8 Fifth Edition Marquis Who’s Who INSIGHT EVAN BARR DOUPLE, PHD Associate Chief of Research (Retired) Radiation Effects Research Foundation Vero Beach, FL www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/490989 How have you navigated disruptions in your industry to remain a top professional? The medical industry held a very high standard and needed to be satisfied. For example, the funding for cancer research was a contribution during Nixon’s presidency. That, along with heart disease research, was very important. Most of the projects were focused on sustaining a healthy quality of life. What are two key behaviors/personality traits that allow you to be effective in your role? As a research scientist, it is important to be willing to travel and attend conferences internationally, be a strong communicator in the scientific community, and deliver abstract papers so others can understand your test results. We also have to sell our results so we can get funding for projects. What is the most important issue/challenge you are dealing with in your industry? Our society is very dependent on large resources or funds to do research today. The problem we learned from COVID-19 is that people are seeking scientific approval. The United States has one of the poorest records of immunization for the virus, which is terrible. It is a challenge in the scientific community because we have to be able to communicate with the people who supply funding to keep our research going. What innovations or technologies do you feel will shape the future of your industry? The genome project — being able to code every gene in living samples is one of the biggest breakthroughs. DAVID DEBS DIXON Vice President, Stantec’s Urban Places Fellow Stantec Boston, MA www.stantec.com/en/people/d/dixon-david How have you navigated disruptions in your industry to remain a top professional? By trying to understand where new opportunities are emerging. For example, as the office market has just tanked, it has been interesting to realize that so many people want to live in downtown Boston now. Housing opportunities can take up a lot of the old office buildings. People who live downtown spend a lot more on retail and culture than people who work downtown, so the area has a very bright future right now. What are two key behaviors/personality traits that allow you to be effective in your role? I am genuinely curious about people and places. I also really love trying to understand what people want in their lives and then figuring out how to deliver that; maybe it’s not in the way they imagined, but I still deliver what they want. How do you feel your industry has changed/evolved? It moved from being a fine art to a social art. It used to be this sort of visual character that the designer tried to achieve — that was the goal. Now, the experience is the goal. What excites you the most about your industry? Going forward, it’s the ability to create more equitable places. Because of the natural forces at work in our society, we may become more segregated by income, race and cultural backgrounds — I think it will happen naturally because the rich are getting richer, but no one else is. If we can create places that really bring people together and provide further density into the workforce, then everybody can have more opportunities. That is the most important thing our cities can do right now. Environmental changes are also very important.
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