Biologist Judith Eisen is well known as a pioneer in using zebrafish as a model to study the nervous system. Her numerous scientific accomplishments include being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018, named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017, and selected as a Guggenheim Fellow in 2010. She received the University of Oregon’s highest honor for research excellence, the Outstanding Career Award, in 2018. Eisen, who co-founded the UO Science Literacy Program, has always been committed to helping non-scientists understand the implications of new and emerging trends in biomedical research. During 2020-21, she will be working with Wayne Morse Center co-director Ellen Herman to bring speakers to campus who can address the intersections between genetic technologies and public policy in accessible and exciting ways.  

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