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| Speaker's Profile |
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Josette Lewis Ph.D. |
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Senior Biotechnology Advisor |
| Company: |
USAID, EGAT/ESP/IRB |
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Non-Profit/NGO |
| Profile |
Dr. Lewis has been with USAID for eightyears. She began at USAID as a AAAS Science, Technology and Diplomacy Fellow working on farmer-participatory sustainable agriculture research. After her fellowship, Dr. Lewis managed an Israeli-Arab collaborative research grants program.
For the past five years, Dr. Lewis has led USAID's agricultural biotechnology programs and served as a technical advisor to USAID on issues and policies pertaining to biotechnology. She has overseen USAID activities globally, with a strong emphasis on Africa, including support for research and technology development with public and private sector partners, technology transfer, intellectual property rights capacity building, biosafety regulatory development and capacity building, and public outreach on biotechnology.
Dr. Lewis holds a B.S. in Genetics from University of California at Davis and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology for University of California, Los Angeles.
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