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Dr. Eric Kandel,
2000 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

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Nancy C. Andrews, M.D., Ph.D.,
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Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr., M.D.,
Associate Physician-in-Chief, Children’s Hospital Boston,
William Berenberg Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School