Leadership - GRAND

Steering Committee

Chair

Emma Meagher, MD 
Senior Vice Dean, Clinical and Translational Research, Perelman School of Medicine
Vice President, Research, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Senior Associate Vice Provost

Chair-elect

Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH, MACP
Associate Provost for Research
Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Lady Riders Professor of Breast Cancer Research
Medical College of Wisconsin

Immediate Past Chair

Etty (Tika) Benveniste, PhD 
Senior Vice Dean for Research (HSOM)
Associate Vice President for Medicine and Basic Sciences
Charlene A. Jones Endowed Chair in Neuroimmunology
Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Co-Director, UAB Multiple Sclerosis Center
Associate Director, Basic Science Research - O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Members at Large

Howard Fox, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean of Research
Development Professor
Executive Vice Chair, Pharmacology
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Andrea Guiffrida, PhD, MBA
Senior Vice President for Research & Biotechnology
Professor of Pharmacology
Western University of Health Sciences

Mary Heinricher
Associate Dean, SoM Research
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

Madhavi Kadakia, PhD
Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, Research and Sponsored Programs
Wright State University School of Medicine

Connie M. Lee PhD
Associate Dean for Basic Science
University of Chicago

VJ Periyakoil, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean of Research
Director, Stanford AGE Research Center
Director, Palliative Care Education and Training
Stanford University

Anil Shanker, PhD
Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation
Professor of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology
Meharry Medical College

Meharvan (Sonny) Singh, PhD
Vice Provost for Research
Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology
Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University of Chicago

Andrew Tayor, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Professor & Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Ophthalmology
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Sheila Vrana, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Theodore (Ted) Wun, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Chief- Division of Hematology and Oncology
Associate Dean for Research
UC Davis School of Medicine