Steering Committee
Kenira Thompson, PhD - Chair
Dean of Research & President of the Ponce Research Institute
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Reginald Miller, DVM - Chair-elect
Dean for Research Operations & Infrastructure
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Richard Kennedy, PhD - Immediate Past Chair
Associate Dean for Research, and the Vice President of the Beaumont Research Institute
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Members at Large
Etty (Tika) Benveniste, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Research Administration
Professor at Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
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
Paul Hauptman, MD
Dean of UT Graduate School of Medicine
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Connie M. Lee PhD
Associate Dean for Basic Science
University of Chicago
Emma Meagher, MD
Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology
Vice Dean & Chief Clinical Research Officer
Senior Assoc. Vice Provost Human Research
Assoc. Dean Master’s and Cert Programs
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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
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
Celia Maxwell, MD, FACP
Associate Dean for Research
Howard University
Timothy Schacker, MD
Vice Dean for Research and Director
University of Minnesota Medical School
Michael E. Zwick, PhD
Associate Vice President for Research, Woodruff Health Sciences Center
Professor, Departments of Human Genetics and Pediatrics
Associate Dean of Research
Emory University School of Medicine
COD Liaison
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Dean, School of Medicine
John Z. & Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor
University of Maryland
CFAS Liaison
Gabriela K. Popescu, PhD
Associate Professor Biochemistry; Anesthesiology; Neuroscience
Director of Graduate Affairs, Department of Biochemistry
UB Senator, Faculty Senate Executive Board|
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
GREAT Liaison
Linda Hyman, PhD
Director of Education
Marine Biological Laboratory
Associate Provost, Graduate Medical
Boston University School of Medicine
GREAT Group Postdoctorate Leaders Section Liaison
Lou Ann S. Brown, PhD
Assistant Dean, Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Education
Emory University School of Medicine