Giovanna Guerrero
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Professional Information
| Institution: | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, DHHS |
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| Positions: | Public sector/Government |
| Fields: | Biophysics, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Other, Public Health, Science Ethics |
Personal Information
| About me: |
I am a Neurobiologist who has recently made the transition to a career in Science Policy. Currently, I work as a Health and Science Policy Analyst with the Office of Science Policy and Planning of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at NIH. My job entails communicating scientific advances and the importance of research to members of Congress and the public, and helping to assess the performance of NINDS and NIH in fostering research that will lead to new neurological insights and therapies. I have a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley where I had a Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellowship to study synaptic transmission in Drosophila and develop new tools for the imaging of neuronal function. At Berkeley I was a joint-student in the labs of Dr. Ehud Isacoff and Dr. Corey Goodman. I received my B.S. in Biology from the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rio Piedras where I performed research in the lab of Dr. Braulio Jiménez (Escuela de Farmacia). Before coming to NIH I received a National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Graduate Fellowship to work with the Board on Life Sciences at the National Research Council (Washington, DC) on issues such as translational research for underdeveloped scientific applications, intellectual property issues for toxicogenomics, and public outreach efforts about the importance of stem cell research. I started my career at NIH through the Department of Health and Human Services Emerging Leaders Program and had the chance to do rotations with the FDA (Biologics Policy and Regulations); the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at HHS (implementing the International Health Regulations across the US government and monitoring cooperative agreements to foreign countries for infectious diseases surveillance); the NIH Office of Extramural Research (working on policies for the biomedical research workforce); and the NIAID Office of Global Research. I have an interminable list of scientific and policy interests but top among them are: stem cell research, scientific education and public understanding of science, global health, and capacity building in developing countries. I would be happy to talk with anyone who wants to learn more about careers in science policy, ways in which scientists might get involved in politics or policy-making, or anything else pertaining to my background. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS GUERRERO, G., et.al. (2005) Heterogeneity in synaptic transmission along a Drosophila larval motor axon. Nature Neurosci. 8(9): 1188-96. Reiff, DF., Ihring, A., GUERRERO, G., Isacoff, E.Y., Joesch, M., Nakai J., Borst, A.(2005) In vivo performance of genetically encoded indicators of neural activity in flies. 2005. J. Neurosci. 25: 4766-78. Sonnleitner, A., GUERRERO, G., Mannuzzu, L., Isacoff, E.Y. (2003) Voltage Sensitive Dyes. Biophotonics. 10(3): 48-60. GUERRERO, G., et.al. (2002) Tuning FlaSh: Redesign of the dynamics, voltage range, and color of the genetically encoded optical sensor of membrane potential. Biophysical J. 83(6): 3607-18 GUERRERO, G., Isacoff, E.Y. (2001) Genetically encoded optical sensors of neuronal activity and cellular function. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 11(5): 601-7. Kramer, P.R., GUERRERO, G., Krishnamurthy, R., Mitchell, P.J., Wray, S. (2000) Ectopic expression of lutenizing hormone-releasing hormone and peripherin in the respiratory epithelium of mice lacking transcription factor AP-2alpha. Mech. Dev. 94:79-94. OTHER PUBLICATIONS GUERRERO, G. (2007) In search of the big picture, Bio Career Center, http://www.biocareercenter.com/article/in_search_of_the_big_picture.html Understanding Stem Cells: An Overview of the Science and Issues from the National Academies. (2006) National Academy Press. Washington D.C. (In collaboration with Anne Jurkowski and staff from the National Academies’ Board on Life Sciences). GUERRERO, G. (2003) Book Review: My Life in Science. Berkeley Science Review. 3(2):21. |
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