Danielle Carnival
Danielle Carnival | |
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.jpg) Carnival in 2017 | |
| Born | Danielle M. Evers |
| Alma mater | Boston College Georgetown University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Doctoral advisor | Daniel Pak |
Danielle Carnival (née Evers) is an American neuroscientist who is a deputy assistant to the president for the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative and the deputy director for health outcomes in the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Life
[edit]Carnival is from Troy, New York.[1] She earned a B.S. in biochemistry from Boston College in 2005.[2][1] She completed a Ph.D. in neuroscience at Georgetown University.[2] Her dissertation was titled, Homeostatic control of AMPA receptor strength and subunit composition by Polo-like kinase 2.[1] Daniel Pak was her doctoral advisor.[1]
In 2010, Carnival began working at the White House for five years on the areas of science education, diversity in science, and technology.[2][1][3] In 2016, she became the chief of staff to Greg Simon and senior policy director of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative.[2][1] From 2017 to 2019, she worked as the vice president of the Biden Cancer Initiative at the Biden Foundation.[1][2] In September 2019, she became the chief executive officer of the I Am ALS nonprofit.[2][1] In 2021, U.S. president Joe Biden was named Carnival as a senior advisor in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) tasked with patient engagement and supporting a new iteration of the Moonshot program.[2] She is the deputy assistant to the president for Cancer Moonshot and the OSTP deputy director for health outcomes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Flannery, Russell (August 8, 2022). "Meet The Scientist Coordinating Joe Biden's New Cancer Moonshot". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g McGinley, Laurie (June 30, 2021). "Biden names veteran of last cancer moonshot to help direct new initiative". Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ a b "Danielle Carnival | Milken Institute". milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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- Living people
- People from Troy, New York
- 21st-century American women scientists
- American women neuroscientists
- American neuroscientists
- 21st-century American biologists
- Assistants to the President of the United States
- Office of Science and Technology Policy officials
- Women government officials
- Obama administration personnel
- Biden administration personnel
- Boston College alumni
- Georgetown University alumni
- Biologists from New York (state)