Fetal Research and Applications: A Conference Summary (1994)
Chapter: Front Matter
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON FETAL RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
UTA FRANCKE,* Chair, Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics,
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
FREDERICK C. BATTAGLIA,* Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
MARTHA CONSTANTINE-PATON, Professor of Biology,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
EZRA C. DAVIDSON,* Jr., Professor and Chairman,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, King-Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
JOSEPH M. DAVIE,* Vice President of Research, Biogen, Inc.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NEAL L. FIRST,** Professor of Reproductive Biology and Biotechnology,
Department of Meat and Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
HAIG H. KAZAZIAN,* Jr., Sutland Professor of Pediatric Genetics,
The Johns Hopkins University,
Director,
Center for Molecular Genetics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Institute of Medicine Staff
CONSTANCE M. PECHURA, Study Director, Associate Director,
Division of Biobehavioral Sciences and Mental Disorders
GARY B. ELLIS, Director,
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (to January 1993)
MICHAEL STOTO, Director,
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
TERRI BARBA, Project Assistant
Consultant
JUDITH M. SCHWARTZ, Contract Writer
Acknowledgments
The committee and staff are grateful for the time and effort of the conference speakers. These individuals shared their considerable expertise through presentations that brought clarity and focus to difficult issues, ranging from legal and ethical dilemmas to scientific challenges and opportunities. Further, their work encouraged a remarkably free exchange of ideas. We hope that this report adequately reflects these important contributions.
We also wish to thank the conference participants, many of whom traveled long distances and took time out from busy schedules to attend. The discussions benefited greatly from these participants' questions and observations, and the report is richer for them.
Finally, we wish to thank the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences for supporting this conference and the individuals who provided insightful review of the report draft.
Uta Francke
Chair
