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