A pioneer in the study of microbial diversity, Dr. Jonathan Eisen focuses on the development and use of high-throughput laboratory and computational methods to study microbes by analyzing their genomes. Eisen’s researches communities of microbes and how they provide new functions – to each other or to a host.
Mark Hyman, M.D. has dedicated his career to identifying and addressing the root causes of chronic illness through a groundbreaking whole-systems medicine approach, known as Functional Medicine. He is a family physician, a five-time New York Times bestselling author, and an internationally recognized leader in his field. Through his private practice, education efforts, writing, research, advocacy and public-policy work, he strives to improve access to Functional Medicine, and to widen the understanding and practice of it, empowering others to stop managing symptoms and instead treat the underlying causes of illness, thereby also tackling our chronic-disease epidemic.
In September 2011, Dr. Lynda Chin joined The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she now is the chair of the first-ever Department of Genomic Medicine and Scientific Director of MD Anderson’s Institute for Applied Cancer Science.
Lisa Nilsson is a visual artist who grew up in Avon, Massachusetts. She found early inspiration in the makers-of-things in her family, including her father, a retired graphic designer, and his brother, an illustrator. Members of her family sewed, painted houses and watercolors, repaired car bodies, and mixed colors for false teeth.
Jonathan Mann is best known as the “song a day guy.” He’s been writing, recording, producing and posting a song and video a day since January 1st 2009. His videos have appeared all over the web from Boing Boing to the Huffington Post to Tech Crunch, and on national television, such as a live performance on The Rachel Maddow Show.
Dr. Franziska Michor is an Associate Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health – as well as the Principal Investigator of the NIH’s Physical Science-Oncology Center located at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Howard-Yana Shapiro is Global Director of Plant Science and External Research, Mars Incorporated. He is responsible for the plant science of their primary agricultural products, investigation of potential new plant-based solutions for use in their brands, and review and oversight of their existing and future plant-based research.
Over five albums and a decade of recording, Jill Sobule has mused on topics such as the death penalty, anorexia, shoplifting, reproduction, the French resistance movement, adolescence and the Christian right. Early hit songs include “I Kissed a Girl” and “Supermodel.”
Jacob Scott is a radiation oncologist and cancer theoretician who uses primary mathematical methods to develop novel and hopefully translatable biological hypotheses. He came to this position in life by way of a tortuous career path that included astrophysics, nuclear engineering aboard a submarine, teaching physics and coaching wrestling at the high school level – all before beginning his doctorate in medicine.
Jon R. Cohen, M.D., is Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, and Director of Hospital Services for Quest Diagnostics. Quest Diagnostics, with annual revenues of over $7.5 billion, is the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services.