gov

Ellen Clayton
Div of General Pediatrics & School of Law
Vanderbilt University
Medical Center East 5028
Nashville TN 37332-8555
PH  615/936-2425
Fax 615/936-2419
ellen.w.clayton@vanderbilt.edu

George Cunningham
Chief, Genetic Disease Branch
1947 Center Street   3rd Floor
Berkley CA 94704
PH  510/540-2552
Fax 510/849-5102
gcunning@dhs.ca.gov

Mary Davidson
Executive Director
Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
4301 Connecticut Ave NW  Ste 404
Washington DC 20008-2304
PH  202/966-5557x207
Fax 202/966-8553
mdavidson@geneticsalliance.org

Frank Desposito
Interim Chairman
UMDMJ-New Jersey Medical School
Dept of Pediatrics
185 South Orange Ave  RM F-540
Newark NJ 07103
PH  973/972-5276
Fax 973/972-0178

Amy Fine BSN MPH
Health Policy/ Program Consultant
3372 Stuyvescant Place NW
Washington DC 20015
PH  202/966-6361
Fax 202/966-8439
afinehome@aol.com

Bob Fineman PhD MD
Medical Consultant
Washington State Dept of Health
1511 Third Ave  Ste 808
Seattle WA 98101-1632
PH  206/464-6545
Fax 206/389-2812
drbob@u.washington.edu

Jamie Frias
Director
University of South Florida
College of Medicine
Birth Defect Center
17 Davis Blvd
Tampa FL 33606
PH  813/233-2623
Fax 813/233-2624
jfrias@med.usf.edu  

Alan Guttmacher, MD
Senior Advisor to the Director for Clinical Affairs
National Human Genome Research Institute
9000 Rockville Pike  Bldg 31  Rm 4B09
Bethesda MD 20892
PH  301/402-0955
Fax 301/402-0837

Garrett Hall MAMC
Communications Associate
Inst For Child Health Policy
5700 SW 34th St  Ste 323
Gainesville FL 32608-5367
PH  352/392-5904 x245
Fax 352/392-8822
grh@ichp.edu 

Patti Hackett, MEd
Senior Youth Policy Associate
Inst For Child Health Policy
5700 SW 34th St  Ste 323
Gainesville FL 32608-5367
PH  352/392-5904 x241
Fax 352/392-8822
ph8@ichp.edu

Kathy Hudson
Director of Policy and Public Affairs
National Human Genome Research Institute
9000 Rockville Pike  Bldg 31  Rm 4B09
Bethesda MD 20892
PH  301/402-0955
Fax 301/402-0837
Kathyh@exchange.nih.gov

Kay Johnson
President
Johnson Group Consulting Inc
175 Red Pine Rd
Hinesburg VT 05461
PH  802/482-3005
Fax 802/482-3008
JohnsonGCI@aol.com
kj813@aol.com

Norman Kahn MD
VP of Education and Science
AAFP
11400 Tomahawk Creek Pkwy
Leawood KS 66211
PH  800/274-2237x6500
Fax 913/906-6092
nkahn@aafp.org

Celia Kaye MD PHD
Professor and Chairman
Dept of Pediatrics
Univ of TX Hlth Science Ctr at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio TX 78284-7802
PH  210/567-5202
Fax 210/567-1758
kaye@uthscsa.edu

Martha King MPA  MSW
Program Director
Health Services Program
Natl Conference of State
Legislatures  (NCSL)
1560 Broadway Ste 700
Denver CO 80202-5140
PH  303/830-2200
Fax 303/863-8003
martha.king@ncsl.org

Deborah Klein Walker EdD
Associate Commissioner
Bureau of Family and Community Health
Massachusetts Depart of Public Health
250 Washington St 5th Fl
Boston MA 02108-4619
PH  617/624-6090
Fax 617/624-6062
debbie.walker@state.ma.us

Harvey Levy MD
Senior Associate in Medicine and Genetics
Medicine and Genetics
Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
PH  617/355-6346
Fax 617/355-3461
levyh@a1.tch.harvard.edu

Jo-Ann Lindenmeyer MPH  DVM
Chronic Disease Epidemiologist
RI Dept of Health
3 Capitol Hill
Providence RI 02908-5097
PH  401/222-1394x116
Fax 401/222-4415
jml@ede.gov

Robert Linkins
Center for Disease Control
Data Management Division
Systems Development Branch
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA  30333
PH 404/639-8728
Fax 404/639-8548
rx13@cdc.gov

Michele Lloyd-Puryear PhD
Branch Chief
Genetics Services Branch
Maternal and Child Health Bureau MCHB
Parklawn Bldg  Rm 18A-20
5600 Fishers Ln
Rockville, MD 20857
PH  301/443-8998
Fax 301/443-8604
Mpuryear@hrsa.gov

Bertram Lubin MD
Director of Medical Research
Children's Hospital Oakland Rsrch Inst
5700 Martin Luther King, JR Way
Oakland, CA  94609
PH  510/450-7601
Fax  510/450-7910
blubin@chori.org

Marie Mann MD MPH
Deputy Chief
Genetic Services Branch, MCHB
Parklawn Bldg Rm 18A-19
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville MD 20857
PH  301/443-1080
Fax 301/443-8604
MMann@HRSA.gov

Donald Mattison MD
Medical Director
March of Dimes
1275 Mamaroneck Ave
White Plains NY 10605
PH  914/997-4649
Fax 914/428-7849
Dmattison@modimes.org

Ed McCabe MD  PhD
Professor and Executive Chair
UCLA Dept. of Pediatrics
Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA
School of Medicine
10833 LeConte Ave  Rm 22-412 MDCC
Los Angeles CA 90095-1752
PH  310/825-5095
Fax 310/206-4584
Emccabe@mednet.ucla.edu

Joseph McInerney
The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
1615 Thames Street
Baltimore MD 21231
PH  410/955-0455
Fax 410/955-0644
joemcinerney@genetic-medicine.org  

Merle McPherson MD MPH
Director
Div Of Svcs For Children With
Special Health Needs (DSCSHN)
Maternal & Child Health Bur, HRSA, DHHS
5600 Fishers Ln Rm 18A-27 Parklawn Bldg
Rockville MD 20857
PH  301/443-2350
Fax 301/443-1728
mmcpherson@hrsa.gov

Ann Merrifield
President
Genzyme Genetics
15 Pleasant Street Connector
Framingham MA 01701
PH  508/270-2346
Fax 508/872-5663
ann.merrifield@genzyme.com

Paul Nannis
Director
Office of Planning
Evaluation and Legislation HRSA
5600 Fishers Lane  Rm 1433
Rockville MD 20857
PH  301/443-2460
Fax 301/443-9270
pnannis@hrsa.gov

 

Edwin Naylor PhD  MPH
President
Neo Den Screening, Inc
110 Roessler Rd
Pittsburgh PA 15220
PH  412/341-8658
Fax 412/341-8926
ednaylor@neogenscreening.com

Donna Olsen
Executive Director
Indiana Parent Info Ntwrk Inc
4755 Kingsway Dr Ste 105
Indianapolis IN  46205
PH 317/257-8683 x11
Fax 317/251-7488
familynetw@aol.com

Vivian Ota-Wang
Professor
College of Education
Arizona State University
PO Box 870611
Tempe AZ 85283
PH  602/727-6933
Fax 480/965-0300
otawang@asu.edu

Renee Paper Rn CCRN
Program Director
Hemophilia Foundation of Nevada
PO Box 90158
Henderson NV 89009
PH  702/564-4368
Fax 702/564-2299
hfnv@earthlink.net

Kathryn Peppe Rn MS
Chief
Division of Family and Comm Health Svcs
Ohio Dept of Health
246 N High ST
PO Box 118
Columbus, OH  43266-0118
PH 614/466-3263
Fax 614/728-3616
kpeppe@gw.odh.state.oh.us

Pat Peyser
Professor of Epidemiology
Director, Public Health Genetics Interdepartmental Concentration
Univ of MI  School of Public Health
Depart of Epidemiology 109
Ann Arbor MI 48109
PH  734/763-4077
Fax 734/764-3192
ppeyser@umich.edu

Heather Pierce MPH
Sr. Analyst, Genetics Policy
The Association of State & Territorial
Health Officials (ASTHO)
1275 K St NW  Ste 800
Washington DC 20005
PH  202/371-9090x248
Fax 202/371-9797
hpierce@astho.org  

Dee Quinn MS
President
Organization of Teratology Infor Serv
Univ of Arizona  Health Sciences Center
Dept of OBGYN
1501 North Campbell
Tucson AZ 85724
PH  520/626-4382
Fax 520/626-5115
dquinn@u.arizona.edu

Kathleen Rand Reed
President
GEOGENESYS
Geographic Genetic Systems
1923 2nd St NW
Washington DC 20001-1667
PH  202/234-8074
Fax 202/234-2506
krreed@bellatlantic.net

John Reiss PhD
Director of Policy & Program Affairs
Inst For Child Health Policy
5700 SW 34th St  Ste 323
Gainesville FL 32608-5367
PH  352/392-5904 x224
Fax 352/392-8822
jgr@ichp.edu

Peter Simon MD
Assistant Medical Director
Division of Family Health
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill
Canon Building Rm 312
Providence RI 02908-5097
PH  401/222-5928
Fax 401/222-1442
peters@doh.state.ri.us

Syraj Syed MAMC
Associate for Technology and Training
Institute for Child Health Policy
5700 SW 34th Street Suite 323
Gainesville FL 32608
PH  352/392-5904x249
Fax 352/392-8822
sys@ichp.edu

Brad Therrell
Director
NNSGRC
1912 W Anderson Ln  #210
Austin TX 78757
PH  512/454-6419
Fax 512/454-6509
therrell@uthscsa.edu

Thomas Tonniges MD FAAP
Director
Dept of Community Pediatrics
141 NW Point Blvd
Elk Grove Village  IL  60007-1098
PH  800/433-9016 4723
Fax 847/228-5097
ttonniges@aap.org

Martin Wolfson
Vice President
Neometrics
104 Bellerose Ave
East North Port, NY  11731
PH 800/645-3616
Fax 516/754-1049
mwolfson@neometrics.com

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