OSSD Committees

 

Membership Committee

Nora Engel, PhD, (Chair), Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Communications Committee 

Georgia Hodes, PhD, (Chair) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Debra Bangasser, PhD, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Liisa Galea, PhD, President, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA

Education Committee

Rebecca Cunningham, PhD, (Co-Chair), UNTHSC, Fort Worth, TX
Armin Raznahan, PhD, (Co-Chair), NIMH, Bethesda, MD

Trainee Committee

Charly Abi Ghanem, PhD, (Chair), Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

Nominations Committee

Art Arnold, PhD, (Chair), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Licy Yanes Cardozo, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Nora Engel, PhD, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Georgia Hodes, PhD, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Awards Committee

Katelyn Bruno, PhD, (Co-Chair), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, PhD, (Co-Chair), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
Joyce Benenson, Harvard University
Doriane Coleman, Duke University
Rebecca Craft, Washington State University
Kathie Olsen, KLO International, LLC
Maricedes Acosta, Stony Brook University
Ronald Anguzu, Medical College of Wisconsin
Steven Austad, University of Alabama at Birmingham
C. Noel Bairey Merz, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cindy Barha, University of Calgary
Ece Bayram, University of California San Diego
Jill Becker, University of Michigan
Rachel Buckley, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Pelin Cengiz, University of Wisconsin
Djeneba Dabitao, University Clinical Research Center (UCRC)
Sandra Davidge, University of Alberta
Elvisha Dhamala, Northwell Health
Christine Disteche, University of Washington
Sandi Dumanski, University of Calgary
Jennifer Dungan, University of Florida
Adviye Ergul, Medical University of South Carolina
Jennifer Franko, West Virginia School of Dentistry
Francisco Garcia-Garci­a, Prince Felipe Research Center (CIPF)
Bryant Gilot, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Richard Gomer, Texas A&M University
Vincent Harley, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Georgia Hodes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Raksha Jain, University of Texas Southwestern
Alexis Jones, OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation
Michael Joyner,, Mayo Clinic
Alice Kane, Institute for Systems Biology
Shami Kanekar, University of Utah
Ron Keiflin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Marija Kundakovic, Fordham University
Agnes Lacreuse, University of Massachusetts
Benedetta Leuner, The Ohio State University
Roberta Marongiu, Weill Cornell Medicine
Robert Meisel, University of Minnesota
Vasiliki Michopoulos, Emory University
Kathleen Morrison, West Virginia University
Kathryn Murphy, McMaster University
Gretchen Neigh, Virginia Commonwealth University
Eric Nestler, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinani
Annie Newell-Fugate, Texas A&M University
Natalie Nokoff, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Vasantha Padmanabhan, University of Michigan
Aras Petrulis, Georgia State University
Armin Raznahan, NIMH Intramural Research Program
Sonia Sharma, La Jolla Institute For Immunology
Patricia Silveyra, Indiana University School of Public Health
Shana Stites, University of Pennsylvania
Natalie Tronson, University of Michigan
Rita Valentino, NIDA/NIH
Sathish Venkatachalem North Dakota State University
Deena Walker, Oregon Health and Science University
Melissa Wilson, Arizona State University
Judith Regensteiner, University of Colorado - Denver
Jessica Babb, Harvard Medical School/VA Boston Healthcare System
Adriene Beltz, University of Michigan
Jessica Bolton, Georgia State University
Angela Henricks, Washington State University
Kyoko Konishi, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Connie Krawczyk, Van Andel Institute
Deborah Kurrasch, University of Calgary
Michelle Mielke, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Matthew Panizzon, University of California San Diego
Leah Pyter, Ohio State University
Erin Reed, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Ashley Monks, University of Toronto
Elizabeth Hampson, University of Western Ontario
Layla Al-Nakkash, Midwestern University
Geert de Vries, Georgia State University
Adrienne Dula, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas Austin
Nora Engel, Coriell Institute for Medical Research
Karyn Frick, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Karin Gill, Centre College
Mary Kritzer, Stony Brook University
Krithika Lingappan, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Melissa Glenn, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA
Mollie Aleshire, University of Louisville School of Nursing
Samira Abdulai-Saiku, University of California San Francisco

 

Program Committee

Kathleen Morrison, PhD, (Chair), West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Charly Abi Ghanem, PhD, Trainee Member, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Sofia Ahmed, PhD, President-Elect, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Cindy Barha, PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Jill Becker, PhD, BSD Editor-In-Chief, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Joel Berletch, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Karthickeyan Chella Krishnan, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Richard Gomer, PhD, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Yun Liang, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Licy Yanes Cardozo, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS


Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee

Farrah Madison, PhD, (Chair), University of Maryland, College Park, MD