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 Advisory Council, and Advisory Board of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response. She sits on the Bloomberg School’s Institutional Review Board and the Hopkins School of Medicine Embryonic 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 has reviewed research grants for the Foundation for over 15 years. She also currently sits on JDRF’s International Board of Chancellors and Clinical Affairs Working Group. Her advocacy efforts include directing a successful national campaign for a Diabetes Awareness U.S. postage stamp and a state campaign that was instrumental in acquiring legislation for stem cell research funding in Maryland.
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