Steering Committee
The Steering Committee manages the affairs of the group and approves all committee appointments.
Co-Chairs
Mary Ellen Lane, PhD
Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Neurobiology
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
Chair, Graduate Training Section
Talia Swartz, MD, PhD
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Senior Associate Dean for MD-PhD Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chair, MD-PhD Training Section
Sara Dann Grice, PhD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Postdoctoral Certificate Program
University of Texas Medical Branch
Chair, Postdoctoral Training Section
Graduate Training Section Representatives
Allison D. Fryer, MSc, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Oregon Health & Science University
Jaleesa M. Garth, PhD
Curriculum Director
Assistant Professor
Morehouse School of Medicine
Louis B. Justement, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Director, Graduate Biomedical Immunology Theme
University of Alabama at Birmingham
David A. McDonald, PhD
Director, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John C. Panepinto, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Education
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
Cherilynn R. Shadding, PhD
Associate Dean
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth
Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Taralyn Tan, PhD
Assistant Dean, Educational Innovation & Scholarship
Harvard Medical School
MD-PhD Training Section Representatives
Justin T. Baca, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, MD-PhD Program
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Neil C. Chi MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Assistant Dean of Physician Scientist Education
Co-Director UCSD MD-PhD Medical Scientist Training Program
University of California, San Diego
Tiffani Quan, PhD
MSTP Program Manager
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Training
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Linda Varvel
Administrative Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Christopher Williams, MD, PhD
Associate Dean, Physician-Scientist Education
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Associate Director of the Harrison Society
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Florida College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Training Section Representatives
Paola Cepeda, PhD
Director of Postdoctoral Affairs
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Adam S. Greenberg, PhD
Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Education & Graduate Career Development, School of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Medical College of Wisconsin
Laura M. Kasman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs
Medical University of South Carolina
Paulette McRae, PhD
Assistant Director, Specialty Programs and Diversity
Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
Valerie Miller, PhD
Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
University of Illinois Chicago
Babatunde "Kay" O. Oyajobi, MBBS, PhD, MBA
Professor, Cell Systems and Anatomy
Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Diane Safer, PhD
Director, Career & Professional Development Program
Albert Einstein College of Medicine