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PODCAST | AAAS 2018 Live: From Bench to Policymaking

Carlos Faraco
Frances Colon
Frances Colón in Live Podcast from AAAS Annual Meeting

In this episode Carlos Faraco, a neuroscientist and current AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow (STPF) at the National Institute of Justice, speaks with Frances Colón, CEO of Jasperi Consulting, former Deputy Science Advisor at the Department of State under Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, and 2006-08 STPF fellow at the State Department. Broadly, they’ll discuss how Dr. Colón’s training as a developmental neurobiologist prepared her for a career in science policy, along with the issues which motivated her to make that leap. Specifically, she will discuss her work on climate change in the Americas while at the Department of State, how that work has helped inform her perspective on climate change and other issues she is working to address in South Florida, as well as how scientists and individuals from all walks of life can become more civically engaged. The discussion also delves into how local politics may differ from the national perspective, and how local leaders and scientists can step in to make impactful and necessary change at the local level.

Participants

Host: Carlos Faraco, Ph.D., Neuroscience
2016-2018 Executive Branch Fellow at the National Institutes of Justice

Frances Colón, Ph.D., Neuroscience
CEO, Jasperi Consulting
2006-08 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of State
Former Deputy Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (2012-2017)
Twitter: @fcoloninfl

Executive Producer

Carlos Faraco, Ph.D., Neuroscience
2016-2018 Executive Branch Fellow at the National Institutes of Justice

Image: Frances Colon

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Carlos Faraco

Faraco, Carlos: Fellowship 2016-2017 Faraco, Carlos: Fellowship 2017-2018
Carlos Faraco is a neuroscientist with a focus on functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging of the human brain. While at the University of Georgia, Carlos attained a Psychology M.S. and Neuroscience Ph.D. through work on the neuroimaging of memory in healthy, young adults and older adults with mild dementia. As a post-doctoral fellow at the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, his research focused on identifying clinically-feasible neuroimaging markers of stroke risk in patients with stenosis of the intracranial vessels and of medication response in Parkinson patients undergoing dopamine agonist therapy. Carlos is currently interested in using his skillsets to make impactful and tangible changes in the public health arena. In his spare time, Carlos enjoys playing guitar, motorcycling, biking, trail running, and weightlifting.

Frances Colon

Col=n, Frances: Fellowship 2007-2008 Col=n, Frances: Fellowship 2006-2007

Dr. Frances Colón is the former Deputy Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State at the U.S. Department of State (2012-2017). In this role she promoted integration of science and technology into foreign policy dialogues; global advancement of women in science; and innovation as a tool for economic growth around the world. In her role as a science diplomat, Dr. Colón led reengagement of scientific collaboration with Cuba and coordinated climate change policy for the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas announced by President Obama.  Dr. Colón is a graduate of the National Hispana Leadership Institute, fellow of the U.S.-Japan Leadership Program and delegate to the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Young Leaders Forum.  She is recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s 2015 Inspira Award and a Google Science Fair judge.  In 2016, Dr. Colón was named one of the 20 most influential Latinos in technology.  Dr. Colón earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2004 from Brandeis University and her B.S. in Biology in 1997 from the University of Puerto Rico.

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