Elizabeth Marincola

Her 2013 TEDMED talk[3] addresses many issues facing science, technology and medicine (STM) publishers, and she has advocated for quality research in Africa and why it is important.

[5][6] She is the author or co-author of dozens of articles published in journals and magazines, including Harvard Business Review, Cell and Science.

[7] According to Johns Hopkins University, Marincola is the only nonscientist to be named the Fae Golden Kass Lecturer at Harvard Medical School.

[7] From 1991 to 2005, Marincola served as Executive Director of The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), which is described by Johns Hopkins University as "a scientific society which is a leader in Congressional advocacy for biomedical research funding, promoting access to the scientific literature, and the support of women and underrepresented minorities in science,"[7] and publisher of Molecular Biology of the Cell.

Under Marincola's leadership, ASCB received the 2004 Institutional Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the President of the United States.