RAND Expert Biography
Elisa Eiseman
Senior Natural Scientist
Office
Washington
Expertise
Bioethics, biomedicine, biotechnology, cancer research, genetics
Recent Work
Protection of human research participants; ethics concerning new biomedical technologies, including cloning and stem cells; issues of research involving human tissues
Previous Positions
Senior Scientist, Signal Transduction, Inflammation Program, Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
Education
Ph.D. in human genetics, Medical College of Virginia; B.S. in biochemistry, University of Maryland
Publications of Interest
Using Logic Models for Strategic Planning and Evaluation: Application to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Victoria A. Greenfield et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
The Challenges of Creating a Global Health Resource Tracking System, Elisa Eiseman et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
Vital Assets: Federal Investment in Research and Development at the Nation's Universities and Colleges, Donna Fossum et al., RAND Corporation, 2004
Case Studies of Existing Human Tissue Repositories: "Best Practices" for a Biospecimen Resource for the Genomic and Proteomic Era, Elisa Eiseman et al., RAND Corporation, 2003
Handbook of Human Tissue Sources: A National Resource of Human Tissue Samples, Elisa Eiseman et al., RAND Corporation, 1999
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: CR (American Association for Cancer Research magazine)
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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