international life sciences cooperation at the Fogarty International Center of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. As an entrepreneur, Mike started Asia-Pacific programs from scratch at the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) in 1996 with over $1 million in grant funding from the US National Science Foundation, the John D. Evans Foundation, the Japan-US Friendship Commission, the Korea-US Science Cooperation Center, and other sources. Mike also served over 3 years researching science and technology policy issues for congressional leaders as an analyst at the congressional Office of Technology Assessment.