Carrie Wolinetz

Dr. Wolinetz is Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Relations for the Office of Public Affairs at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Dr. Wolinetz works on a portfolio of issues on behalf of FASEB, including the use of animals in research, cloning and stem cells, biosecurity, and federal funding of research. In addition, her duties include managing internal and external communications related to FASEB’s science policy and legislative affairs program, encompassing writing and publishing articles and OpEds, coordinating outreach activities, and producing materials such as the Breakthroughs in Bioscience, an illustrated series of articles designed to educate policymakers and the public about the importance of biomedical research. 

Outside of FASEB, Dr. Wolinetz is an adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University, in the School of Foreign Service’s program on Science, Technology & International Affairs, as well as serving as Chair of the Advocacy and Education Committee for the national Association for Women in Science (AWIS) and Past-President of the AWIS Bethesda chapter. She has a BSc in animal science from Cornell University and received her doctorate in animal science from the Pennsylvania State University, where her area of research was reproductive (oviductal and gamete) physiology.

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