Yasmeen
Hussain
Yasmeen
Hussain, PhD
Seattle,
WA
Dr. Yasmeen Hussain is a Scientific Project and Alliance Manager at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. She is the project manager for the BICAN (BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network) Consortium, a group of over 400 researchers working within more than 40 NIH-funded projects to create a comprehensive atlas of the human brain. She also manages the BICAN Knowledge Base project - a one-stop resource for information about brain cell types, anatomy, and genetics.
Previously, Dr. Hussain was a program officer with the Washington State Academy of Sciences, which advises Washington State on science and technology issues. Yasmeen also consulted on science and higher education policy for the Professional Development Hub, a national initiative to advance the career and professional development of PhD scientists. Dr. Hussain was a AAAS Congressional Fellow sponsored by the Biophysical Society, where she worked on science, technology, energy, environment, and education issues in a Congressional House office, and she was an associate program officer and former Mirzayan fellow with the Board on Higher Education and Workforce and the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine at the National Academies. Dr. Hussain has been invited to speak on science and higher education policy and communication at American University, Wellesley College, ComSciCon-Pacific Northwest, Johns Hopkins University, 500 Women Scientists, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She has volunteered her time in science education and mentoring, including with the Association of Women in Science (AWIS) Seattle Chapter's Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science program, and organizes Seattle-area science policy meetups. Dr. Hussain earned her PhD in biology at the University of Washington in Seattle, where her research focused on chemical communication between sperm and eggs, with sea urchins as a model organism. She also holds BS degrees in mathematics and biology from the University of Utah, and worked as an engineering technician at the Bureau of Reclamation. Connect
with me on LinkedIn Publications Pinniped Predation on Salmonids in the Washington Portions of the Salish Sea and Outer Coast . Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2022 Report on Net Ecological Gain . Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2022 Science in Support of Local Decision Making for COVID-19: A Dialogue with Spokane Communities . Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2021 Science in Support of Local Decision Making for COVID-19: A Dialogue with Coastal Communities . Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2021 Independent Peer Review of the Estuary Study Portion of the 1999 Duke Engineering “Final Technical Report: Lower Skagit River Instream Flow Studies”. Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2021 Review of 2021 Statewide Salmon Strategy. Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2021 Summary of Key Research Findings about Underwater Noise and Vessel Disturbance. Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2020 Review of PFAS in Food Packaging Alternatives Assessment. Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2020 Enhancing Dissemination of Evidence-Based Models for STEM PhD Career Development; a Stakeholder Workshop Report . Ryan Bixenmann, Barbara Natalizio, Yasmeen Hussain, Cynthia Fuhrmann; Professional Development Hub, 2020 Graduate STEM Education for the
21st Century. Study staff contributor, National Academies Press, 2018 Responses to Recommendations
in Previous Reports on Biomedical and Behavioral Researchers. Yasmeen
Hussain & Amanda Field; Prepared for Committee on the Next Generation
Researchers Initiative, 2017 Effective
Mentoring in STEMM: Practice, Research, and Future Directions; Proceedings of a
Workshop – in Brief. Yasmeen Hussain & Maria Dahlberg; National Academies
Press, 2017 Individual
female differences in chemoattractant production change the scale of sea urchin
gamete interactions. Yasmeen Hussain, Martin Sadilek,
Shukri Salad, Richard Zimmer, Jeffrey Riffell; Developmental Biology, 2017 Sperm chemotaxis promotes
individual fertilization success in sea urchins. Yasmeen
Hussain, Jeffrey Guasto, Richard Zimmer, Roman Stocker, Jeffrey Riffell;
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016 Designated
Smoking Areas at the University of Washington: Community Knowledge, Attitudes,
and Beliefs. Patricia Atwater & Yasmeen Hussain; Prepared for UW
Graduate and Professional Student Senate, 2014 Blood
Clot Formation Under Flow: The Importance of Factor XI Depends Strongly on
Platelet Count. Aaron Fogelson, Yasmeen Hussain, Karin Leiderman;
Biophysical Journal, 2011 The Many Faces
of Mathematics. Yasmeen Hussain. Service Learning Capstone prepared for
Univ of Utah Department of Mathematics, 2011 Articles Science in Government
A Reflection on a Year in Congress. Yasmeen Hussain;
Biophysical Society Blog, October 2018
Visiting
the District. Yasmeen Hussain;
Biophysical Society Bulletin, July 2018
Science
Policy, a View from the Hill. Yasmeen
Hussain; Biophysical Society Bulletin, March 2018
Making
Spray-and-Pray Pay. Yasmeen Hussain; UW Biology Graduate Student Blog, 2016
Making
Email Sparkly Again. Yasmeen Hussain; UW Biology Graduate Student Blog, 2015
Ciliate
vs Urchin Egg. Yasmeen Hussain; UW Biology Graduate Student Blog, 2014
Talk
Science, No Big Words. Yasmeen Hussain; ASCB Compass Blog,
2013
Mentions
Interview. 500 Women Scientists Saratoga Pod, 2020
Politico Huddle. Politico, 2018
Spotlight on Yasmeen Hussain, UW ARCS Scholar (poster); ARCS Spotlight, 2017
Alumna Yasmeen Hussain receives AAAS Congressional Fellowship. UW Biology News, 2017
Hair-having animals and words. Seattle Science Writer, Sally James, 2013