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<li><a href="#" onclick="$('#boxcontent').html('<b>Dr. Debra Mathews</b>  is the Assistant Director for Science Programs for the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Mathews earned her B.S. in Biology from the Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in genetics from Case Western Reserve University. Concurrent with her Ph.D., she earned a master\'s degree in bioethics from Case. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in genetics at Johns Hopkins, where she continued her work on human genetic variation and human population history. She is also a member of the steering committee of The Hinxton Group, a consortium of scientists, ethicists, policy experts and other scholars committed to exploring ethics and policy challenges raised by stem cell science in an international context. In addition, during 2011, Dr. Mathews is working part time as a Senior Policy and Research Analyst on the staff of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Her research interests focus on the intersection of science, public policy and society.<br/>(<a href=\'http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/mshome/?ID=75\'>Homepage</a>)');return false;"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2011/a/a1/Debra_mathews.jpg"/>Debra Mathews</a><br/></li>