Scientific Advisory Committee

The AMDeC Scientific Advisory Committee is comprised of the chief scientific officers, deans of research, and other accomplished researchers and scientists from AMDeC's member institutions.  The Committee was formed at the mandate of the AMDeC LLC Board to serve as the formal body overseeing current AMDeC projects as well as a to provide a forum for bringing new project ideas to the consortium.  The group meets on a quarterly basis.

Maria K. Mitchell, Ph.D. – President
James E. Darnell, M.D. - Interim Chair

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rudolph L. Leibel, M.D.
Head, Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics; Co-Director, Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center

Cornell University
George Grills
Director of Operations of Core Facilities; Director of Advanced Technology Assessment

Hospital for Special Surgery
Steve Goldring, M.D.
Chief Scientific Officer

Maimonides Medical Center
Kalpana Bhandarkar
Associate Vice President, Health Services Research

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Diane Tabarini, Ph.D.
Director, Core Facilities Operations

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
John H. Morrison, Ph.D.
Dean for Basic Sciences and Graduate School for Biological Sciences

New York Blood Center
Beth Shaz, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer

New York Hospital Queens
Phyllis August, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, The Lang Center for Research & Education

New York Medical College
William Steadman
Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Administration

Ira S. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

New York University School of Medicine
Dafna Bar-Sagi, Ph.D
Senior Vice President and Vice Dean for Science, Chief Scientific Officer

The Rockefeller University
James E. Darnell, M.D.
Vincent Astor Professor Emeritus

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kenneth Breslauer, Ph.D.
Dean and Vice President, Life and Health Sciences

St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center
F. Xavier Pi - Sunyer, M.D., M.P.H.
Director of the New York Obesity Research Center & Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition

Weill Cornell Medical College
Harry Lander, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Research Administration

Winthrop - University Hospital
Alan M. Jacobson, M.D.
Chief Research Officer