AFAR: Review Committees

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AFAR Selection Committees
AFAR's committees are comprised of experts in aging research and related areas of research who volunteer their time and expertise to the AFAR review processes. Their dedication, enthusiasm and commitment is crucial to the success of AFAR's grant programs.

2008 AFAR Research Committee
(Reviews grant proposals for the AFAR Research Grant, the Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease, and the Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG))

Roger McCarter, Ph.D., Chair
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania

Jud Aiken, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Katrin Andreasson, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California

Esther Dupont-Versteegden, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Jay M. Edelberg, M.D., Ph.D.
GlaxoSmithKline
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

David Fink, M.D.
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Suzanne Guenette, Ph.D.
Mass General Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Peter Hornsby, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Edward Koo, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California

James Nelson, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Lina Obeid, M.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charelston, South Carolina

David Finkelstein, Ph.D.
National Institue on Aging
Bethesda, Maryland

Wayne Van Voorhies, Ph.D.
New Mexico State Unviersity
Las Cruces, New Mexico

2008 Ellison/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows Selection Committee
(Reviews grant programs for the Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Senior Postdoctoral Fellows Research Program, and the Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program)

Steven Austad, Ph.D., Chair
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Holly M. Brown-Borg, Ph.D.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Mel B. Feany, M.D., Ph.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D.
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

Gunnar K. Gouras, M.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell Unviersity
New York, New York

Brian Kennedy, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Sylvia Lee, Ph.D.
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

George Martin, M.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Bruce Troen, M.D.
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Jan Vijg, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Novato, California

2008 Program Advisory Committee for the Beeson Career Development Award

Edward Koo, M.D., Chair
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Itamar Abrass, M.D.
University of Washington School of Medicine

Nir Barzilai, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Christopher Callahan, M.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine

Laura Dugan, M.D.
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Thomas Gill, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine

William Hazzard, M.D.
University of Washington School of Medicine

Mark Lachs, M.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Lewis Lipsitz, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

Richard Loeser, Jr., M.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Alan R. Shuldiner, M.D.
University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine

Kristine Yaffe, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

2008 Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program National Selection Committee

Anita Woods, Ph.D., Chair
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Patricia Blanchette, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii

Evelyn Granieri, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Veronica LoFaso, M.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York

James L. Rudolph, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

2008 NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL (NSAC) (Reviews grant proposals for the AFAR Research Grant, the Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease, the Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Senior Postdoctoral Research Program, and the Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program)

CARMELA ABRAHAM, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

ITAMAR ABRASS, M.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

MARTIN L. ADAMO, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

AYOTUNDE ADEAGBO, Ph.D.
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

NEIL ALEXANDER, M.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

LIANA APOSTOLOVA, M.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

ROBERT ARKING, Ph.D.
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

DAVID ARMSTRONG, Ph.D.
NIEHS/NIH
Durham, North Carolina

CRAIG S. ATWOOD, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

PAUL AXELSEN, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NANCY L. BAENZIGER, Ph.D.
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri

NIR BARZILAI, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

JOHN BAUM, M.D.
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

GAL BITAN, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

ROBERT BLANK, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin

JAN BLUSZTAJN, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

VILHELM BOHR, M.D., Ph.D.
LMG, NIA, NIH
Baltimore, Maryland

ROBERT A. BONOMO, M.D.
Louise Stokes Cleveland VAMC
Cleveland, Ohio

ADELE BOSKEY, Ph.D.
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

MARK BOTHWELL, M.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

CHARLES BRENNER, Ph.D.
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon, New Hampshire

JOSEPH P. BRESSLER, Ph.D.
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

SUSAN V. BROOKS, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

ANNADORA BRUCE-KELLER, Ph.D.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, Louisianna

ANNE BRUNET, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, California

JOHN BUCHHOLZ, Ph.D.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California

JORGE BUSCIGLIO, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

ENRIQUE CADENAS, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

ANNE R. CAPPOLA, M.D., ScM
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

JAMES CAREY, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
Davis, California

CATHY CARLSON, D.V.M., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine
St. Paul, Minnesota

MARY LOU CASPERS, Ph.D.
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, Michigan

ANNE CATALDO, Ph.D.
McLean Hospital, Mailman Research Center
Harvard Medical School
Belmont, Massachusetts

DAVID CHAN, M.D., Ph.D.
California Institute of Tehcnology
Pasadena, California

SANDY CHANG, M.D., Ph.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

YUNG CHANG, M.D., Ph.D.
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona

JAMES CHROBAK, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

CHARLEEN CHU, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

KATRIN CHUA, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California

DENNIS O. CLEGG, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California

HARVEY JAY COHEN, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

PINCHAS COHEN, M.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

KATHLEEN COLLINS, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

KEVIN CONLEY, Ph.D.
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

BRUNO CONTI, Ph.D.
Scripps Research Institute
San Diego, California

CHRISTINE CURCIO, Ph.D.
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama

JAMES CURTSINGER, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota

MARK D'ESPOSITO, M.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

ELAINE DAVIS, Ph.D.
McGill University
Montreal, Canada

RAFAEL DE CABO, Ph.D.
GRC/NIA/NIH
Baltimore, Maryland

OSVALDO DELBONO, M.D., Ph.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

MICHAEL D. DELP, Ph.D.
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia

LUISA DiPIETRO, D.D.S., Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

LINDA DOKAS, Ph.D.
The University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

LILY DONG, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

EVAN DREYER, M.D., Ph.D.
Glaucoma Cataract Consultants
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CATHERINE E. DUBEAU, M.D.
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

SUE P. DUCKLES, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

GUSTAVO DUQUE, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Sydney - Nepean Clinical School
Penrith NSW, Australia

CAROLYN ECELBARGER, Ph.D.
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

CHRISTOPHER ECKMAN, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Jakconville, Florida

ANNE ETGEN, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

JIM R. FADEL, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, South Carolina

JEFF C. FALCONE, Ph.D.
University of Louisville Health Science Center
Louisville, Kentucky

MARCUS FECHHEIMER, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

EDWIN FERGUSON, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

DEBORAH A. FERRINGTON, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneappolis, Minnesota

ROGER FIELDING, Ph.D.
Tufts University
Boston, Massachusetts

JEROME FLEG, M.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

KEVIN FLURKEY, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine

NORMAN FOSTER, M.D.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

MARY KAY FRANCIS, Ph.D.
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania

SALLY FRENKEL, Ph.D.
New York Unviersity Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York

KARYN FRICK, Ph.D.
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

YIH-WOEI FRIDELL, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Storrs, Connecticut

MATTHEW P. FROSCH, M.D. Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Charlestown, Massachusetts

KEN-ICHIRO FUKUCHI, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Illinois
Peoria, Illinois

ARI GAFNI, Ph.D.
Salt Lake City GRECC/University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

LORISE C. GAHRING, Ph.D.
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

DOUGLAS R. GALASKO, M.D.
VA Medical Center
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California

ADAM GAZZALEY, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

GODFREY GETZ, MGGCH, DPhil (Oxon)
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

THOMAS M. GILL, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

ALFRED L. GOLDBERG, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

TODD GOLDE, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida

DANIEL GOLDSTEIN, M.D.
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

LEE GOLDSTEIN, M.D.
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

MARGARET GOODELL, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

ANDREA C. GORE, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

JORG J. GORONZY, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

LUC E. GOSSELIN, Ph.D.
University at Buffalo-SUNY
Buffalo, New York

DAVID A. GOUKASSIAN, M.D., Ph.D.
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

OR GOZANI, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, California

LOTTA GRANHOLM-BENTLEY, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charelston, South Carolina

CLAUDIA GRAVEKAMP, Ph.D.
California Pacific Medical Center Research Inst.
San Francisco, California

SUE GRIFFIN, Ph.D.
University of Arkansas Medical Science Center
Little Rock, Arkansas

LEANNE GROBAN, M.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

MICHAEL GROTEWIEL, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

WEI GU, Ph.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

MING GUO, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

SUDHIR GUPTA, Ph.D., M.D.
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

THEODORE J. HAHN, M.D.
VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

COURTNEY D. HALL, Ph.D., P.T.
Emory University/Atlanta VAMC
Atlanta, Georgia

ANNE HART, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Charlestown, Massachusetts

PAUL HASTY, D.V.M.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

JEFFREY M. HAUSDORFF, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School/Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel

LAURA HAYNES, Ph.D.
Trudeau Institute
Saranac Lake, New York

STEPHEN L. HELFAND, M.D.
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

JANET HENDERSON, Ph.D.
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec

RUSSELL T. HEPPLE, Ph.D.
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta

AHMAD HEYDARI, Ph.D.
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

KEVIN P. HIGH, M.D.
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

FUKI HISAMA, M.D.
Childrens Hospital of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

DONNA J. HOLMES, Ph.D.
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

AVRIL HOLT, Ph.D.
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, Michigan

CHARLES HOPPEL, M.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

ERIC W. HOWARD, Ph.D.
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

KAREN HUBBARD, Ph.D.
The City College of New York
New York, New York

BRADLEY HYMAN, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University
Charlestown, Massachusetts

YUJI IKENO, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

DONALD K. INGRAM, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University System
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

MICHAEL IRIZARRY, M.D.
GlaxoSmithKline
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

GEORGE JACKSON, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

PUDUR JAGADEESWARAN, Ph.D.
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas

F. BRAD JOHNSON, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

THOMAS E. JOHNSON, Ph.D.
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

GABOR KALEY, Ph.D.
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

PANKAJ KAPAHI, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Novato, California

TERRANCE KAVANAGH, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

JEFF KELLER, Ph.D.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU System
Baton Rouge, Louisianna

JOSEPH KEMNITZ, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

ANNE KENNY, M.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut

JAMES KIRLAND, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

DANIEL A. KIRSCHNER, Ph.D.
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

DALANE KITZMAN, M.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

SIMON KLEBANOV, Ph.D.
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York

WENDY KOHRT, Ph.D.
University of Coloardo Health Science Center
Denver, Colorado

CATHERINE M. KOTZ, Ph.D.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

ELIZABETH J. KOVACS, Ph.D.
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

BRUCE KRISTAL, Ph.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

DEBBIE KRISTAN, Ph.D.
California State University at San Marcos
San Marcos, California

GEORGE A. KUCHEL, M.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut

WALTER A. KUKULL, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

MAKOTO KURO-O, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

ALBERT LA SPADA, M.D., Ph.D., FACMG
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

FRANK LAFERLA, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

JPETER LANSDORP, M.D., Ph.D.
British Columbia Cancer Research Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia

PHONG T. LE, Ph.D.
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois

FRANK S. LEE, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

WILLIAM LEE, Ph.D.
The David Axelrod Institute
Albany, New York

CHRISTIAAN LEEUWENBURGH, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

STEVEN L. LEHMAN, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

CYNTHIA A. LEMERE, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts

RENA LI, M.D., Ph.D.
Sun Health Research Institute
Sun City, Arizona

ANDREW P. LIEBERMAN, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

SU-JU LIN, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
Davis, California

ROBERT D. LINDEMAN, M.D.
The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

STUART LINN, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

GUOSONG LIU, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

RUI-MING LIU, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

RICHARD F. LOESER, Jr., M.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

CARLOS LOIS, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

VALTER D. LONGO, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

YUAN LUO, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

CINDY A. LUSTIG, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

KENNETH W. LYLES, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

FERNANDO MACIAN, M.D., Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

VIVIAN MACKAY, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

ROBERT MARCINIAK, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

CHRISTINE MARIC, Ph.D., FAHA, FASN
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC

MARK MATTSON, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Aging
Baltimore, Maryland

MARK MAYFORD, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California

GERALD McCLEARN, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania

KEVIN K. McCULLY, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

SKYE McDOUGALL, Ph.D.
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center
Los Angeles, California

SIMON MELOV, Ph.D.
Buck Center for Age Research
Novato, California

MARY L. MICHAELIS, Ph.D.
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

RAVI MISRA, Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

TOM MISTELI, Ph.D.
National Institute of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

CHARLES MOBBS, Ph.D.
Moutn Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

VINCENT MONNIER, M.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

VINCENT MOR, Ph.D.
Brown University Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island

DAVID G. MORGAN, Ph.D.
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

SHIN MURAKAMI, Ph.D.
Rocky Mountain College
Billings, Montana

DONNA MURASKO, Ph.D.
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

RADHIKA H. MUZUMDAR, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

MARIANA NIKOLOVA-KARAKASHIAN, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

HERNANDO OMBAO, Ph.D.
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

HAYAT ONYUKSEL, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

WILLIAM ORR, Ph.D.
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

JUNKO OSHIMA, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

MARY ANN OTTINGER, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, Maryland

ADAM PACK, Ph.D.
Utica College of Syracuse University
Utica, New York

DAVID PAIK, M.D.
Columbia University
New York, New York

WULF PALINSKI, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California

JACK M. PARENT, M.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

LINDA PARTRIDGE, D.Phil
University College London
London, England

HEMANT PAUDEL, Ph.D.
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec

OLIVIA M. PEREIRA-SMITH, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

DANIEL PERL, M.D.
Mount Sinai Medical School
New York, New York

ROBERT B. PETERSEN, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

SCOTT PLETCHER, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

DANIEL PROMISLOW, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

LeBRIS QUINN, Ph.D.
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Tacoma, Washington

JACOB RABER, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

RAVICHANDRAN RAMASAMY, Ph.D.
Columbia University
New York, New York

QITAO RAN, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

P. HEMACHANDRA REDDY, Ph.D.
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Beaverton, Oregon

JACK ROGERS, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Charlestown, Massachusetts

SCOTT W. ROGERS, Ph.D.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

BERNARD ROOS, M.D.
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

MICHAEL ROSE, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

DAVID SABATINI, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

MARTIN SADOWSKI, M.D., Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

PAUL SALVATERRA, Ph.D.
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Duarte, California

KUMAR SAMBAMURTI, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

JULIE SANDELL, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

NANETTE SANTORO, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

MARTIN F. SARTER, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

RALPH H. SAUNDERS, D.D.S.
The Univesity of Rochester
Rochester, New York

DAVID SCHLESSINGER, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, Maryland

ANN MARIE SCHMIDT, M.D.
Columbia University
New York, New York

DOUGLAS L. SCHMUCKER, Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

JAY SCHNEIDER, Ph.D.
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

HEIDI SCRABLE, Ph.D.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

MICHAEL M. SEIDMAN, Ph.D.
National Instiute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, Maryland

CHRISTIAN SELL, Ph.D.
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ZELTON SHARP, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

NORMAN E. SHARPLESS, M.D.
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

JAMES SHERLEY, M.D., Ph.D.
Boston Biomedical Research Institute
Watertown, Massachusetts

ROBERT SHMOOKLER REIS, D.Phil
VA Medical Center/University of Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas

BARBARA SHUKITT-HALE, Ph.D.
Tufts University
Boston, Massachusetts

ALAN R. SHULDINER, M.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

DAVID SIMON, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Institues of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

DAVID A. SINCLAIR, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

BARBARA SLACK, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

SCOTT SMALL, M.D.
Columbia University
New York, New York

DAN F. SPANDAU, Ph.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

JANET SPARROW, Ph.D.
Columbia University
New York, New York

JOSEPH W. STARNES, Ph.D.
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, Texas

JOHN R. STRATTON, M.D.
University of Washington/Seattle VA Hospital
Seattle, Washington

RANDY STRONG, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

JANET S. SUNNESS, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Wilmer Institute
Baltimore, Maryland

BETSY SUTHERLAND, Ph.D.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, New York

KAREN L. SWISSHELM, Ph.D.
University of Colorado at Denver
Denver, Colorado

SUZETTE D. TARDIF, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

DENNIS TAUB, Ph.D.
National Institute of Aging
National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, Maryland

J. ANDREW TAYLOR, Ph.D.
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

DARRYL G. THELEN, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

D. PAUL THOMAS, Ph.D.
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

LA DORA THOMPSON, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

JONATHAN L. TILLY, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts

NIKOLAI TIMCHENKO, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

JOHN G. TOWER, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

KELLY TREMBLAY, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

DENNIS A. TURNER, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

R. SCOTT TURNER, M.D. Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

JAN VAN DEURSEN, Ph.D.
May Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

HENRIETTE VAN PRAAG, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, Maryland

HOLLY VAN REMMEN, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

RUBEN VIDAL, Ph.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

LAURA A. VOGEL, Ph.D.
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

ANTHONY WAGNER, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, California

B.J. WAGNER, Ph.D.
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Newark, New Jersey

MARIAN WALHOUT, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts

CHRISTI WALTER, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

HUBER WARNER, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota

GORDON WARREN, Ph.D.
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

CONNIE WEAVER, Ph.D.
Purdue University
West Lfayette, Indiana

FLETCHER WHITE, Ph.D.
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois

DAVID L. WILSON, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

GLENN L. WILSON, Ph.D.
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

NORMAN S. WOLF, D.V.M., Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

MICHAEL S. WOLFE, Ph.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

CATHERINE WOLKOW, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging
National Institues of Health
Baltimore, Maryland

ALASTAIR WOOD, M.D., Ch.B.
Symphony Capital LLC
New York, New York

WEIMING XIA, Ph.D.
Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

TING XIE, Ph.D.
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, Missouri

RIQIANG YAN, Ph.D.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

RAYMOND YUNG, M.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

BIAO ZHENG, M.D., Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

BARRY R. ZIRKIN, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

JOSEPH M. ZMUDA, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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