David Bolnick, PhD (Education & Media Director)
Dr. Bolnick is an amalgam of scholar,
scientist, technology design guru, video & graphics producer and photographer. Bolnick's
contributions have been recognized by numerous achievement awards including Vice President
Gore's Hammer Award, Easter Seals' Special EDI Award, United Nations Outstanding Achievement
Award, Telly Awards, several software patents, and many others.
From 1973, Bolnick's early research interest was in
coronary artery flow dynamics followed by vision physiology. In 1984 he completed his PhD
in physiology with a focus on photoreceptor physiology at the University of California - Davis.
From 1984 to 1988 Dr. Bolnick undertook post-doctoral studies in photoreceptor membrane
biophysics at the University of California - San Francisco. Bolnick switched from basic
research to computers/software and in 1990 took a position at Microsoft for the following
ten years. There he designed software, help redesigned software for use by people with
disabilities, served on federal committees on accessible technology compliance, and testified
before the US Senate, the US House of Representatives, and the Federal Communications Commission
on accessible technology for people with disabilities. In 2018, Bolnick was awarded his latest
patent in software interface design. In 2012, he co-edited/authored a medical textbook, Surgical
Guide to Circumcision witch remains in the to 25% of Springer downloads. In addition to his
work on video over IP technology, Dr. Bolnick is an affiliate Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
at the University of Washington, School of Medicine and a visiting scholar at Seattle Children's Hospital.
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