MARGARET CONN HIMELFARB, an editor and medical research advocate, has a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she is a member of the School’s Health Advisory Board, Dean’s Alumni Council, and Advisory Boards of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response and the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. She sits on the Bloomberg School’s Institutional Review Board and the Hopkins School of Medicine Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee. She has served on the Maryland Technology Development Corporation Board and was recently appointed by the Governor to the Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission.
Ms. Himelfarb is a founder, past chair, and the first Honorary Lifetime Board Member of the Maryland Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). She has served on the Executive Committee and Research Advisory Board of JDRF International and currently sits on its International Board of Chancellors. Ms. Himelfarb has reviewed research grants for the Foundation for more than 15 years. Her advocacy efforts include directing a successful national campaign for a Diabetes Awareness U.S. postage stamp and spearheading a statewide campaign that was instrumental in acquiring legislation for stem cell research funding in Maryland. In recognition of her research advocacy, Ms. Himelfarb has received several humanitarian awards as well as an Inspiration Award at the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit.
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