Grants Review Working Group Members

Patient Advocates of the ICOC

    

Affiliation
Jonathan Thomas (ex-officio) ICOC Chairman 
Marci Feit ICOC Patient Advocate - Type II Diabetes
Sherry Lansing ICOC Patient Advocate - Cancer
Francisco Prieto ICOC Patient Advocate - Type I Diabetes
Joan Samuelson (Vice Chair) ICOC Patient Advocate - Parkinson’s Disease
David Serrano Sewell ICOC Patient Advocate - MS/ALS
Jeff Sheehy ICOC Patient Advocate - HIV/AIDS
Jonathan Shestack ICOC Patient Advocate - Mental Health
Scientists Affiliation Expertise
Gyula Acsadi Children's Hospital of Michigan  Pediatric Neurology; Gene Therapy for Motor Neuron Disease
Judy Anderson University of Manitoba Muscular Dystrophy, Muscle Regeneration
Jonathan Auerbach GlobalStem, Inc. Stem Cell Culture and Maintenance
Andrew Balber Aldegen Immunology, Transplantation, Cell Therapy
Margaret Baron Mount Sinai School of Medicine Hematopoiesis, Embryogenesis, Gene Expression
Amelia Bartholomew University of Illinois - Chicago Stem Cell Biology; Transplantation Tolerance
Sangeeta Bhatia Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bioengineering, Nanotechnology
Lauren Black Charles River Navigator Services Regulatory (Pharmacology / Toxicology) 
Bruce Blazar University of Minnesota  
Paula M. Bokesch Hospira Drug Development
Susan Bonner-Weir Joslin Diabetes Center Diabetes
Michael Boulton University of Florida  
Barbara Boyan Georgia Institute of Technology Tissue Engineering, Bone/Cartilage Cell Biology
Ali Brivanlou The Rockefeller University Developmental Biology
Patrik Brundin Lund University  
Jeff Bulte Johns Hopkins University Cellular Imaging
Scott Burger Advanced Cell & Gene Thrapy  
Joy Cavagnaro Access BIO  
Aaron Chuang GlaxoSmithKline  
Jose Cibelli Michigan State University Stem Cell Biology, Pluripotency
Hans Clevers Hubrect Institute  
Anne Cooke University of Cambridge  
Chad Cowan Harvard University Stem Cell Biology, In vitro Models of Disease
Charles Cox, Jr University of Texas Medical School at Houston Pediatric Neurological/Brain Injury, Cell Therapy
George Daley Harvard Stem Cell Institute Hematopoiesis, Oncology
Robert Deans Athersys, Inc.  
Marc Diamond Washington University School of Medicine  
John DiPersio Washington University School of Medicine Leukemias, Bone Marrow Transplantation
Gary du Moulin Genzyme  
Ian. D. Duncan University of Wisconsin Neurodegenerative Diseases (MS)
Douglas C. Eaton Emory University School of Medicine Cellular Signaling
Connie Eaves The University of British Columbia  
Jay Edelberg Bristol-Myers Squibb Cardiovascular Disease Therapies, Biomarkers
Kevin Eggan Harvard University Epigenetics, Stem Cell Biology
Wafik El-Deiry University of Pennsylvania  
James Ellis Hospital for Sick Children  
Stephen Emerson University of Pennsylvania Hematopoietic Cells and Transplantation
Todd Evans Weil Cornell Medical College Developmental and Molecular Biology
Charles ffrench-Constant University of Cambridge Neurogenesis, Neurodegenerative Diseases (MS)
Richard Finkel University of Pennsylvania  
Gordon Fishell New York University School of Medicine Developmental Genetics
Alan Flake Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  
Thomas Freeman University of South Florida  
Joyce Frey-Vasconcells PharmaNet  
Mark Furth Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Adult Stem Cells, Differentiation
John Gearhart John Hopkins University School of Medicine Mammalian Developmental Genetics, Human Stem Cell Biology
Gary Gibbons Morehouse School of Medicine Vascular Biology, Cardiovascular Medicine
Jonathan D. Glass Emory University ALS, Axonal Degeneration
Marcie Glicksman Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assay Development, Preclinical Development
Margaret Goodell Baylor College of Medicine Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Gene Therapy
Kevin Gregory-Evans University of British Columbia  
Kurt Gunter Hospira Regulatory Affairs, Therapy Development
Brian Harfe University of Florida Developmental Biology, microRNA
Richard Harvey Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Cardiac Developmental Biology, Stem Cells
John Hassell McMaster University Breast Cancer, Stem Cells
Franz Hefti Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  
Shelly Heimfeld Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Cellular Therapy, Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Anthony Hollander University of Bristol  
Laurie Jackson-Grusby Children's Hospital Boston  
Marc Jenkins University of Minneota  
Alexandra Joyner New York University School of Medicine Developmental Biology
Henry Kaplan University of Louisville  
Douglas Kerr John Hopkins Hospital Neurodegenerative Diseases (TM)
Ann Kiessling Harvard Medical School Reproductive Biology, HIV
Olle Korsgren Uppsala University Hospital  
Diane Krause Yale University School of Medicine Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells
Paul Kulesa Stowers Institute for Medical Research Cell Migration, Imaging
Andrew Kung Dana Farber Cancer Institute Tumor/Stem Cell Biology, Clinical Transplantation
Joanne Kurtzberg Duke University Children’s Hospital Hematopoiesis, Cord Blood Transplantation
Brian Kwon University of British Columbia  
John Lake University of Minnesota Liver, Solid Organ Transplantation
Olle Lindvall Lund University Neurodegenerative Diseases (PD)
Christian Lorson University of Missouri  
Hai-Quan Mao Johns Hopkins University Nanotechnology, Stem Cell Regulation
William Matsui Johns Hopkins Hospital  
Todd C. McDevitt Georgia Institute of Technology Bioengineering, Myocardial Repair
Ron McKay National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke  
David McKenna University of Minnesota  
Ivar M. Mendez Dalhousie University Neurotransplantation, Neurosurgery, Robotics
Freda Diane Miller Hospital for Sick Children Adult Stem Cells, Neurobiology
C. Randall Mills Osiris, Inc Cell Therapy, Drug Development
Stephen Minger King's College London Stem Cell Biology, Neurobiology
Sean Morrison University of Michigan Medical School Hematopoietic and Neural Stem Cells
Christine Mummery Leiden University Medical Center  
Stephen Navran Synthecon, Inc Stem Cell Culture Methods and Applications
Laura Niklason Yale University Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
John Nilson Washington State University Tumorigenesis, Reproductive Endocrinology
Jon Odorico University of Wisconsin Diabetes, Transplantation
Grace Pavlath Emory University Skeletal Muscle Growth and Repair
John Rasko University of Sydney Hematology, Gene and Stem Cell Therapy
Frank Rauscher The Wistar Institute Cancer Center Oncology, Epigenetics
Pamela Raymond University of Michigan Retinal Development and Regeneration
Yair Reisner Weizmann Institute of Science Immunology, Transplantation
Camillo Ricordi University of Miami Islet Transplantation
Gail Robertson University of Wisconsin-Madison Cardiac Arrhythmic Disease, ion Channels
Mauricio Rojas Emory University Stem Cells in Lung Repair and Injury
Maria Grazia Roncarolo San Rafaele Scientific Institute  
Raymond Roos University of Chicago Neurodegenerative Diseases (ALS, MS)
Michael R. Rosen Columbia University Cardiovascular Disease
Alan Rosmarin Brown Medical School Hematology, Gene Expression
Theodora Ross University of Michigan  
Janet Rossant University of Toronto Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Anne Rosser Cardiff University  
Josh Rubin Washington University Biology and Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors
Michael Rudnicki Ottawa Health Research Institute Myogenesis, Gene Expression
Alan Russell University of Pittsburgh Chemical and Tissue Engineering
David Sachs Massachusetts General Hospital  
Michael Schneider Imperial College London Cardiology, Molecular Genetics
Hans Scholer Max Plank Institute for Molecular Biomedicine  
James Schwob Tufts University  
Norman Sharpless The University of North Carolina School of Medicine  
Steven Sheridan Milipore, Corp Cell-Based Assay Development
Paul J. Simmons Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine Hematopoiesis, Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Harinder Singh University of Chicago Hematopoietic Cell Differentiation, Immune System
G. Sitta Sittampalam The University of Kansas Medical Center  
Igor Slukvin University of Wisconsin  
Glyn Stacey United Kingdom’s Stem Cell Bank Stem Cell Standardization and Banking
Clifford Steer University of Minnesota  
Dennis Steindler University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute Neurodegenerative Diseases
Gustav Steinhoff University of Rostock  
Charles D. Stiles Dana Farber Cancer Institute Neuro-oncology, Genomics
Rainer Storb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Hematopoiesis, Bone Marrow Transplantation
Stephen Strom University of Pittsburgh Cancer of Liver and Prostate
Lorenz Studer Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Neurogenesis, Differentiation
Megan Sykes Harvard Medical School Transplantation, Immune Mechanisms
Viviane Tabar Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute Stem Cells, Neurobiology, Neurosurgery
Shuichi Takayama University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Bioengineering, Nano/Micro Technologies
Margaret Werner-Washburne University of New Mexico in Albuquerque Yeast Genetics, Cell Cycle, Student Training
Robin Wright University of Minnesota, St. Paul Yeast Genetics, Cold Adaptation, Student Training
Derek van der Kooy University of Toronto  
Joel Voldman Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bioengineering, Fluid Mechanics, Microscopy
Amy Wagers Harvard Medical School Hematopoietic Stem Cells
John Wagner University of Minnesota Hematopoietic Cells, Transplantation
Herman Walderman University of Oxford  
Samuel Weiss University of Calgary Stem Cells, Neurobiology
Theresa Whiteside University of Pittsburgh  
Scott Whittemore University of Louisville  
David Williams Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Hematopoiesis, Gene Therapy
Hartmut Wekerle Max Plank Institute of Neurobiology  
Barbara Wirostko Pfizer  
Michael B. Yaffe Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
Peter Zandstra University of Toronto Stem Cell Bioengineering, Signaling
Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmerman Geor-August University  
Leonard Zon Children's Hospital Boston  
Thomas Zwaka Baylor College of Medicine Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics