2017 Scientific Committees

AFAR Research Grant for Junior Faculty Selection Committee

Steven Austad, PhD, Chair
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Sean Curran, PhD
University of Southern California

Richard G.A. Faragher, PhD
University of Brighton

Helen Griffiths, PhD
University of Surrey

Daniel Promislow, PhD
University of Washington

New Investigator Award in Alzheimer's Disease Selection Committee

Beth Stutzmann, PhD, Chair
Rosalind Franklin University

Kim Green, PhD
University of California, Irvine

Orly Lazarov, PhD
The University of Illinois at Chicago

M. Paul Murphy, PhD
University of Kentucky

BIG Selection Committee

Arlan Richardson, PhD, Chair
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Derek Huffman, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

David Marcinek, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center

Jim Nelson, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Giulio Pasinetti, MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Charlotte Peterson, PhD
University of Kentucky

The Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Awards in Aging Selection Committee

Jeremy Walston, MD, Chair
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Cynthia M. Carlsson, MD, MS
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Kejal Kantarci, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Sean Leng, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Christian Sell, PhD
Drexel University College of Medicine

Glenn/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Translational Research on Aging Selection Committee

Bruce Troen, MD, Chair
University at Buffalo - SUNY

Holly Brown-Borg, PhD
University of North Dakota

James Galvin, MD
Florida Atlantic University

Catherine Kaczorowski, PhD
The Jackson Laboratory

Nathan LeBrasseur, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Program Advisory Committee for the Beeson Career Development Award

Thomas Gill, MD, Chair
Yale University School of Medicine

Liana Apostolova, MD, MSc, FAAN
Indiana University School of Medicine

Kenneth Covinsky, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Wes Ely, MD, MPH, FCCP
Vanderbilt University

Alison Moore, MD, MPH
University of California, San Diego

Consuelo Wilkins, MD
Vanderbilt University

Kristine Yaffe, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Raymond L. Yung, MBChB
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program National Selection Committee

Julie Bynum, MD, Chair
Dartmouth Medical School

Kamal Masaki, MD
University of Hawaii

Kathleen Unroe, MD
Indiana University

Heather Whitson, MD, MHS
Duke University School of Medicine

Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging Selection Committee

Paul Agris, PhD, Chair
State University of New York at Albany

Danica Chen, PhD
University of California, Berkeley

Dena Dubal, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Vyacheslav Labunskyy, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine

David Lombard, MD, PhD
University of Michigan

John Newman, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Paul Schmidt, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Joshua Shulman, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

National Scientific Advisory Council (NSAC)

Shawn C. Ahmed, PhD
University of North Carolina

Mikhail Alexeyev, PhD
University of South Alabama

Richard A. Altschuler, PhD,
University of Michigan

Stephen E. Alway, PhD, FACSM
West Virginia University School of Medicine and West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Javier Apfeld, PhD
Northeastern University

Ottavio Arancio, MD, PhD
Columbia University

Robert Arking, PhD
Wayne State University

Nicole Ashpole, PhD
University of Mississippi

Craig S. Atwood, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Brian J. Bacskai, PhD
MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Joseph A. Baur, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Narayan Bhat, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina

Gal Bitan, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Rolf Bodmer, PhD
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

Andrea Bodnar, PhD
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

Lynda Bonewald, PhD
Indiana University

Adele L. Boskey, PhD
Weill Medical College

Robert M. Brosh, Jr, PhD
NIA/NIH

Cathy S. Carlson, DVM, PhD
University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine

S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Christy S. Carter, PhD
University of Florida

Mary Lou Caspers, PhD
University of Detroit Mercy

Jane Cauley, DrPH
University of Pittsburgh

Yung Chang, PhD
Arizona State University

Sandy Chang, MD, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine

Abha Chauhan, PhD
NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities

Zheng-Yi Chen, PhD
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

Danica Chen, PhD
University of California, Berkeley

Kewei Chen, PhD
Banner Alzheimer's Institute

Wallace S. Chick, PhD
University of Colorado Denver

James Chrobak, PhD
University of Connecticut

Lucio Comai, PhD
University of Southern California

Kevin Conley, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center

Cheryl A. Conover, PhD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Jon C. Corton, PhD
US Environmental Protection Agency

Abbe N. de Vallejo, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Ferenc Deak, MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma HSC

Lucian Del Priore, MD, PhD
Yale University

Nancy A. Dennis, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University

Luisa DiPietro, DDS, PhD
UIC College of Dentistry

Linda A. Dokas, PhD
University of Michigan

Anthony Donato, PhD
University of Utah

Lily Q. Dong, PhD
UTHSCSA

Isabelle Draper, PhD
Tufts Medical Center, MCRI

Monica Driscoll, PhD
Rutgers University

Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD
University of Melbourne

Atanu Duttaroy, PhD
Howard University

Jerri Edwards, PhD
University of South Florida

Joseph El Khoury, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Paul J. Eslinger, PhD
Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Anne Etgen, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

James R. Fadel, PhD
University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Jeff C. Falcone, PhD
University of Louisville Health Sci. Cntr.

Roger A. Fielding, PhD
JMHNRC Tufts University

Els Fieremans, PhD
New York University School of Medicine

Caleb Finch, PhD
University of Southern California

Alfred L. Fisher, MD, PhD
UTHSCSA

Mark J. Fisher, MD
UC Irvine Medical Center

Tracy S. Fitzgerald, PhD
NIDCD/DIR/NIH

Thomas Flatt, PhD
University of Lausanne

Jerome L. Fleg, MD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH

Daniel E. Forman, MD, FACC, FAHA
University of Pittsburgh

Sonia Franco, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Sebastian D. Fugmann, PhD
Chang Gung University

David M. Gardiner, PhD
University of California, Irvine

Jadwiga Giebultowicz, PhD
Oregon State University

Matthew Gill, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute - Scripps Florida

Thomas M. Gill, MD
Yale University School of Medicine

Julie Glowacki, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Alfred L. Goldberg, PhD
Harvard Medical School

Scott E. Gordon, PhD
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Andrea C. Gore, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin

Cheryl Grady, PhD
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest

Lisbet A. Haglund, PhD
Montreal General Hospital

Malene Hansen, PhD
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Research Institute

Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, MSME, PhD
Harvard Medical School/Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Laura Haynes, PhD
University of Connecticut Health Center

Cole M. Haynes, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Denise Head, PhD
Washington University

Janet E. Henderson, PhD
Research Institute- McGill University Health Centre

Ahmad R. Heydari, PhD
Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute

Fuki M. Hisama, MD
University of Washington

Lap Ho, PhD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Steve Horvath, PhD, ScD
University of California, Los Angeles

Darlene V. Howard, PhD
Georgetown University

Ao-Lin Hsu, PhD
University of Michigan

Patrick J. Hu, MD, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School

Xudong Huang, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Karen Hubbard, PhD
The City College of New York

Robert E. Hurst, PhD
Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center

Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Yuji Ikeno, MD, PhD
UTHSCSA

Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

Kailiang Jia, MD, PhD
Florida Atlantic University

Robert Jilka, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Thomas E. Johnson, PhD
University of Colorado at Boulder

Leanne Jones, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Rajesh Khanna, PhD
University of Arizona

Konstantin Khrapko, PhD
Northeastern University

Mark S. Kindy, PhD
University of South Florida College of Pharmacy

Dalane W. Kitzman, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Amos Korczyn, MD, MSc
Tel Aviv University

Deborah Kristan, PhD
California State University San Marcos

George A. Kuchel, MD
University of Connecticut Health Center

Albert La Spada, MD, PhD, FACMG
University of California at San Diego

Vyacheslav M. Labunskyy, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine

Mary Jo LaDu, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago

Patrick Lajoie, PhD
The University of Western Ontario

Ashish Lal, PhD
National Cancer Institute, NIH

Bruce T. Lamb, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine

Thomas Lang, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Matthew LaVoie, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Frank S. Lee, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Menq-jer Lee, PhD
Wayne State University School of Medicine

William T. Lee, PhD
The David Axelrod Institute

Sean X. Leng, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Lisa Lesniewski, PhD
University of Utah

Rodney L. Levine, MD, PhD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Harry LeVine, III, PhD
University of Kentucky

Jonathan Lin, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Su-Ju Lin, PhD
University of California, Davis

Rui-Ming Liu, MD, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Yie Liu, PhD
National Institute on Aging

Richard F. Loeser, Jr, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jianyuan Luo, PhD
Peking University Health Science Center

Fernando Macian, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Kathy R. Magnusson, DVM, PhD
Oregon State University

Goldis Malek, PhD
Duke University, Albert Eye Research Institute

David Marcinek, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center

Ronen Marmorstein, PhD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Mitch McVey, PhD
Tufts University

Alicia Melendez, PhD
Queens College-CUNY

Daniel Michaelson, PhD
Tel Aviv University

Dana L. Miller, PhD
University of Washington

David G. Morgan, PhD
University of South Florida

Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD
The Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Shin Murakami, PhD
Touro University-California

M. Paul Murphy, PhD
University of Kentucky

Radhika H. Muzumdar, MD
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Tim R. Nagy, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

James F. Nelson, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center

Kristy Nielson, PhD
Marquette University

Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Mariana N. Nikolova-Karakashian, PhD
University of Kentucky

Philipp Oberdoerffer, PhD
National Cancer Institute/NIH

Bradley Olwin, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder

David K. Orren, PhD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Junko Oshima, MD, PhD
University of Washington School of Medicine

Mary Ann Ottinger, PhD
University of Houston

Adam K. Pack, PhD
Utica College

Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD
McGill University

Hemal H. Patel, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Daniel P. Perl, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Robert B. Petersen, PhD
Case Western Reserve University

Daniel A. Peterson, PhD
Rosalind Franklin University of Medical & Science

Michael Petrascheck, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute

Jacob Raber, PhD
ONPRC Oregon Health & Science University

Jon J. Ramsey, PhD
University of California

Qitao Ran, PhD
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

Ravi Ranjan, PhD
UTHSCSA

P. Hemachandra Reddy, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Christiane Reitz, MD, PhD
Columbia University

Jun Ren, MD, PhD, FAHA
University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences

Michael Rich, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

Russell S. Richardson, PhD
University of Utah

Paul D. Robbins, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida

Jack Rogers, PhD
Harvard Medical School

Edwin W Rubel, PhD
University of Washington

Olav Rueppell, PhD
University of North Carolina

Martin Sadowski, MD, PhD
New York University School of Medicine

Hiroshi Saito, PhD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Adam Salmon, PhD
Barshop Institute/UTHSCSA

Paul M. Salvaterra, PhD
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

Kumar Sambamurti, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina

Andrew Samuelson, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center

Nanette Santoro, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine

David Schlessinger, PhD
National Institute on Aging, IRP

Ann Marie Schmidt, MD
NYU Langone Medical Center

Steven S. Schreiber, MD
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Michael M. Seidman, PhD
LMG/NIA/NIH

Christian Sell, PhD
Drexel University

Colin Selman, PhD
University of Glasgow

Sudha Sharma, PhD
Howard University

Zelton D. Sharp, PhD
UTHSCSA

Eric A. Shelden, PhD
Washington State University

Paul Shiels, PhD
University of Glasgow

Barbara Shukitt-Hale, PhD
USDA, HNRCA at Tufts University

Einar Sigurdsson, PhD
New York University School of Medicine

Meharavan Singh, PhD
University of North Texas health Science Center

Inna Slutsky, PhD
Tel Aviv University

Erik L. Snapp, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

John Sorkin, MD, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Alexander Soukas, MD
Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Joseph Starnes, PhD
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Yousin Suh, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Patrick G. Sullivan, PhD
The University of Kentucky Chandler College of Medicine

Nathalie Sumien, PhD
University of North Texas HSC

Yuxiang Sun, MD, PhD
Texas A&M University

Karen L. Swisshelm, PhD
University of Colorado Denver

Suzette D. Tardif, PhD
UTHSCSA

Nektarios Tavernarakis, PhD
Hellas Medical School, University of Crete

J. Andrew Taylor, PhD
Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Hospital Cambridge

Edmond Teng, MD, PhD
Genentech

Qiang Tong, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

John G. Tower, PhD
University of Southern California

Kelly L. Tremblay, PhD
University of Washington

R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD
Georgetown University Medical Center

Dennis A. Turner, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Linda van Eldik, PhD
University of Kentucky

Holly Van Remmen, PhD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Edouard Vannier, PharmD, PhD
Tufts Medical Center

Ruben Vidal, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine

Amy Wagers, PhD
Harvard University

Xin Wang, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Hongbing Wang, PhD
Michigan State University

Huber R. Warner, PhD

Gordon L. Warren, PhD
Georgia State University

Noah Weisleder, PhD
Ohio State University Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute

Edward Weiss, MSEd, PhD
Saint Louis University

Fletcher A. White, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine

John L. Woodard, PhD
Wayne State University

Dean T. Yamaguchi, MD, PhD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Asma Zaidi, PhD
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

Yixian Zheng, PhD
Carnegie Institution for Science

Shuanhu Zhou, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Nicholas Ziats, PhD
Case Western Reserve University

Driss Zoukhri, PhD
Tufts University