Steering Committee
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)
Chair-elect
Emma Meagher, MD
Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology
Vice Dean & Chief Clinical Research Officer, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Immediate Past Chair
Reginald Miller, DVM
Dean for Research Operations & Infrastructure
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Members at Large
Corey C. Ford, MD, PhD
Sr. Associate Dean for Research
Professor of Neurology
UNM Health Sciences Center
University of New Mexico
Howard Fox, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean of Research
Development Professor
Executive Vice Chair, Pharmacology
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Andrea Guiffrida, PhD
Vice President for Research
UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Connie M. Lee PhD
Associate Dean for Basic Science
University of Chicago
Celia Maxwell, MD, FACP
Associate Dean for Research
Howard University
Lee Nadler, MD
Dean for Clinical & Translational Research
Harvard Medical School
Ann Nattinger, MD, MPH
Associate Provost for Research
Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Lady Riders Prof. of Breast Cancer Research
Medical College of Wisconsin
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 of Research
Boston University School of Medicine
Sheila Vrana, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Pennsylvania State University 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
Program Committee Liaisons
Salomon Amar, DDS, PhD
Senior Vice President for Research Affairs, Touro University
Vice President for Research, New York Medical College
Professor of Pharmacology and Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College
Professor of Dental Medicine, Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC
Mary Heinricher
Associate Dean, SoM Research
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Madhavi Kadakia, PhD
Chair and Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Associate Dean for Research Affairs
Wright State University School of Medicine