Tania Simoncelli — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Vice President, Translational Impact & Engagement at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Spearheaded the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) successful legal challenge to the patenting of human genes, leading to a unanimous Supreme Court decision in 2013.
Co-author of "Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties."
Holds the position of Senior Advisor to the Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Served as Assistant Director for Forensic Science and Biomedical Innovation within the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Holds a BA in Biology and Science from Cornell University and an MS from University of California, Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group.

Biography

Tania Simoncelli is the Vice President, Translational Impact & Engagement at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. She also serves as Senior Advisor to the Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Her career includes significant roles in government, having worked for two years as Assistant Director for Forensic Science and Biomedical Innovation within the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and from 2010 to 2013, in the Food and Drug Administration's Office of the Commissioner.