New England Science Boot Camp 2018

We now have days for each topic!

Wednesday afternoon: Ecology

Thursday morning: Genetic Counseling

Thursday afternoon: Materials Science

As a reminder, speakers are subject to change. We guarantee the topics to be covered, but not specific speakers.

ECOLOGY OVERVIEW SPEAKER

Miranda Davis

University of Connecticut

Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

• Ph.D., University of Durham, United Kingdom
• Master's, Virginia Tech University
• Bachelor's, University of Binghampton (SUNY)

ECOLOGY RESEARCH SPEAKER

Eric Olson

Brandeis University

Senior Lecturer, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management

• Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Pennsylvania
• M.F.S. (Masters in Forest Science), Yale University
• B.A., Carleton College

Learn more about Dr. Olson

Recommended research reading (open access article):

Levy, S. (2013). The Lyme disease debate: Host biodiversity and human disease risk. Environmental Health Perspectives, 121(4), A120-A125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.121-a120

WEDNESDAY EVENING SPEAKER

Ivan Oransky

Co-Founder of Retraction Watch

• MD, New York University School of Medicine
• B.A., Harvard University

Learn more about Dr. Oransky and Retraction Watch

GENETIC COUNSELING OVERVIEW SPEAKER

Lauren Lichten

Brandeis University

Associate Professor of the Practice of Genetic Counseling and Associate Program Director

• M.S., Genetic Counseling, Brandeis University
• B.A., Molecular Biology, Colgate University

Learn more about Professor Lichten and the Genetic Counseling Program

GENETIC COUNSELING RESEARCH SPEAKERS

Gayun Chan-Smutko

Brandeis University

Associate Professor of the Practice of Genetic Counseling and Assistant Program Director

• M.S., Genetic Counseling, Brandeis University
• B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Learn more about Professor Chan-Smutko

Lacey Smith

Boston Children's Hospital

Licensed Genetic Counselor, Epilepsy Genetics Program

• M.S., Genetic Counseling, Brandeis University
• B.S., Biological Science, University of Vermont

Learn more about the Boston Children's Hospital Epilepsy Genetics Program

Recommended readings:

For an overview about Genetic Counseling: 

"About Genetic Counselors" page from the National Society of Genetic Counselors website. The video "I Am a Genetic Counselor" is about 5 minutes long and talks about the variety of roles genetic counselors can play.

For research, the open access article:

Helbig, I., Heinzen, E. L., & Mefford, H. C. (2016). Primer part 1 - The building blocks of epilepsy genetics. Epilepsia, 57(6), 861-868. doi: 10.1111/epi.13381

MATERIALS SCIENCE OVERVIEW SPEAKER

Christopher Schuh

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Department Head of Materials Science and Engineering

• Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
• B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Learn more about Dr. Schuh and the Schuh Group

MATERIALS SCIENCE RESEARCH SPEAKER

Seth Fraden

Brandeis University

Professor of Physics

• Ph.D., Brandeis University

Learn more about Dr. Fraden, the Fraden Group's Active Matter research.