MEDICAL AUTOMATION EXPERTS
Terry Sharrer's bio:
 | Dr. Sharrer began as Executive Director, Medical Innovation and Transformation Institute, with the Inova Health System (Fairfax, VA) in July 2007. Formerly, he was the Curator of Health Sciences at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, where he had worked for thirty-six years. Terry Sharrer speaks and writes about a range of life science subjects. In 1987, he co-organized an exhibition titled "The Search for Life: Genetic Technology in the 20th Century." This show also was the inaugural exhibition for the DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. He has done video documentaries on the Human Genome Project, the beginning of gene therapy, and the molecular biology of cancer. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland, has authored some three dozen publications-including A Kind of Fate, Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920 (about the biological consequences of the Civil War and the beginning of germ theory practices, Iowa State University Press, 2000)-and currently is writing a history of molecular medicine. For outreach work, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Foundation for Cancer Research (Bethesda, MD), board member of the Carilion Biomedical Institute (Roanoke, VA), board member, Immune Deficiency Foundation (Towson, MD), and board member, Inova Fairfax Hospital Cancer Advisory Committee (Fairfax, VA). Currently, his public service includes: board member of the Fund for Inherited Disease Research (Bryn Mawr, PA); and Science Advisor, for the Loudoun County, VA Department of Economic Development, the Clarke County VA Education Foundation, and the Arizona Science Alliance. With his wife Patty, and sons Alex, age 13, and Nicholas, age 17, he lives in Hamilton, Loudoun County, VA. Disclosure: G. Terry Sharrer, PhD has stock dividends in Merck and Pfizer. |
Terry Sharrer's posts:
Lab-Grown Retinas
Retinoic acid signaling regulates spatiotemporal specification of human green and red cones
“Trichromacy is unique to primates among placental mammals, enabled [MORE]
“Dragging 3D Printing” for Small Diameter Blood Vessels
Dragging 3D printing technique controls pore sizes of tissue engineered blood
“[The] dragging 3D printing technique used here enables the fabrication [MORE]
Electronic Taste Buds
Team develops ‘electronic tongue’ technology
“Researchers from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in South Korea have developed an [MORE]
Nanoparticles + Antibodies in Treating Allergies
Decorated nanoparticles prevent allergic reaction
“Northwestern University researchers have developed the first selective therapy to prevent allergic reactions, which can range [MORE]
Dental Stem Cells
Oral stem cell discovery reveals how they can be made to grow new bone
“ADA Forsyth Institute and University of North [MORE]
Tissue Soldering
Nanothermometry-enabled intelligent laser tissue soldering
“Here, intelligent laser tissue soldering (iSoldering) with integrated nanothermometry is introduced as a promising yet unexplored [MORE]
Wearables: Continuous, Autonomous, Objective Monitoring
Wearable to help understand the effect of new drugs on Parkinson’s Disease patients
“Transforming the Objective Real-world measurement of Symptoms (Torus) [MORE]
Surface Implant for Sensing Deep Brain Activity
Transparent brain implant can read deep neural activity from the surface
“Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed [MORE]
Alzheimer’s Subtypes
Cerebrospinal fluid proteomics in patients with Alzheimer’s disease reveals five molecular subtypes with distinct genetic risk profiles
“Here we [neurologists at [MORE]
Tears in a Dish
Human conjunctiva organoids to study ocular surface homeostasis and disease
“Here, we [at the Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht] describe long-term expanding organoids [MORE]
A Protein that Regulates Brown Fat
IEPAC1 enhances brown fat growth and beige adipogenesis
“Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a central thermogenic organ that enhances energy expenditure [MORE]
Inhaled Nanosensors as a Lung Cancer Diagnostic
Inhalable point-of-care urinary diagnostic platform
“We [at the Koch Institute, MIT] designed a needleless and imaging-free platform, termed PATROL (point-of-care aerosolizable [MORE]
First Partial Heart Transplant
Duke reports success in world’s 1st partial heart transplant
“Nearly a year after a newborn received the world’s first partial heart [MORE]
Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging
Ultrasound imaging- breaking new ground with ultrafast technology
“A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has solved [MORE]