CHAIR

Ken H. Cadwell, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

VICE CHAIR

Sreekanth Chalasani, PhD
Professor
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

J. Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Hematology and Oncology Department of Medicine
The Tisch Cancer Institute
Microscopy CORE
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Karlene Cimprich, PhD
Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology      
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Stanford, California

David K. Cortez, PhD
Richard Armstrong Professor for Innovation in Biochemistry    
Chair, Department of Biochemistry
Associate Director of Basic Sciences and Co-Leader Genome Maintenance Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Emily R. Derbyshire, PhD
Eads Family Professor
Professor of Chemistry
Program in Cell and Molecular Biology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD
Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair III
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Innate Immunity    
Director, Program in Innate Immunity
UMass Chan Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Juliana Idoyaga, PhD
Chancellor’s Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology
University of California, San Diego
Schools of Medicine and Biological Sciences
La Jolla, California

Daniel F. Jarosz, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Systems Biology
Department of Developmental Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford, California

Katrin Karbstein, PhD
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Basic Sciences 
Co-leader of Cancer Cell Biology Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center 
Nashville, Tennessee 

Raymond E. Moellering, PhD
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Joshua C. Munger, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Arun Radhakrishnan, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Tiffany A. Reese, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Immunology and Microbiology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center    
Dallas, Texas

Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Gerald S. Shadel, PhD
Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Audrey Geisel Chair in Biomedical Science
Co-Director, Salk Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research
Director, San Diego-Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

Michael J. Smanski, PhD
McKnight Land Grant Professor
Associate Head of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Biotechnology Institute
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota

Matthew D. Weitzman, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Arthur Vincent Meigs Endowed Chair in Pediatrics  
Associate Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) for Research Communities
Co-Director of Division of Protective Immunity  
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia  
Philadelphia, PA

Hao Wu, PhD
Asa and Patricia Springer Professor of Structural Biology    
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology   
Harvard Medical School 
Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine 
Boston Children's Hospital 
Boston, MA

Yukiko Yamashita, PhD
Professor of Biology     
Core Member, Whitehead Institute 
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Cambridge, MA