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>>20955471 We got them! The New York Courts just deleted the page that shows Judge Juan Merchan works as a DOJ funded Fellow!

Have some good sauce and screencap for NY Court webpage re: Merchan and ASTER.

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The following NY Court/Merchan/ASTAR/fellow page was archived on 2 Apr 2024. Notice, it says Merchan is presently an ASTAR fellow (2021 - present). The ASTAR page is a 2006 page but the links on the ASTAR pages work and go to current pages. According to theNIHNational Human Genome Research Institute, ASTAR is funded by the DOJ as mandated by Congress. See 2/6 this thread for information about ASTAR and NIH. You can't make this stuff up. Is any Senator going to ask Anthony Fauci, during today's hearing, if he knows Judge Merchan? Does this collaboration (congress, DOJ, the entire legal system, NIH, EINSHAC, NCSI, ASTAR, National Human Genome Research Institute) allow very powerful people to meddle in any individual's day to day life?

According to National Courts and Sciences Institute, before ASTAR was ASTAR, it was the Einstein Institute for Science Health and the Courts (EINSHAC). Later, ASTAR became National Courts and Sciences Institute (NCSI) (2014-2016). Anon has not found its current name.

NY Courts - Juan Manuel Merchan

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=Jvv5ZfC8zLC57yZndmF4ow%3D%3D

ASTAR-The Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center, Inc.

https://www.einshac.org/astarMission.html

Maryland Court of Appeals (Retired) - Honorable Robert M. Bell

Alpha Phi Omega

https://www.morgan.edu/center-for-civil-rights-in-education/staff/robert-bell

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NIH- National Human Genome Research Institute - Science in the Court - NHGRI Scientists Present Latest Genomic Advances to Visiting Judges

June 2010

"ASTAR isfunded by the U.S. Department of Justice, which ismandated by Congressto offer the science and technology resource judge program to all U.S. jurisdictions. Since 2006, the center has held regional science and technology boot-camps and has offered training to several hundred judges across the country. In turn, the judges become a resource for their colleagues on the bench. A judge who earns120 hours of ASTAR education, learning the terms of reference of court-related science and technology evidence and issues, canbecome an ASTAR fellow."

"Hon. Robert M. Bell, Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Justice and ASTAR chairman and president pro-tem" is pictured participating in the guided tour of theNIH.

https://www.genome.gov/27540059/science-in-the-court

NIH - National Human Genome Research Institute - Awards and more -PDF

58 pages

https://www.genome.gov/sites/default/files/media/files/2020-11/Annual_Report_10192020_FInal.pdf

Anon has a feeling that something here (v v v)is very important. Do any of these names stand out to Anons?

NIH - National Human Genome Research Institute - National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research

NACHGR Advisors

• Eric Green

• Lynn Jorde

• Timothy Reddy

• Peter Robinson

• Gail Jarvik

• Iftikhar Kullo

• Nancy Cox

• Laura Bierut

• Rudy Pozzatti

• Kyle Brothers

• Howard Chang

• Judy Cho

• Lisa Parker

• Len Pennacchio

• Olga Troyanskya

https://www.genome.gov/about-nhgri/Institute-Advisors/National-Advisory-Council-for-Human-Genome-Research

NIH - National Human Genome Research Institute - Board of Scientific Counselors

Roster

Christopher Amos, Ph.D. - Baylor College of Medicine Institute for Clinical and Translational Research - Term ends 6/2026

Gregory Barsh, M.D., Ph.D. - HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology - Term ends 6/2024

Mildred Cho, Ph.D. - Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics - Term ends 6/2027

Audrey Gasch, Ph.D. (pending) - University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Genomic Science Innovation - Term ends 6/2028

Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D. - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Genetics - Term ends 6/2026

Donna Martin, M.D., Ph.D. - The University of Michigan Medical Center Department of Pediatrics Genetics Division - Term ends 6/2028

Heather Mefford, M.D., Ph.D. (Board Chair) - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research - Term ends 6/2026

Timothy Yu, M.D., Ph.D. (pending) - Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Genetics and Genomics - Term ends 6/2028

Adam Siepel, Ph.D. - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Simons Center for Quantitative Biology - Term ends 6/2025

Ken Nakamura, Ph.D. - Recording Secretary

https://www.genome.gov/about-nhgri/Institute-Advisors/Scientific-Counselors-board

NIH - National Human Genome Research Institute - Dept. of HHS - Amended Charter BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC COUNSELORS… -PDF

https://www.genome.gov/Pages/About/Advisors/BSC/Amended_BSC_Charter_12-05-12.pdf

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NIH - National Human Genome Research Institute - Initial Review Group

Roster

Chairperson

Stein, Lincoln D, M.D., Ph.D. (2022) - Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics University of Toronto Toronto, ON M5G0A3

Members

Blake, Judith A, Ph.D (2020) - Department Of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Bravo, Hector Corrada, Ph.D. (2021) - Department of Computer Science University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Hall, Ira M., Ph.D. (2020) - Department of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 63108

Kim, Tae Hoon, Ph.D. (2020) - Department Of Biological Sciences University Of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75080

Pe'er, Dana, Ph.D. (2022) - Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University New York, NY 10027

Stranger, Barbara E., Ph.D. (2023) - Department of Medicine University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60637

Thornton, Timothy Alvin, Ph.D. (2022) - Department of Biostatistics University of Washington School of Public Health Seattle, WA 98195

Scientific Review Administrators

Mckenney, Keith H., Ph.D. - Scientific Review Branch National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes Of Health Bethesda, MD 20892

Nakamura, Ken D., Ph.D. - Scientific Review Branch National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892

Pozzatti, Rudy O., Ph.D. - Scientific Review Branch National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes Of Health Bethesda, MD 20892

https://www.genome.gov/about-nhgri/Institute-Advisors/Initial-Review-Group

NIH - National Human Genome Research Institute - Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. - Biography - PDF

https://www.genome.gov/sites/default/files/media/files/2024-03/Director_Bio_March2024.pdf

National Courts and Sciences Institute (NCSI) - About

Einstein Institute for Science Health and the Courts (EINSHAC)

v v v

Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource (ASTAR)

v v v

National Courts and Sciences Institute (NCSI)

https://www.courtsandsciences.org/about

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National Courts and Sciences Institute (NCSI) - Mission

https://www.courtsandsciences.org/mission

National Courts and Sciences Institute (NCSI) - Partners

https://www.courtsandsciences.org/partners

National Courts and Sciences Institute (NCSI) - People

https://www.courtsandsciences.org/people

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The American Bar Association has a really long article about National Courts and Sciences Institute (NCSI).

American Bar Association - The National Courts and Sciences Institute and Training of Science and Technology Resource Judges

By JudgeRobert M. Bell(Ret.) and Judge Michael F. PietruszkaNov. 1, 2017

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/judicial/publications/judges_journal/2017/fall/national-courts-and-sciences-institute-and-training-science-and-technology-resource-judges/

The ASTAR information below is from 2006 but ANon found it informative (see red text). Links lead to active webpages and sites.

ASTAR-The Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center, Inc.

https://www.einshac.org/astarMission.html

ASTAR - 2006 Fellows

https://www.einshac.org/Beta/directory.html

ASTAR - Home

https://www.einshac.org/

ASTAR - Home - Link goes to - Government ofCanada- Cosmetic injections

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-procedures/cosmetic-injections.html

ASTAR - Home - Link goes to - Compass Dermatology

https://www.compassdermatology.ca/

ASTAR - Home - Link goes to -Michigan State University- Women's Health Research Institute

https://womenshealth.obgyn.msu.edu/

ASTAR - Science in Your Courtroom

https://www.einshac.org/scienceInCourtroom.html

ASTAR - Science in Your Courtroom - Link goes to - March / May 2006 - THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER PAGE

https://www.einshac.org/Beta/letter.html

ASTAR - 2007 Schedule of Events

https://www.einshac.org/calendar.html

ASTAR -Congressionally Mandated National Resource Judge Program

"Latein 2005, Congress passed in the Science, State, Commerce and Justice appropriations act, PL 109-108, a public service earmark. The mandate requested theU. S. Department of Justice to fund, upon application and review, an expansion of the science and technology resource judge program toall United States jurisdictions."

Leadership

C.V. Dang, MD, PhD (Johns HopkinsUniversity)

J. P. Evans, MD, PhD (University of North Carolina)

A. E. Guttmacher, MD (Genome Research Institute,NIH)

L.B. Jorde, Ph.D.,University of Utah

G. L. Harris, PhD (Howard University) - think Alpha Kappa Alpha and Divine Nine

T. C. Hazen, PhD (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

P. C. Kuszler, MD, JD (University of Washington)

E. Stein, PhD (Drug Abuse Institute,NIH)

J.J. Valdes, PhD (U. S. Army)

D.Vereen, MD, MPH (Drug Abuse Institute,NIH)

N. D. Volkow, MD (Drug Abuse Institute,NIH)

D.F. Wong, MD, PhD (Johns HopkinsUniversity)

https://www.einshac.org/judgeProgram.html

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ASTAR - ASTAR'sScientific AmericanPortal

The Judge asEvidence Gatekeeper

Non-prescriptive Background Science

Partnership with Scientific American

"ASTAR's evolving partnership withScientific American, thepremier publisher of mainstream science and technology, permits every resource judge to search the magazine's on-line archives. It also permits ordering prior theme publications in support of Platform A and Platform B educational modules. Currently under development is a series of printed desk books referencing selected sectors of scientific evidence common or expected in the Nation's courtrooms. An example is forensic evidence, where judges report a robust impact fromCSI television program."

https://www.einshac.org/saPortal.html

ASTAR - 2006 National Judges' Medical School

https://www.einshac.org/medicalSchool.html

#1 in Queue

ASTAR -2006 National Judges' Science School

"Case Conference onNovel Bioscience: Evidence, Expert Witnesses and Causation"

https://www.einshac.org/scienceSchool.html

ASTAR - Platform A Program - Current & Future

Bioscience & Biotechnology

Information Sciences & Communication Technologies

Materials & Energy Sciences & Related Technologies

https://www.einshac.org/platformA.html

ASTAR - Platform B Programs Through 2008

NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY / SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

HANDS-ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ADVANCED FORENSIC TECHNOLOGIES - TRACE EVIDENCE TECHNIQUES

NEURO-IMAGING ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

https://www.einshac.org/platformB.html

ASTAR - ASTAR News Letter

"Hon. Pauline Newman 2006 Inaugural Recipient The Eveleth Award for Excellence inUniting Science and JusticeAwarded March 10 At the ASTAR National Judges Medical School".

"Hon. Thomas J. Moyer… Chairs ASTAR's US Department of Justice supported Project Oversight Committee".

https://www.einshac.org/newsletter.html

>>20959861

Do you think the house panel will ask that question at the hearing today?