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
Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., MBA - Chair

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Harry Shamoon, M.D.
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research; Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

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

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at North Shore – LIJ
Kirk Manogue, Ph.D.
Director, Officer for Technology Transfer

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

Maimonides Medical Center
Steven Pavlakis, M.D.
Chief Scientific Officer

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 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
Joel D. Oppenheim, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences; Director, Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

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

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

SUNY Stony Brook Health Sciences Center
Wadie Bahou, M.D.
Vice Dean of Research

University of Rochester Medical Center
J. Edward Puzas, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research

The University at Buffalo, SUNY School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Kenneth Tramposch, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research; Director of Research Initiatives

Weill Cornell Medical College
David P. Hajjar, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and Executive Vice Dean
Dean, Graduate School of Medical Sciences & Frank H.T. Rhodes Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Biology & Genetics

Harry Lander, Ph.D.
Assocaite Provost for Research Administration

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