Scientific: Dr. Lossie’s scientific expertise lies in understanding the epigenetic basis of gene regulation during development and disease ontology. Amy joined the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in June 2016 as a Health Scientist Administrator, focusing on developing a portfolio on genetic and genomic elements of drug abuse. Prior to joining NIDA, Amy spent almost three years in the Office of Disease Prevention and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the NIH. She has lead efforts to identify gaps in prevention research, increased awareness and understanding of biomedical and psychosocial aspects of differences of sex development (i.e., intersex conditions) and created initiatives to address gene x environment interactions in behavioral sciences.Policy: Dr. Lossie's policy expertise focuses on forging improved comprehensive health care for all who are affected by Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) Syndrome. She co-founded the Beautiful You MRKH Foundation, Inc. (BYMRKH) with Christina Ruth in 2012 to support women with MRKH, a severe form of congenital infertility. Over 1500 families have used their services, and Amy continues to partner with clinicians to increase quality of care for MRKH. Dr. Lossie earned her B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics of Angelman Syndrome from the University of Florida College of Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine in developmental biology. As a faculty member at Purdue University, she developed next generation tools to assess epigenetic marks in single cells, organized career development workshops and increased genetics literacy among high school teachers through the Geneticist -- Educator Network of Alliances (GENA) Project. Dr. Lossie published 32 peer-reviewed manuscripts and received grants from the NIH, NASA, the W. M. Keck Foundation, PCORI, the JC Foundation.
Listed skills include Genomics, Epigenetics, Developmental Biology, Science, and 24 others.
