It is time that we, as humanity, institute an accessible and equitable human-centric global healthcare ecosystem that focuses on the needs of the patients, and is nurtured by the passion and commitment of the healthcare workforce.
My vision is AI-enabled simplified and accessible healthcare for ALL.
I am a passionate researcher with a doctoral degree in Molecular Biology and Masters in Biotechnology with a commitment to effective communication around complex matters to diverse audiences. I naturally excel at forming formidable alliances between diverse groups, and I constantly strive to stretch all boundaries and explore new limits.
I dare to imagine a world without incurable diseases. If we all join forces, accessible equitable healthcare is a possibility.
So, I invite all stakeholders — patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, healthcare organizations, insurance bodies, drug, pharma, and tech companies, technologists, researchers, and policy makers to join forces to enable accessible healthcare.
I strive to lead a life that matters. What matters? Accessible healthcare for all. Interested? Follow me to join in the conversation.
Lauren Kmec is the Deputy Executive Editor for the Science family of journals, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Her primary responsibilities include editorial policy, financial management, and technology projects. She also oversees the copyediting of Science content and the administration of Science-sponsored awards for researchers.
Lauren has 20 years of experience in the scientific publishing industry and is an active member of the Council of Science Editors and the Society for Scholarly Publishing. She holds a BS in chemistry from Bucknell University.
Sara Kate Heukerott is the Associate Director of Publications at the Association for Computing Machinery, where she oversees ACM’s journal program. She also plays a key role in ACM’s research integrity, publications policy, and strategy initiatives.
Prior to joining ACM, Sara Kate worked for many years at Springer Nature, most recently as Executive Editor responsible for the Springer Materials Science and Applied Physics journals team.
Sara Kate received her A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard and her two-year M.Phil. with distinction from the University of Oxford. She is a member of the Research4Life Equity Committee and the Society for Scholarly Publishing Membership Committee.
Damian Bird is Publishing Director at CABI, overseeing the development and growth of the publishing programme in support of CABI’s mission to share knowledge to improve lives worldwide. This includes a particular emphasis on the use of evidence and data to increase impact in regions and markets that need it most.
Damian has been at CABI since 2019 and previously held various operations and sales roles over 18 years at Oxford University Press. He has a degree in Biochemistry from Newcastle University.
Tom Ramsden is the Director of Licensing Operations for Ovid and Rights & Permissions at Wolters Kluwer Health. He joined the Ovid division in October 2012 and expanded his responsibilities to include the Rights & Permissions team in 2014. Before this role, Tom managed the U.S. operations group at Infotrieve Inc., overseeing the U.S. document delivery group and global reprints operations, and has held roles at several financial institutions. Tom is based in the New York office of Wolters Kluwer.
Emma Waecker is the Director of Product Management for EBSCO eBooks. Emma has focused on the promise and challenges of providing e-books in libraries for more than 10 years. She’s dedicated to building products that meet library needs worldwide, with a commitment to creating experiences for patrons with diverse reading options for an inclusive learning experience.
Barbara Kline Pope is executive director of Johns Hopkins University Press, annually publishing 130 new books and 110 journals across the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, education, health and wellness, and public health. She is also responsible for Project MUSE, a leading aggregator hosting scholarly work from 400 publishers, 800 journals and 100,000 books, and for Hopkins Fulfillment Services, providing distribution to 16 university and scholarly presses.
Prior to her role at JHUP, she was executive director for communications at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and executive director of the National Academies Press (NAP). There she transformed NAP’s traditional print business model to provide free, open-access digital content, developed innovative programs for engaging public audiences with science and engineering, and facilitated more robust research in the field of science communication through managing the colloquia series on The Science of Science Communication.
In collaboration with P.K. Kannan, she won the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science Practice Prize Award in 2007. She is a past president of the Association of University Presses, is currently on the advisory board of Stanford University Press, and holds an M.S. from the University of Maryland.
Katherine Klosek is the Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). In this role, Klosek leads the Association’s information policy and advocacy portfolio, which includes accessibility, balanced copyright, and online speech.
As the staff lead for ARL’s Advocacy and Public Policy Committee, Katherine works closely with ARL members to influence and respond to critical legal, regulatory, and policy developments across legislative, administrative, and judicial arenas.
Maribel Gomez is a publishing professional with a Master’s in Publishing from The George Washington University and over a decade of experience in education. Committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, she specializes in copyright licensing. As a Publishing Inventory Associate at Copyright Clearance Center, Maribel contributes to the scholarly publishing sector while actively engaging in industry initiatives through STM, SSP DEI, and The Scholarly Kitchen Cabinet. As an SSP Fellowship winner, she researched Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Access: Insights in Latin America, exploring strategies to enhance inclusivity and equitable access in the region.
Rebecca Ciezarek is a Journals Manager at CSIRO Publishing, managing a portfolio of animals, health, food and agriculture journals. Her role involves working with editors and societies to develop and direct journal strategy and provide guidance on publishing best practice. Rebecca received her PhD from Victoria University (Aust) in 2016. She was previously a Journal Publishing Manager at Wiley before joining CSIRO Publishing.
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