Tarynn M. Witten
Tarynn M. Witten, PhD, MSW, FGSA, FCSBC, is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and holder of the Inaugural Nathan W. and Margaret Shock New Investigator Research Award from the Gerontological Society of America. She is currently a Professor of Biostatistics at Virginia Commonwealth University-Medical College of Virginia Campus, Visiting Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University-Main Campus, and both Senior Fellow and Director of Research and Development, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity. In the past she has served as one of the consortium members of the Biomarkers of Aging Project (NIH/NIA). Currently, in addition to her other duties, Dr. Witten is a member of the consulting consortium of the Healthy People 2010 Project. And serves on the Board of Directors of the National AIDS and HIV Over Fifty Association (NAHOF).
Dr. Witten has presented over 200 international scientific talks on aging-related issues, mathematical modeling and simulation, and the role of computation in medicine and has written over 100 papers on mathematical modeling and computer simulation of aging processes. She is the author of the Encyclopedia of Computer Science entry on Computational Biology and Medicine. Dr. Witten is listed in Who's Who In International Science - 1989/90, Who's Who In Computing - 1989/90, Who's Who in Health & Medicine- 1990/91, Who's Who Worldwide - 1990/ 93/94, Who's Who In the South And Southwest - 1992/94/97, Who's Who In American Education - 1993/94, International Who's Who of Information Technology 1996/1997, Who's Who In the World 2000, International Who's Who of Professionals 2000, and as one of the Top 2000 Women Scientists in the World 2001.
In her spare time, Dr. Witten is a composer and conductor. She has recently released her first CD entitled Vox Spiritualis and has composed a commissioned oboe sonata entitled "Oboe Sonata in (pi)/e" for the former first oboist of the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Some of her other pieces include "Bugged 1.0: A Piece for Insect Robots" and "Flight of the Relativistic Bumblebee." She has also served as an invited poet at the Austin International Poetry Festival and is the author of the upcoming books, "Word Problems for Dummies" and "Jonathan and Bear - The Adventure Begins."
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10/27/04
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