Carrie Wolinetz (''née'' Carrie Golash) is the Principal and Chair of Lewis-Burke Associate's Health and Bioscience Innovation Policy Practice Group. She formerly served in the

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as Senior Advisor to the Office of the Director, Associate Director for Science Policy, and Chief of Staff to

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. She also led the inaugural Health and Sciences division in the

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Education

Wolinetz grew up in

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and she received her undergraduate degree in Animal Science from

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, and received her Ph.D. from

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in Animal Science, with a focus on reproductive physiology.

Career

Wolinetz began work in 2002 at the

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where she served as the Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Relations. Her work focused on bioethical concerns, including

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and

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. She transitioned in 2010 to the

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, where she worked as the Deputy Vice President for Federal relations and lobbied the National Institutes of Health on biomedical policy and funding issues. Wolinetz also worked as a Chair at the

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and as President of United for Medical Research.

National Institutes of Health

In 2015, Wolinetz joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as Associate Director for Science Policy. In that role she worked on policies concerning the ethical treatment of human subjects in clinical research. She oversaw the streamlining the

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policy for multisite research and helped launch the NIH's data sharing policy. She also oversaw programs to combat sexual harassment in the scientific field. In addition, Wolinetz led the Institute's efforts to develop better practices for dealing with emerging

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. She developed regulations for

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biotechnology, especially

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, and transformed the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) working on gene editing into the Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory committee (NExTRAC), which covered the broader field of novel biotechnology advances.

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

In 2021, Wolinetz joined the

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's White House in the

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. In that role, she developed a policy to increase

and

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in the United States, oversaw the President's American Pandemic Preparedness plan, and addressed gender and racial inequality in the scientific field.

Lewis-Burke Associates

In 2023, Wolinetz joined Lewis-Burke Associates to work as the Principal and Chair for their Health and Bioscience Innovation Policy Practice Group. She also teaches a course at

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on international science and technology policy.

References

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