Grants Review Working Group Members
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Patient Advocates of the ICOC |
Affiliation |
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| Jonathan Thomas (ex-officio) | ICOC Chairman | |
| David Higgins | ICOC Patient Advocate - Parkinson's Disease | |
| Francisco Prieto | ICOC Patient Advocate - Type I Diabetes | |
| Al Rowlett | ICOC Patient Advocate - Mental Health | |
| Jeff Sheehy | ICOC Patient Advocate - HIV/AIDS | |
| Oswald Steward | ICOC Patient Advocate - Spinal Cord Injury | |
| Diane Winokur | ICOC Patient Advocate - ALS and Multiple Sclerosis | |
| Scientists | Affiliation | Expertise |
| Stewart Abbot | Celgene Cellular Therapeutics | Development of Cellular-based Therapeutics |
| Gyula Acsadi | Connecticut Children's Medical Center | Pediatric Neurology; Gene Therapy for Motor Neuron Disease |
| Brenda Andrews | University of Toronto | Genomics; Phenomics: Cell Cycle Regulated Transcription |
| Ali Arbab | Georgia Health Sciences University | Imaging; Cell Tracking; Radiology; Oncology |
| Nazem Atassi | Massachusetts General Hospital | Translational Research and Clinical trials in Neurodegenerative Disorders |
| Jonathan Auerbach | GlobalStem, Inc. | Stem Cell Culture and Maintenance; Banking |
| Andrew Balber | Cicada Biopharmaceutical Consulting | Immunology, Cellular Therapeutics |
| Roger Barker | University of Cambridge | Neuoscience; PD; HD; Cell Therapy; Biomarkers, Neurogenesis |
| Margaret Baron | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Developmental Hematopoiesis; Embryogenesis |
| Julia Barrett | Biologics Consulting Group, Inc. | Clinical Consultant; Regulatory |
| Amelia Bartholomew | University of Illinois - Chicago | Stem Cell Biology; Transplantation Tolerance |
| Bradley Bernstein | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Genomics Approaches to the Study of Chromatin Structure and Cancer |
| Mick Bhatia | McMaster University | Somatic & Pluripotent Stem Cell Development; Hematopoiesis |
| Sangeeta Bhatia | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Bioengineering, Nanotechnology |
| Lauren Black | Charles River Laboratory | Regulatory (Pharmacology / Toxicology) |
| Bruce Blazar | University of Minnesota | Immunobiology of Transplantation; Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation |
| Susan Bonner-Weir | Joslin Diabetes Center | Diabetes |
| Michael Boulton | University of Florida | Retinal Disease; Stem Cell Biology |
| Barbara Boyan | Georgia Institute of Technology | Tissue Engineering, Bone/Cartilage Cell Biology |
| Kenneth Brayman | University of Virginia Health System | Diabetes; Kidney & Islet Transplantation; Peripheral Vascualar Disease |
| Christopher Breuer | Nationwide Children's Hospital | Pediatric Surgery; Tissue Engineering; Vascular Biology |
| Ali Brivanlou | The Rockefeller University | Developmental Biology |
| Vania Broccoli | San Raffaele Scientific Institute | Genetics & Neural Stem Cell Fate; Hereditory Neural Syndromes; Neurodevelopment |
| Ulrich Broeckel | Medical College of Wisconsin | Genetics & Cardiovascular Disease; Pharmacogenetics; iPSC Modeling |
| Patrik Brundin | Van Andel Institute | Neural Transplantation (PD) |
| Jeff Bulte | John Hopkins University | Cellular Imaging |
| Jason Burdick | University of Pennsylvania | Development of Hydrogels for Biologic Application |
| Scott Burger | Advanced Cell & Gene Therapy | Process Development; GMP Manufacturing |
| Joy Cavagnaro | Access Bio | Regulatory; Preclinical Development; Cell & Gene Therapy |
| John Centanni | University of Wisconsin | Clinical Product Development for Cellular Therapeutics |
| Rajesh Chopra | Celgene Corporation | Oncology; Hematology; Stem Cells; Translational Medicine |
| Jose Cibelli | Michigan State University | Cellular Reprogramming; Stem Cell Biology; Pluripotency |
| Hans Clevers | Hubrect Institute | Wnt Signaling & Cancer; Adult Stem Cells |
| Anne Cooke | University of Cambridge | Autoimmunity & Beta Cell Restoration |
| Chad Cowan | Harvard University | Stem Cell Biology, In vitro Models of Disease |
| Charles Cox, Jr | University of Texas Medical School at Houston | Pediatric Trauma; Neurologic Injury; Bio-hybrid Organs; Cardiopulmonary |
| John Crowley | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Design & Analysis of Cancer Clinical Trials |
| George Daley | Children's Hospital Boston | Stem Cell Biology; Reprogramming; Blood Disorders; Disease Process |
| Margot Damaser | Cleveland Clinic | Female Pelvic Dysfunction; Urinary & Fecal Incontinence; Pelvic Organ Prolapse |
| Carol Danielson | Regulatory Advantage, LLC | Clinical Regulatory; CMC Regulatory; Cell Therapy, Biologics, & Small Molecule Therapeutics |
| Cosimo de Bari | University of Aberdeen | Skeletal Repair; Potency Assays; Arthritis |
| Marc Diamond | Washington University School of Medicine | Therapeutic Targets & Small Molecules (HD & Tauopathies) |
| John DiPersio | Washington University School of Medicine | Leukemias, Bone Marrow Transplantation |
| Daniel Doherty | Seattle Children's Hospital | Developmental Pediatrics; Genetics & Hindbrain Malformations |
| Boro Dropulic | Lentigen | Lentiviral Vector Technology; HIV/AIDS |
| Gary du Moulin | Genzyme | Quality Compliance for Cell Therapy/Tissue Engineering |
| Ian D. Duncan | University of Wisconsin | Neurodegenerative Diseases (MS) |
| Douglas C. Eaton | Emory University School of Medicine | Cellular Signaling Mechanisms |
| Jay Edelberg | Bristol-Myers Squibb | Cardiovascular Disease Therapies, Biomarkers |
| Kevin Eggan | Harvard University | Reprogramming; Neuromuscular System Disorders |
| Wafik El-Deiry | University of Pennsylvania | Hematology-Oncology; Radiobiology |
| James Ellis | The Hospital for Sick Children | Vector Development; Reprogramming; iPSC Banking; Rett Syndrome |
| Stephen Emerson | Haverford University | 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 | Nemours Children's Hospital | Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders; Fetal Neurology; Metabolic Disorders |
| Meri Firpo | University of Minnesota | Stem Cell Biology; Transplantation Therapies for Diabetes |
| Gordon Fishell | New York University School of Medicine | Developmental Genetics |
| Alan Flake | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | In utero Cell & Gene Therapy; Pediatric Surgery |
| Thomas Freeman | University of South Florida | Neural Transplantation; Spine Surgery |
| Joyce Frey-Vasconcells | PharmaNet Consulting | Regulatory (CMC) |
| Stephen Friend | Sage Bionetworks | Molecular Profiling; Oncology; Drug Discovery |
| Mark Furth | Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center | Fetal & Adult Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine |
| John Gearhart | University of Pennsylvania | Mammalian Developmental Genetics, Stem Cell Biology |
| Adrian Gee | Baylor College of Medicine | CMC for Cell and Gene Therapy, HSC, & Blood Bank Standards |
| Bruce Gelb | Mount Sinai Hospital | Pediatric Cardiology; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular Genetics: Heart Transplantation |
| Manuela Gernert | University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover | Pathophysiology of Epilepsies; Neural Transplantation; Drug Delivery in Epilepsy |
| Richard Gibbs | Baylor College of Medicine | Genomics of Cancer, Heart Disease, & Autism |
| Jonathan D. Glass | Emory University | Neuromuscular Disorders; Peripheral Neuropathies (ALS) |
| Marcie Glicksman | Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Assay Development; Preclinical Development; Animal Pharmacology |
| Margaret Goodell | Baylor College of Medicine | Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Gene Therapy |
| Kevin Gregory-Evans | University of British Columbia | Ophthalmology |
| May Griffith | Linkopings University | Regenerative Medicine; Biomaterials; Eye (Cornea) |
| James Guest | The Miami Project | Spinal Cord Injury; Preclinical Animal Modeling |
| Christie Gunter | HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology | Human Genetics & Genomics; Fragile X Syndrome |
| Kurt Gunter | Cell Medica Inc. | Regulatory Affairs, Therapy Development |
| Timothy Hacker | University of Wisconsin | Animal Models of Disease for Preclinical Testing |
| Brian Harfe | University of Florida | Developmental Biology, microRNA |
| Richard Harvey | Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute | Cardiac Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology |
| John Hassell | DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery | Cancer Biology (Breast); Therapeutics;Cell Signaling; Functional Genomics |
| Franz Hefti | Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Drug Development; Neuroscience (AD) |
| Derek Hei | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Developing Cell and Gene Therapeutics for Clinical Trials; Cell Manufacturing |
| Shelly Heimfeld | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Cellular Therapy; Hematology; GMP Cell Production |
| Anthony Hollander | University of Bristol | Chondrogenesis; Osteoarthritis; Tissue Engineering; Trachea Engineering |
| Lee Hood | Institute for Systems Biology | Systems Biology & Personalized Medicine |
| Ole Isacson | Harvard University | Neurodegenerative Disease (PD, HD); Neuroregeneration |
| Laurie Jackson-Grusby | Children's Hospital Boston | Epigenetic Basis of Disease |
| Marc Jenkins | University of Minnesota | T Cell Biology; Vaccines & Autoimmunity; In vivo Imaging |
| Robin Jenkins | Sanofi-Aventis | Medical Affairs; Global Development; Clinical Trial Data Management |
| Jane Johnson | UT Southwestern | Neurogenesis; Somatosensory Circuit; Pharmacology; Cancer Biology |
| Alexandra Joyner | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Developmental Biology |
| Henry Kaplan | University of Louisville | Ophthalmology |
| Douglas Kerr | Biogen Idec | Neuronal Injury; Motor Neuron Disease; Neurodegeneration |
| Ali Khademhosseini | Brigham and Women's Hospital | Nanotechnologies for Controling Cellular Behavior |
| Ann Kiessling | Harvard Institutes of Medicine | Reproductive Biology, HIV |
| Daniel Kim | University of Texas Medical School at Houston | Neurological Surgery; Spinal Surgery |
| Kathleen Kirby | Viridian Strategies | Clinical Operations; Gene Therapy & Biologics; Organ Indications |
| Olle Korsgren | Uppsala University Hospital | Islet Allo- & Xenotransplantation; Transplantation Immunology |
| Darrell Kotton | Boston University | Stem Cell & Gene Therapy; Lung Developmental Biology; Pulmonary Medicine |
| Diane Krause | Yale University School of Medicine | Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells |
| Paul Kulesa | Stowers Institute for Medical Research | Cell Migration, Imaging |
| Andrew Kung | Columbia Unversity Medical Center | Tumor/Stem Cell Biology, Clinical Transplantation |
| John Kuo | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Neurosurgury; Neuro-oncology; Cancer Stem Cell Biology |
| Joanne Kurtzberg | Duke University Children’s Hospital | Stem Cell Transplantation; Cord Blood |
| Brian Kwon | Vancouver General Hospital | Spinal Cord Injury |
| John Lake | University of Minnesota | Liver, Solid Organ Transplantation |
| Joseph Laning | University of Massachusetts | Cell Banking; Human Embryonic Stem Cell Banking |
| Jane Larkindale | NMD Consulting | Neuromuscular Disease; Patient Outreach; Venture Philanthropy |
| Ihor Lemishka | Mount Sinai Hospital | Cell Fate; Hematopoietic Stem Cells; Systems Biology; Stem Cell Biology |
| Olle Lindvall | University Hospital, Lund | Neurogenesis & Neural Transplantation (PD, Stroke, Epilepsy |
| Russell Lonser | Ohio State University | Neurosurgery; Drug Delivery; Neural Disorders; Neuro-oncology |
| Christian Lorson | University of Missouri | Alternative Splicing; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Gene Therapy |
| Hai-Quan Mao | Johns Hopkins University | Material Science; Nano Technology: Drug/Gene Delivery; Stem Cell Expansion |
| Robert Marcus | Independent Consultant | Clinical & Drug Development in Osteoporosis & Bone Medicine |
| Robert Masson | NeuroSpine Institute | Neurosurgery; Bone & Spinal Surgery |
| William Matsui | Johns Hopkins University | Stem Cell & Cancer Stem Cell Biology; Clinical Oncology |
| Barbara Matthews | BioDirect, Inc. | Regulatory Affairs; Clinical Development Strategy |
| John Mattick | Garvan Institute of Medical Research | Genetics & Genomics; Non-coding DNA |
| Jacob McCauley | University of Miami | Genetic Epidemiology; Multiple Sclerosis; Neurodegenerative Disease |
| David McKenna | University of Minnesota | Development of Cellular-based Therapies; GMP Manufacturing |
| Samir Mehta | University of Pennsylvania | Orthopaedic Trauma; Fractures; Articular Cartilage Injury |
| Alexander Meissner | Harvard University | Stem Cell Biology; Epigenetic and Cellular Reprogramming |
| Ivar M. Mendez | Dalhousie University | Neurotransplantation, Neurosurgery, Robotics |
| Edmund Mickunas | Independent Consultant | Clinical & Regulatory Affairs for Pharmacologics, Biologics, and Medical Devices |
| Andra Miller | Biologics Consulting Group | Regulatory Strategy for Cellular & Gene Therapy Products; RAC; CMC |
| Freda Diane Miller | The Hospital for Sick Children | Neural Stem Cells; Neurogenesis; Neural Crest Stem Cells |
| Stephen Minger | GE Healthcare Life Sciences | Stem Cell Biology, Neurobiology; Cell Technologies |
| Shoukrhat Mitalipov | Oregon Heath & Sciences University | Gamete, Embryo, & Stem Cell Biology; Pluripotency |
| Bruce Montgomery | Cardeas Pharma | Product Development; Respiratory Disease |
| Sean Morrison | UT Southwestern | Hematopoietic and Neural Stem Cells |
| Hassan Movahhed | United Therapeutics | Clinical Operations & Clinical Trial Management |
| Christine Mummery | Leiden University Medical Center | Pluripotency & Differentiation to Cardiovascular Lineages |
| Stephen Navran | Synthecon, Inc | Stem Cell Culture Methods and Applications |
| Laura Niklason | Yale University | Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering |
| John Nilson | Washington State University | Gametogenesis; Endocrinology; Gonadotropins |
| Mark Noble | University of Rochester | Regenerative Medicine; Neural Stem Cells; Neurological Disease & Injury |
| Jon Odorico | University of Wisconsin | Diabetes, Transplantation |
| Maynard Olson | University of Washington | Genomics; Natural Variation in DNA Sequence |
| Kelly Otto | Independent Consultant | Clinical Drug Development & Clinical Operations |
| Sean Palecek | University of Wisconsin | Pluripotency; Tissue Engineering; Biosensors |
| Aarno Palotie | Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | Genetics & the Central Nervous System; Migraines; Epilepsy; Schizophrenia; Autism |
| Nancy Parenteau | Ingenium BioTherapy Corpporation | Biotechnology; Biological Products; Drug Development |
| Grace Pavlath | Emory University | Skeletal Muscle Growth and Repair |
| David Pepperl | Biologics Consulting Group, Inc. | Regulatory (Pharmacology/Toxicology) |
| Martin Pera | The University of Melbourne | Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology; Developmental Biology |
| Rita Perlingeiro | University of Minnesota | Lineage-Specific Differentiation (Skeletal); Genetic Correction of Disease |
| Michael Pfenning | Mayo Clinic | Hospital Operations & Clinical /Translational Research Administration |
| Mahendra Rao | New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute | Pluripotent Stem Cells; Neural Stem Cells; Stem Cell Processing & Therapy |
| John Rasko | University of Sydney | Hematology, Gene and Stem Cell Therapy |
| Theodore Rasmussen | University of Connecticut | Chromatin Dynamics in Pluripotent Cells |
| Frank Rauscher | The Wistar Institute Cancer Center | Gene Expression & Regulation; Cancer |
| Pamela Raymond | University of Michigan | Retinal Development and Regeneration |
| Yair Reisner | Weizmann Institute of Science | Transplantation Immunology |
| Jared Roach | Institute for Systems Biology | High Throughput Systems Biology Data; Immunology; Neurodegeneration |
| Gail Robertson | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Cardiac & Neuronal Electrophysiology |
| Mauricio Rojas | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Stem Cells in Lung Repair and Injury |
| Raymond Roos | University of Chicago | Neurodegenerative Diseases (ALS, MS) |
| Barry Rosen | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | Mouse Genetics; Genetic Manipulation of ES Cells |
| Michael Rosen | Columbia University | Cardiovascular Disease |
| Alan Rosmarin | University of Massachusetts | Hematology; Transcriptional Regulation |
| Theodora Ross | UT Southwestern | Hematopoiesis; Leukemia |
| Janet Rossant | The Hospital for Sick Children | Developmental and Stem Cell Biology |
| Anne Rosser | Cardiff University | CNS Regeneration (HD, PD) |
| Josh Rubin | Washington University in St. Louis | Pediatric Brain Tumors; Brain Development Mechanisms & Tumorigenesis |
| Michael Rudnicki | Ottawa Health Research Institute | Myogenesis; Transcriptional Regulation |
| Steven Russell | Massachusetts General Hospital | Diabetes Research |
| David Sachs | Massachusetts General Hospital | Immunobiology of Transplantation; Xenotransplantation |
| Hesham Sadek | UT Southwestern | Cardiac & Hematopoietic Stem Cell Biology; Metabolomics; Microenvironment |
| Michel Sadelain | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Gene Therapy; Bone Marrow Transplant; Immunology; Cancer |
| Jacqueline Sagen | University of Miami | Neural Transplantation; Axonal Regrowth; Chronic Pain Syndromes |
| Hans Scholer | Max Plank Institute for Molecular Biomedicine | Stem Cell Pluripotency & Germline Development |
| James Schwob | Tufts University | Neural Development; Olfactory Projection; Neurogenesis |
| Norman Sharpless | The University of North Carolina School of Medicine | Clinical Oncology; Tumor Suppressors in Aging & Cancer |
| Steven Sheridan | Milipore, Corp. | Cell-Based Assay Development |
| Warren Sherman | Columbia Unversity Medical Center | Cardiology; Cardiac-based Regenerative Medicine & Cellular Therapies |
| Robert Simari | University of Kansas Medical Center | Cardiology; Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Research |
| Paul J. Simmons | Mesoblast | Hematopoiesis, Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
| G. Sitta Sittampalam | The University of Kansas Medical Center | Stem Cell & Cancer Stem Cell Biology & Pharmacology; Drug Discovery |
| Igor Slukvin | University of Wisconsin | Hematopoietic Development from Pluripotent Stem Cells |
| Glyn Stacey | NIBSC | Stem Cell Standardization and Banking |
| Clifford Steer | University of Minnesota | Hepatology; Gene Therapy; miRNAs as Therapeutic Agents |
| Gustav Steinhoff | University of Rostock | Cardiac; Tissues Engineering; Cell Therapy |
| 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 | Stem Cell Biology; Degenerative Disease; Cancer |
| Azim Surani | Gurdon Institute | Mammalian Germ Cells; Pluripotency; Epigenesis; Single Cell Technology |
| Megan Sykes | Columbia University | Transplantation Tolerance; Clinical Bone Marrow Transplantation |
| Viviane Tabar | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Pluripotent & Neural Stem Cell Biology; Neurosurgery; Tumors |
| Shuichi Takayama | University of Michigan | Bioengineering; Nano/Micro Technologies |
| Jay Traverse | Minneapolis Heart Institute | Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease |
| Ludovic Vallier | University of Cambridge | Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology; Endoderm; iPSC Modeling of Liver & Metabolic Disease |
| Joel Voldman | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Bioengineering, Fluid Mechanics, Microscopy |
| Richard Wade-Martins | University of Oxford | Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration; Gene Therapy |
| Amy Wagers | Joslin Diabetes Center | Hematopoietic & Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells; Aging |
| John Wagner | University of Minnesota | Lympho-Hematopoietic Disorders; Bone Marrow Transplantation; Cord Blood |
| Herman Waldmann | University of Oxford | Transplantation Tolerance; Therapeutic use of Monoclonal Antibodies |
| Darin Weber | Angioblast Systems, Inc./ Mesoblast, LTD | Regulatory (CMC; Device; Cell Therapy) |
| Hartmut Wekerle | Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology | Neuroimmunology |
| Keith Wells | Biologics Consulting Group, Inc. | Antibody; Regulatory (CMC) |
| Margaret Werner-Washburne | University of New Mexico in Albuquerque | Cell Biology; Growth Control; Genomics |
| Theresa Whiteside | University of Pittsburgh | Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy; GMP Production of Cells |
| Scott Whittemore | University of Louisville | Spinal Cord Injury |
| Grant Williams | Williams Cancer Drug Consulting, LLC | Drug Development; Clinical Regulatory |
| Michelle LeRoux Williams | Independent Consultant | Drug & Product Development; Regulatory Affairs; Clinical Regulatory |
| Barbara Wirostko | University of Utah | Ophthalmology; Clinical Development |
| Robin Wright | University of Minnesota, St. Paul | Cell Biology; Organelle Biogenesis in Yeast |
| Michael B. Yaffe | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Protein Phosphorylation & Cell Cycle |
| Peter Zandstra | University of Toronto | Stem Cell Bioengineering, Signaling |
| Marco Zarbin | New Jersey Medical School | Opthamology; Cell Therapy |
| Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmerman | University Medical Center Göttingen | Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine & Tissue Engineering |
| Thomas Zwaka | Baylor College of Medicine | Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics |
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