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:
Future of Biomedical Engineering
Grand challenges at the interface of cngineering and medicine
“. . . five grand challenges with cross-cutting themes and provided a [MORE]
Research Opportunity: Microplastics in Human Tissues
Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study
“Microplastics [according to a new study from the University of New Mexico] [MORE]
Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatograph
Bioinert, biocompatible UHPLC offers superior reliability
“In quantitative analysis of biomolecules, adsorption of the target compound to a metal surface can [MORE]
“The Lawnmower,” a Molecular Engine
First synthetic protein motor creates its own fuel as it ‘mows
Researchers at Simon Fraser University and Lund University researchers “have [MORE]
Polygenic Risk Scores for 10 Diseases
Polygenic risk scores for 10 diseases
“From an initial list of 23 conditions, ten were selected for implementation based on PRS [MORE]
Change in AD Biomarkers over Time
Trajectory of Alzheimer’s biomarkers tracked in major study
“Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease are present early, and their levels evolve over time, [MORE]
Melting Curve Analysis of Bacterial Pathogens in Blood
Bloodborne pathogens quickly ID’d by melting their DNA
“[Researchers] from the University of California San Diego have . . . . [MORE]
Detecting Breast Cancer in Saliva
High sensitivity saliva-based biosensor in detection of breast cancer biomarkers- HER2 and CA15-3
“In this study [from chemical engineers at the [MORE]
Neural Prosthetic that Recalls Specific Memories
Developing a hippocampal neural prosthetic to facilitate human memory encoding and recall of stimulus features and categories
“Here, we [at Wake [MORE]
Microscopy: Decrowding Expansion Pathology
New microscopy technology to analyze brain cancer tissue: light blue and yellow are different proteins associated with tumors; pink is [MORE]
Growing Replacement Cartilage
Replacement cartilage can grow in any shape with 3D-printed “spheroids
“For the new study, the TU Wien [Technical University, Vienna] team [MORE]
Emotion Recognition Technology
Introduction to emotion recognition technolog
“Emotion recognition technology is on the frontier of human-machine interaction, promising a future where our devices [MORE]
Wearable Ultrasound Device Measures Stiffness in Transplanted Organs
This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs
“In this study, we [at MIT} introduce wearable bioadhesive ultrasound elastography [MORE]
3D Ice Printing of Tissues with Blood Vessels
Ice-based 3D printing paves the way for engineering lifelike blood vessels
“[Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University] show “the possibility of using [MORE]