Steering Committee
The Steering Committee manages the affairs of the group and approves all committee appointments.
Co-Chairs
Bruce H. Mandt, PhD
Director, Postdoctoral Office, Career Development Office
University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus
Chair, Postdoctoral Training Section
Nicquet Blake, PhD
Vice Provost, Student Academic Affairs
Dean, Graduate Division
University of California, San Francisco
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
Graduate Training Section Representatives
Patrick Brandt, PhD
Director of Career Development and Training
Director of Science Outreach
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allison D. Fryer, MSc, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Oregon Health & Science University
Michael Grotewiel, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Professor of Human and Molecular Genetics
Virginia Commonwealth University
Louis B. Justement, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Director, Graduate Biomedical Immunology Theme
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mary Ellen Lane, PhD
Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Neurobiology
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
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
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
Jennifer S. Davila, PhD
Administrative Director, South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program
UT Health San Antonio
Randy Seay, MA, MPA, MPH
Associate Director of Physician Scientist Development
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
Marshall S. Horwitz, MD, PhD
Associate Dean, Physician-Scientist Education
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Professor, Department of Pathology (Adjunct, Medical Genetics and Genome Studies)
University of Washington 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
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
Postdoctoral Training Section Representatives
Paola Cepeda, PhD
Director of Postdoctoral Affairs
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Natalie Chernets, PhD
Director of Postdoctoral Affairs and Professional Development
Drexel University
Sara Dann Grice, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of the Postdoctoral Certificate Program
University of Texas Medical Branch
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 Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
Angela Wandinger-Ness, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Associate Chair of Pathology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine