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Spring 2024 

Toshi Hige, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Peter K. Jackson, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine

Paul Jenkins, University of Michigan Medical School

Jess Thaxton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Peter M. Douglas, UT Southwestern, Medical Center

 

Fall 2023 

Tanner Fadero, PhD, Altos Labs, Bay Area Institute

Katalin Susztak, PhD University of California, Berkeley

Danfeng Cai, PhD, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Samantha Lewis, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Lori O’Brien, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

 

Spring 2023 

Katja Brose, PhD, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 

Anna Dunaevsky, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center 

Terren Niethamer, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine of University of Pennsylvania  

Luke Wiseman, PhD, Scripps Research 

Samantha Lewis, PhD, University of California – Berkley 

Nihal Altan Bonnet, PhD, National Institute of Health 

Mike Henne, PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center  

Chantell Evans, PhD, Duke University 

 

Fall 2022 

David Gate, PhD, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine 

Purushothama Rao Tata, PhD, Duke University 

Jimena Giudice, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology 

Jadranka Loncarek, PhD, National Health Insitute, The National Cancer Institute 

Iain Drummond, PhD, MDI Biological Laboratory 

Sean Megason, PhD, Harvard University 

Michael Bressan, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology 

 

Spring 2022 

Biafra Ahanonu, PhD, University of California San Francisco 

Samantha Butler, PhD, University of California Los Angelous 

Giorgia Quadrato, PhD, University of Southern California 

Nicola Allen, PhD, SALK Institute for Biological Studies 

Dale Abel, PhD, University of California Los Angelous 

Shernaz Bamji, PhD, University of British Columbia 

Stephanie Gupton, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

 

Fall 2021 

Roberto Weigert, PhD, National Institutes of Health  

Marcos Frank, PhD, Washington State University 

Elizabeth Ransey, PhD, Duke University 

Alejandra San Martin, PhD, Emory University 

Susanne Rafelski, PhD, Allen Institute for Cell Science 

Alfred C. Johnson, PhD, National Institute of Health 

 

Spring 2021 

Robert C. Froemke, PhD, Skirball Institute, New York University 

Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School 

Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, The Peelman School, University of Pennsylvania 

Brielle Ryan Ferguson, PhD, Stanford University 

Gia Voeltz, University of Colorado Boulder 

David Castillo-Azofeifa, PhD, University of California, San Francisco 

Jeff Carroll, PhD, Western Washington University 

  

Fall 2020 

Bridget Williams-Simmons, PhD, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 

Rita L. Strack, PhD, Nature Methods 

Liqun Luo, PhD, Stanford University 

 

Spring 2020 

Brenda Kostelecky, PhD, Cascadia Data Alliance at Fred Hutch 

Paola Arlotta, PhD, Harvard University 

Lynne E. Maquat, PhD, University of Rochester 

Eva N. Grayck, MD, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus 

James Olzmann, PhD, University of California – Berkley 

 

Fall 2019 

Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital 

Ruth E. Gimeno, PhD, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company 

Yvette R. Seger, PhD, FASEB (Foundation of American Societies of Experimental Biology 

David Harrison, MD, FACC, FAHA, Vanderbilt University Medical Center  

Rejji Kuruvilla, PhD, John Hopkins University 

Maxence Nachury, PhD, University of California San Francisco 

Tomas Kircchausen, PhD, Harvard University Medical Center  

Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, The Peelman School, University of Pennsylvania 

 

Spring 2019 

Thomas Blanpied, PhD, University of Maryland 

Andrew Russo, PhD, University of Iowa 

Gary D. Hammer, MD, PhD, University of Michigan 

Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD, Duke University 

Ann Dean, PhD, NIDDK –National Institute of Health 

Albert La Spada, MD, PhD, Duke University 

Erika L.F. Hozau, PhD, University of Pennsylvania 

Stephen Liberles, PhD, Harvard University 

 

Fall 2018 

Marcelo G. Bonini, PhD, The Medical College of Wisconsin 

Ruth Gimeno, PhD, Eli Lilly and Company 

Martin Ferris, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Jason Shepherd, PhD, The University of Utah 

Tammy R. Collins, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 

Shmuel Muallem, PhD, National Institute of Health, NIDR 

Brian Fiske, PhD, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research 

 

Spring 2018 

Cagla Eroglu, PhD, Duke University Medical Center 

Nadine Hempel, PhD, Pennsylvania State University 

Robert Tarran, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology 

Dee U. Silverthorn, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin 

Elaine Fuchs, PhD, The Rockefeller University 

Aaron Mercer, PhD, Novo Nordisk Research Center 

Garret Stuber, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology 

Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 

 

Fall 2017 

Erez S. Lieberman Aiden, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine  

Christopher B. Newgard, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine 

Scott Soderling, PhD Duke University School of Medicine 

Michael Bagnat, PhD, Duke University Medical Center 

Avital Rodal, PhD, Brandeis University 

Kristy Red-Horse, PhD, Pennsylvania State University 

Darrell N. Kotton, MD, Boston University School of Medicine 

 

Spring 2017 

Roger Davis, PhD, University of Massachusetts 

Elizabeth Engle, MD, Harvard University Medical School 

Melina Kibbe, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Robert Ross, MD, University of California – San Diego 

Robert Marc, PhD, University of Utah School of Medicine 

Michael Ehlers, MD, PhD, Biogen Company 

Denise Montell, PhD, University of California Santa Barbara 

Jeffrey Mogill, PhD, McGill University 

Susan Quaggin, MD, Northwestern University 

 

Fall 2016 

Spencer Smith, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology 

Edward Bahnson, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Surgery 

Jan Lammerding, PhD, Cornell University   

Lori Wallrath, PhD, University of Iowa 

Anne Eichmann, PhD, Yale University 

Donald Gill, PhD, Pennsylvania State University 

 

Spring 2016 

Wade Harper, PhD, Harvard University 

Sacha Nelson, MD, PhD, Brandeis University 

Darryl C. Zeldin, MD, National Institute of Health/ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 

Sandra L. Schmid, MD, PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center  

Stephanie Gupton, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology 

Manfred Boehm, PhD, National Institute of Health 

Steve McCarroll, PhD, Harvard University 

Margaret Gardel, PhD, Institute for Biophys. Dynamics James Frank Institute 

 

Fall 2015 

Mark Zylka, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology 

Gregg Gundersen, PhD, Columbia University 

Steven S. Rosenfield, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 

Yishi Jin, PhD, University of California, San Diego 

James Alvarez, PhD, University of California, San Diego 

Taekjip Ha PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Hans Clevers, PhD, Hebrecht Institute 

Andrew C. Dudley, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cell Biology and Physiology 

 

Spring 2015 

Partha Roy, PhD, University of Pittsburgh 

Cortney Griffin, PhD Oklahoma State University 

Andreas Burkhalter, PhD, Washington University 

Barry Connors, PhD, Brown University 

Manfred Boehm, PhD, National Institute of Health 

Bill Copeland, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 

Henry Higgs, PhD, Dartmouth 

Ken Korach, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 

Steve Young, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Bettina Winckler, PhD, University of Viriginia 

Ned Sharpless, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center  

 

Fall 2014 

Nico Katsanis, Phd, Duke University   

Michael Conn, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University   

Sarita Sastry, PhD, Texas A&M  

Troy Ghashghaei, PhD, North Carolina State University   

Brent Hoffman, PhD, Duke University   

Michael Beers, MD, University of Pennsylvania   

Jim Bamburg, PhD, Colorado State University  

Juan M. Melero Martin, PhD, Harvard Medical School Andrew Dudley  

Yimin Zou, PhD, UC San Diego  

Curt Sigmund, PhD, University of Iowa  

 

Spring 2014 

Yosuke Mukoyama, PhD, National Institute of Health/NHLBI 

Doug Robinson, PhD, John Hopkins School of Medicine  

Marc Caron, PhD, Duke University  

Douglas Green, PhD, St. Jude Children’s Hospital 

Nate Sawtell, PhD, Columbia University 

Phillip Keller, PhD, Janelia Farm Research Campus 

Anil Bidani, MD, Loyola University 

 

Spring 2012 

Brigid L.M. Hogan, PhD, Duke University  

Gary Bird, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 

Oliver Smithies, DSc, UNC-Chapel Hill 

Nico Katsanis, PhD, Duke University 

Juan Melero-Martin, PhD, Harvard University 

Morris Birnbaum, U Penn School of Medicine 

David L. Mattson, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin  

Bonnie Sloane, PhD, Wayne State School of Medicine 

David Williams  

David Stepp, PhD, Medical College of Georgia 

Amy Pasquinelli, UCSD  

Augustine Choi, Boston 

Leslie Leinwand, PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder  

Yan-hua Chen, East Carolina University  

James McNew, Rice University  

Raghu Kalluri, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center  

Adam Kwiatkowski, Pittsburgh  

Larry Zipursky, PhD, University of California Los Angelous  

 

Fall 2012 

Amy Maddox, PhD, Universite de Montreal 

Monte S. Willis, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine 

James D. Stockand, PhD, UT San Anton 

Tatiana Rebrik, PhD, Duke University, Eye Center 

Richard Youle, National Institute of Health 

Nicholas (Nico) Katsanis, PhD, Duke University 

Sidney Simon, PhD, Duke University  

Gian Garriga, PhD, UC Berkeley 

Wolfgang Bergemeier, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Darwin Bell, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina

Anna Greka, MD, Harvard 

James E. Bear, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Andrew C. Dudley, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Martina Gentzsch, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill