Grants Review Working Group Members
Patient Advocates of the ICOC |
Affiliation |
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Jonathan Thomas (ex-officio) | ICOC Chairman | |
David Higgins | ICOC Patient Advocate - Parkinson's Disease | |
Lauren Miller | ICOC Patient Advocate - Alzheimer’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 | |
Art Torres | ICOC Patient Advocate - Alternate | |
Diane Winokur | ICOC Patient Advocate - ALS and Multiple Sclerosis | |
Scientists |
Affiliation |
Expertise |
Gyula Acsadi | The Children’s Hospital of Michigan | Pediatric Neurology; Gene Therapy for Motor Neuron Disease |
Julie Allickson | Wake Forest School of Medicine | Quality Assurance/Control, Regulatory Affairs, Process Development and GMP Manufacturing |
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 |
Alex Bailey | REGENXBIO Inc. | Nonclinical Regulatory; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Cell and Gene Therapy |
Andrew Baker | University of Edinburgh | Cardiovascular Disease; Gene and Cell Therapy |
Andrew Balber | Cicada Biopharmaceutical Consulting | Immunology, Cellular Therapeutics |
Roger Barker | University of Cambridge | Neuroscience; PD; HD; Cell Therapy; Biomarkers, Neurogenesis |
Julia Barrett | Biologics Consulting Group, Inc. | Clinical Consultant; Regulatory |
Amelia Bartholomew | University of Illinois-Chicago | Hematopoietic & Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Transplantation Tolerance; Solid Organ Transplantation |
Daniel Bauer | Harvard Medical School | Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Therapeutic Genome Editing |
Bradley Bernstein | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Genomics Approaches to the Study of Chromatin Structure and Cancer |
Alexey Bersenev | Yale University | CAR-T Cell Manufacturing; Hematopoietic Stem Cells; Immunotherapy |
Mick Bhatia | McMaster University | Somatic & Pluripotent Stem Cell Development; Hematopoiesis |
Lauren Black | Charles River Laboratory | Regulatory (Pharmacology / Toxicology) |
Cesar Borlongan | University of South Florida | Cell Therapy for Brain Disorders Including Stroke and Neonatal Ischemic Injury |
Michael Boulton | University of Alabama School of Medicine | Retinal Disease; Stem 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 |
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 |
Joy Cavagnaro | Access Bio | Regulatory; Preclinical Development; Cell & Gene Therapy |
John Centanni | Neurona Therapeutics | Clinical Product Development for Cellular Therapeutics |
Linzhao Cheng | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Stem Cell Models for Hematopoiesis and Blood Diseases; Gene Editing |
Rajesh Chopra | Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital | Oncology; Hematology; Stem Cells; Translational Medicine |
Jose Cibelli | Michigan State University | Cellular Reprogramming; Stem Cell Biology; Pluripotency |
Francesca Cicchetti | Université Laval | Neurodegenerative Disorders; Therapeutic Development; Stem Cell Therapies |
Diego Correa | University of Miami | MSC Biology, Skeletal Joint Diseases, Diabetes |
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 |
Dennis Crawford | Oregon Health & Science University | Orthopedic Surgery; ACL Reconstruction |
John Crowley | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Design & Analysis of Cancer Clinical Trials |
Linda Custer | Tarveda Therapeutics | Clinical Operations |
Corey Cutler | Harvard Medical School | Hematology/Oncology; Cancer Immunology; Stem Cell Transplantation |
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 |
Willard Dere | University of Utah | Clinical Development; Endocrine, Bone, & General Medicine Research & Development |
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 |
Jay Edelberg | Sanofi-Aventis | Cardiovascular Disease Therapies, Biomarkers |
James Ellis | The Hospital for Sick Children | Vector Development; Reprogramming; iPSC Banking; Rett Syndrome |
Alan Flake | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | In utero Cell & Gene Therapy; Pediatric Surgery |
Thomas Freeman | University of South Florida | Neural Transplantation; Spine Surgery |
Mark Furth | Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation | Fetal & Adult Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine |
Glenn Gaudette | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Biomedical Engineering, Cell Therapy, Cardiovascular Disease |
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 |
Rachel Gibson | University of Adelaide | Chemotherapy-Induced Mucositis; Gut Microbiome |
Jonathan D. Glass | Emory University | Neuromuscular Disorders; Peripheral Neuropathies (ALS) |
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 |
John Hassell | McMaster University | Cancer Biology (Breast); Therapeutics; Cell Signaling; Functional Genomics |
Franz Hefti | Proclara Biosciences | Drug Development; Neuroscience (AD) |
Derek Hei | BlueRock Therapeutics | Developing Cell and Gene Therapeutics for Clinical Trials; Cell Manufacturing |
Shelly Heimfeld | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Cellular Therapy; Hematology; GMP Cell Production |
Claire Henchcliffe | Weill Cornell Medical Center | Neurodegenerative Disorders (PD); Biomarker Development; Clinical Trial Design |
Mary Beth Henderson | RCRI, Inc. | Medical Device Regulatory and Quality System |
Anthony Hollander | University of Bristol | Chondrogenesis; Osteoarthritis; Tissue Engineering; Trachea Engineering |
Ole Isacson | Harvard University | Neurodegenerative Disease (PD, HD); Neuroregeneration |
Robin Jenkins | Sanofi-Aventis | Medical Affairs; Global Development; Clinical Trial Data Management |
Jane Johnson | UT Southwestern | Neurogenesis; Somatosensory Circuit; Pharmacology; Cancer Biology |
Sadik Kassim | Kite Pharmaceuticals | Cancer Immunotherapy; CAR-T Cell Process Development; AAV Gene Therapy |
Douglas Kerr | Generatio Bio | Neuronal Injury; Motor Neuron Disease; Neurodegeneration |
Ali Khademhosseini | Brigham and Women's Hospital | Nanotechnologies for Controlling Cellular Behavior |
Daniel Kim | University of Texas Medical School at Houston | Neurological Surgery; Spinal Surgery |
Kathleen Kirby | Viridian Strategies | Clinical Operations; Gene Therapy & Biologics; Organ Indications |
Vassilis Koliatsos | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Traumatic & Degenerative Brain Injury and Repair; Alzheimer’s Disease |
Olle Korsgren | Uppsala University Hospital | Islet Allo- & Xenotransplantation; Transplantation Immunology |
Darrell Kotton | Boston University | Stem Cell & Gene Therapy; Lung Developmental Biology; Pulmonary Medicine |
Paul Kulesa | Stowers Institute for Medical Research | Cell Migration, Imaging |
Andrew Kung | Columbia University Medical Center | Tumor/Stem Cell Biology, Clinical Transplantation |
John Kuo | The University of Texas at Austin - Dell Medical School | Neurosurgery; Neuro-oncology; Cancer Stem Cell Biology |
Daniel Kuritzkes | Harvard Medical School | HIV-1 Persistence and Eradication; Resistance to Antiretroviral Drugs; Viral Fitness; Viral Tropism |
Brian Kwon | Vancouver General Hospital | Spinal Cord Injury |
John Lake | University of Minnesota | Liver, Solid Organ Transplantation |
Joseph Laning | Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine | Cell Banking; Human Embryonic Stem Cell Banking |
Jane Larkindale | NMD Consulting | Neuromuscular Disease; Patient Outreach; Venture Philanthropy |
Russell Lonser | Ohio State University | Neurosurgery; Drug Delivery; Neural Disorders; Neuro-oncology |
Christian Lorson | University of Missouri | Alternative Splicing; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Gene Therapy |
Pradeep Mammen | University of Texas Southwestern | Cardiology; Heart Failure/Transplantation; Neuromuscular Cardiomyopathy |
Robert Marcus | Independent Consultant | Clinical & Drug Development in Osteoporosis & Bone Medicine |
Robert Masson | NeuroSpine Institute | Neurosurgery; Bone & Spinal Surgery |
William Matsui | UT Austin Dell Medical School | Regulatory Affairs; Clinical Development Strategy |
John Mattick | Garvan Institute of Medical Research | Genetics & Genomics; Non-coding DNA |
Margot Mayer-Proschel | University of Rochester | Glial Cells in Development, Disease, and Injury Repair |
Jacob McCauley | University of Miami | Genetic Epidemiology; Multiple Sclerosis; Neurodegenerative Disease |
Samir Mehta | University of Pennsylvania | Orthopaedic Trauma; Fractures; Articular Cartilage Injury |
Alexander Meissner | Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics | Stem Cell Biology; Epigenetic and Cellular Reprogramming |
Edmund Mickunas | Independent Consultant | Clinical & Regulatory Affairs for Pharmacologics, Biologics, and Medical Devices |
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 |
Christine Mummery | Leiden University Medical Center | Pluripotency & Differentiation to Cardiovascular Lineages |
Michael Murphy | Indiana University School of Medicine | Vascular Surgery; Stem Cell Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease; Arterial & Aortic Disease |
Richard Myers | HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology | Genomics and Genetics of Human Diseases and Other Traits |
Ulrik Nielsen | Independent Consultant | Cancer Immunotherapy; Adoptive T-Cell Therapy |
Mark Noble | University of Rochester | Regenerative Medicine; Neural Stem Cells; Neurological Disease & Injury |
Richard Ochoa | Pre-Clinical Safety, Inc. | Regulatory Affairs; Pharmacology & Toxicology |
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 | Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) | Genetics & the Central Nervous System; Migraines; Epilepsy; Schizophrenia; Autism |
Nancy Parenteau | Ingenium BioTherapy Corpporation | Biotechnology; Biological Products; Drug Development |
Malin Parmar | Lund University | Neurodegeneration & Parkinson’s Disease |
David Pepperl | Biologics Consulting | Regulatory (Pharmacology/Toxicology) |
Martin Pera | The Jackson Laboratory | 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 |
Seth Pollack | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Oncology; Immunotherapy for Sarcoma; Adoptive T-Cell Therapy |
Thomas Povsic | Duke University Medical Center | Cardiovascular Disease; Cell Therapy; Clinical Trial Design |
Rajiv Raja | MedImmune/Astra Zeneca | Biomarker Development |
Theodore Rasmussen | University of Connecticut | Chromatin Dynamics in Pluripotent Cells |
Jared Roach | Institute for Systems Biology | High Throughput Systems Biology Data; Immunology; Neurodegeneration |
Allan Robins | Independent Consultant | Cell Manufacturing and Process Development; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Cell Therapy Product Development |
Frank Rockhold | Duke University | Biostatistics: Clinical Trial Design: Data Monitoring |
Barry Rosen | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | Mouse Genetics; Genetic Manipulation of ES Cells |
Theodora Ross | UT Southwestern | Hematopoiesis; Leukemia |
Anne Rosser | Cardiff University | CNS Regeneration (HD, PD) |
Josh Rubin | Washington University in St. Louis | Pediatric Brain Tumors; Brain Development Mechanisms & Tumorigenesis |
Steven Russell | Massachusetts General Hospital | Diabetes Research |
Hesham Sadek | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 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 |
Krishanu Saha | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Gene Editing, Biomanufacturing, Disease Modeling and Reprogramming |
Vijay Sankaran | Harvard Medical School | Genetic Variation in Hematopoiesis and Blood Diseases |
John-Michael Sauer | Critical Path Institute | Toxicology, Pharmacology, Drug Discovery & Development |
Hans Scholer | Max Plank Institute for Molecular Biomedicine | Stem Cell Pluripotency & Germline Development |
Brian Schwartz | ArQule | Oncology; Drug Development |
James Schwob | Tufts University | Neural Development; Olfactory Projection; Neurogenesis |
Christopher Scull | Biologics Consulting | Design and Management of IND-enabling Studies; Pre-clinical Regulatory Strategy |
Khalid Shah | Harvard Medical School | Neuro-Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapeutics; Stem Cell Transplantation |
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 |
Kim Smith-Whitley | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Pediatric Hematology; Sickle Cell Disease |
Clifford Steer | University of Minnesota | Hepatology; Gene Therapy; miRNAs as Therapeutic Agents |
Azim Surani | Gurdon Institute | Mammalian Germ Cells; Pluripotency; Epigenesis; Single Cell Technology |
Viviane Tabar | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Pluripotent & Neural Stem Cell Biology; Neurosurgery; Tumors |
Alice Tomei | University of Miami | Cell and Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Type-1 Diabetes, Autoimmunity |
Jay Traverse | Minneapolis Heart Institute | Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease |
George Truskey | Duke University | Cardiovascular Engineering; Tissue Engineering; Stem Cells; Cell Mechanics |
Stefan Tullius | Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Surgery; Transplantation Immunology |
Ludovic Vallier | University of Cambridge | Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology; Endoderm; iPSC Modeling of Liver & Metabolic Disease |
Richard Wade-Martins | University of Oxford | Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration; Gene Therapy |
Herman Waldmann | University of Oxford | Transplantation Tolerance; Therapeutic use of Monoclonal Antibodies |
Gordon Weir | Joslin Diabetes Center | Diabetes, Islet-cell Transplantation |
Mitch Weiss | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Hematology; Genome Editing; Developmental Hematopoiesis |
Barbara White | Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disease, Rheumatology, Respiratory, and Dermatology |
Theresa Whiteside | University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute | Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy, Cellular Therapy, Immunopathology |
Scott Whittemore | University of Louisville | Spinal Cord Injury |
Tom WIlkie | UT Southwestern Medical Center | Pancreatic Diseases, Diabetes, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cancer |
Grant Williams | Williams Cancer Drug Consulting, LLC | Drug Development; Clinical Regulatory |
Michelle LeRoux Williams | Aziyo Biologics | Drug & Product Development; Regulatory Affairs; Clinical Regulatory |
Barbara Wirostko | University of Utah | Ophthalmology; Clinical Development |
Cassian Yee | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Medical Oncology; Immunology |
Marco Zarbin | New Jersey Medical School | Opthamology; Cell Therapy |
Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmerman | University Medical Center Göttingen | Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine & Tissue Engineering |
Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker | University of Toronto | Developmental Immunology, T-cells, Hematopoietic Stem Cells |
Thomas Zwaka | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics |