Annual Meeting 2005
The 41st Annual Meeting of
The Association for International Agriculture 
and Rural Development
June 5-7, 2005

Speakers and Panelists

Dr. Lewis has been with USAID for more ten years. She served first as a AAAS Science, Technology and Diplomacy Fellow working on farmer-participatory sustainable agriculture research. After her fellowship, Dr. Lewis managed an Israeli-Arab collaborative research grants program. For more than seven years now, Dr. Lewis has led USAID's agricultural biotechnology effort and served as a technical advisor to USAID on issues and policies pertaining to biotechnology. 

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She oversees USAID activities globally, with a significant emphasis on Africa, including support for research and technology development with public and private sector partnerships, technology transfer, intellectual property rights, bio-safety regulatory development, and public outreach. Dr. Lewis was the 2002 recipient of the AIARD Younger Professional Award and received a B.S. in Genetics from University of California at Davis and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology for University of California, Los Angeles.