Science Advisory Board

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GPI has recruited the leading stem cell scientists, researchers and physicians in the field of biomedical research to serve on our Scientific Advisory Board.

Genevieve Ames, Ph.D.
University of California-Berkeley
School of Public Health
Berkeley, California

Juan Dominguez Bendala, MSC, PhD.
Diabetes Research Institute
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco
Former president, American Society of Cell Biology
Former member of the President's Council on Bioethics
San Francisco, California

William (Bill) Brinkley, PhD.
Senior Vice President for Graduate Sciences
Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Curt Civin, MD.
Associate Dean of Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine for Stem Cell Research
and Regenerative Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Gabriela Gebrin Cezar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Jose B. Cibelli, D.V.M., PhD.
Cellular Reprogramming Laboratory
Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan

W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Fred H. Gage, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Genetics
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

John Gearhart, MSc, Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Regenerative Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California

Prof. Raphael Gorodetsky
Head, Biotechnology and Radiobiology Labs
Sharett Institute of Oncology
Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center
Jerusalem, Israel

Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D.
Member, Whitehead Institute
Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Timothy J. Kamp MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Co-director Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center Cellular and Molecular Arrhythmia Research Program University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin

Stephen E. Levick, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alan S. Levine, PhD.
Chief Scientific Officer
CORD:USE
Cord Stem Cell Bank
Orlando, Florida

Jeanne F. Loring, Ph.D.
Professor of Developmental Neurobiology Director
Center for Regenerative Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California

Chris Mason MBBS, PhD, FRCS
Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing Unit Advanced Centre for
Biochemical Engineering
University College London
London, United Kingdom

John W. McDonald, MD., PhD.
International Center for Spinal Cord Injury
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, Maryland

Douglas Melton, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Stephen Minger, PhD.
Global Director R&D, Cell Technologies
GE Healthcare
London, United Kingdom

Roger Pederson, Ph.D.
Professor of Regenerative Medicine
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom

Mark Noble, PhD.
Department of Biomedical Genetics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York

Raj Rao, Phd.
Department of Clinical and Life Science Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Camillo Ricordi, M.D.
Scientific Director
Diabetes Research Institute
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Prof.Dr.med. Thomas Skutella
Anatomical Institute
University of Tubingen
Tubingin, Germany

Evan Snyder, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director
Stem Cells and Regeneration
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
La Jolla, California

Clive Svendsen, PhD
Director
Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute
Los Angeles, California

Sally Temple, PhD.
New York Neural Stem Cell Institute
Albany, New York

Alan Trounson, Ph.D.
President
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
San Francisco, California

Robert D. Wells, PhD.
Director of the Center of Genome Research
Institute of Biosciences and Technology
Texas A&M University
Houston, Texas

Ian Wilmut, Ph.D.
Director
MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Edinburgh, Scotland

Wise Young, PhD. MD.
Professor and Chair
W.M. Kleck Ceneter for Collaborative Neuroscience
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Mark A. Zern, M.D.
Director, Transplant Research Institute
University of California-Davis
Sacramento, California

Fanyi Zeng, MD, PhD
Professor & Associate Director
Shanghai Stem Cell Institute
Institute of Medical Genetics
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai, China

Len Zon, M.D.
Director Stem Cell Research Program
Past President, International Society for Stem Cell Research
Children's Hospital Boston
Harvard University Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Thomas P. Zwaka, M.D. Ph.D.
Center for Cell and Gene Therapy & Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas