Roni caryn rabin biography of alberta
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician and activist (born 1954)
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist[discuss] who has served as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since February 13, 2025. A member of the Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University and the University of Virginia School of Law. He began his career as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. In the mid-1980s, he joined two nonprofits focused on environmental protection: Riverkeeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). He became an adjunct professor of environmental law at Pace University School of Law in 1986. In 1987, Kennedy founded Pace's Environmental Litigation Clinic. He founded the nonprofit environmental group Waterkeeper Alliance in 1999. He first ran as a Democrat and later started an independent campaign in the 2024 United States presidential election, before withdrawing from the race and endorsing Republican candidate Donald T
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OHDSI News and Updates
Collaborator Spotlight: Cynthia Sung
Dr. Cynthia Sung is an Adjunct Associate Professor for the Centre of Regulatory Excellence at Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, teaching and developing curricula for the Graduate Certificate in Health Products Regulation. She consulted for Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority from 2006 to 2019, helping to build research programs in pharmacogenomics and data analytics. Cynthia has worked at the Gates Medical Research Institute, the US FDA, the US NIH, and at Human Genome Sciences.
Cynthia is an active member of the OHDSI Community, primarily as co-lead for the OHDSI Africa Chapter and also participating in working groups for Clinical Trials and Pregnancy and Reproductive Health. She was honored with the 2023 Titan Award for Community Collaboration. She is a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and holds a Ph.D. in Medical Engineering & Medical Physics from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences Technology Program, a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT, and a B.S. (summa cum laude) in Engineering and Applied Sciences from Yale University.
In the latest collaborator spotlight, Cynthia discusses a career journey that has taken her around the world, the need for FAIR data in less-
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