Translational Medicine Scientific Advisory Committee

Kathryn Sandberg, PhD (Chair)

Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Dept. of Medicine
Director, Predoc and Postdoc Training Program in Translational Biomedical Science

Georgetown University

Craig T. Basson, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

Bitterroot Bio, Inc.

Peter L. Elkin, MD, MACP, FACMI, FNYAM, FAMIA, FIAHSI

Distinguished Professor and Chair

University of Buffalo

Vicki L. Ellingrod, PharmD, FCCP, FACNP

Dean and John Gideon Searle Professor of Clinical and Translational Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy;
Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Psychology;
Associate Director, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR) and Director of the Education and Mentoring Group

University of Michigan

Aryeh Fischer, MD

Scientific Executive Director
Translational Early Development, Immunology and Cardiovascular Thematic Research Center

Bristol Myers Squibb

Ritika Jaini, PhD

Senior Scientist Immunology Pre-clinical Delivery

Life Edit Therapeutics

Mehdi Javanmard, PhD

Associate Professor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Donald E. Mager, PharmD, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences

SUNY Buffalo State University

Jackie Pierce, PhD

Retired – Global Program Manager Oncology Therapeutic Area Unit–Director

Takeda

Emanuela Ricciotti, PharmD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

University of Pennsylvania

Jonathan Sockolosky, PhD

Director, Company Value Creation

Curie Bio

Danyelle M. Townsend, PhD

Professor, Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics
Director, Analytical Redox Biochemistry

Medical University of South Carolina