Sujatha Byravan
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Sujatha Byravan is a writer and expert in bioethics and genetic discrimination.
Byravan, originally from India, received a PhD in molecular biology in 1989 from the University of South Carolina. She completed post-doctoral work from 1993 to 1995 at UCLA. She then returned to India and began working as a science writer and freelance journalist. Topics she has written on include science policy, gender issues, and Indian environmental and political topics. During that time, Byravan also became a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation's Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) Program (1995 to 1997).[1] She later served as the LEAD Fellows Program director in New York and then in London from 1999 to 2003. Sujatha served as President and Executive Director of Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG) from 2002 to 2007. Byravan is also a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar on Biotechnology: Legal, Ethical and Social Issues.[2]
Publications
- "Gender and Innovation in South Asia (PDF)". Innovation, Policy and Science. Febuary 2008.
- "Ensuring privacy in genetic testing". Boston Globe. Byravan & Matlaw. November 2, 2005.
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References
- ^ "Sujatha Byravan". LEAD. March, 2006.
- ^ "Board of Directors". CRG. Accessed June 2009.