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  • Dr. George Poste

    CASI Co-Director Chief Scientist Regents' Professor and Del E. Webb Chair in Health Innovation

    1475 N. Scottsdale Rd
    SkySong – Suite 361
    Scottsdale, AZ 85287-3538
    P 480-727-8662
    F 480-965-2765
    george.poste@asu.edu


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    Dr. George Poste is the Del E. Webb Professor of Health Innovation and Chief Scientist, The Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative (CASI) (http://www.casi.asu.edu) at Arizona State University (ASU). This program integrates research in genomics, synthetic biology and high performance computing to study the altered regulation of molecular networks in human diseases to develop new diagnostic tests for precision (personalized) medicine and the remote monitoring of health status using miniaturized body sensors and mobile devices. He assumed this post in 2009. From 2003 to 2009 he directed and built The Biodesign Institute at ASU.   
     

    He is a Fellow of the U.K. Royal Society, the Royal College of Pathologists and the U.K. Academy of Medicine, a member of the Council for Foreign Relations, and U. S. National Academy of Medicine Board on Global Health. He has served as a member of the Defense Science Board of the U.S. Department of Defense and currently serves on advisory committees for several U.S. government agencies in defense, intelligence, national security and healthcare.  

     

    Poste, G. CV 1.4.2021 

  • Dr. Sander van der Leeuw

    CASI Co-Director Director, School of Human Evolution and Social Change Dean, School of Sustainability

    800 S Cady Mall
    Tempe, AZ 85287
    P 480-965-6214
    F 480-965-8087
    vanderle@asu.edu


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    Dr. Van der Leeuw’s work focuses on the role of invention and innovation in society. He and his research team investigate how invention occurs, what the preconditions are, how the context influences it, and its role in society. An archaeologist and historian by training, Dr. Van der Leeuw has studied ancient technologies, ancient and modern man-land relationships, and Complex Systems Theory. He has done archaeological fieldwork in Syria, Holland, and France, and conducted ethno-archaeological studies in the Near East, the Philippines and Mexico. Since 1992 he has coordinated a series of interdisciplinary research projects on socio-natural interactions and modern environmental problems. The work spans all the countries along the northern Mediterranean rim. Dr. Van der Leeuw is an External Professor of the Santa Fe Institute and a Corresponding Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. He teaches courses on the ethnography of innovation.

  • Dr. Anna Barker

    Distinguish Visiting Fellow, Complex Adaptive Systems

    1475 N. Scottsdale Rd
    SkySong – Suite 361D
    Scottsdale, AZ 85287-3538
    P 480-727-7537
    F 480-965-2765
    anna.barker@asu.edu


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    Dr. Barker, along with Co-Directors Dr. Sander van der Leeuw, and Dr. George Poste, will launch new research in CAS-Knowledge Networks and a workshop series on Complex Adaptive Systems. Dr. Barker served as the Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and as the NCI’s Deputy Director for Strategic Scientific Initiatives from 2002 until her retirement in August, 2010. She was a member of the NCI’s Executive Committee and participated in all aspects of strategic planning, decision making and program implementation to achieve the NCI’s mission. Dr. Barker led the planning, development and implementation of a number of strategic scientific and advanced technology initiatives and novel partnerships that emphasize innovation, trans-disciplinary teams and convergence of scientific disciplines to enable progress against cancer. These programs also stress the synergy of large scale and individual initiated research, precompetitive research and public databases and translation of discoveries into new interventions to detect, prevent and treat cancer more effectively.

Additional Contacts

  • Dr. Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD

    Chief Medical Officer, National Biomarker Development Alliance Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
    Carolyn.Compton@asu.edu

  • Dr. Kenneth Buetow, Professor

    Director, Computational Sciences and Informatics, CAS
    ISTB-1, 550 East Orange Street, PO Box 874804
    Tempe, AZ 85287-4804
    P 480-727-9413
    F 480-727-0709
    Kenneth.Buetow@asu.edu

  • Dr. Manfred D. Laubichler

    President's Professor Director, Evolutionary Theory Core, CAS@ASU
    P 480-965 5481
    F 480-965 8330
    Manfred.Laubichler@asu.edu

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