Grant Albrecht
Artist, Writer and Transverse Meyelitis patient
President, Communication Unlimited
Valley Village, California
Chris Alder
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
Osiris Therapeutics
Columbia, Maryland
David L. Amrani, Ph.D., FAHA
Senior Director
Cellular Therapies - Head, R&D
Baxter Healthcare
Deerfield, Illinois
Ellen Arnold
Vice-President
Arnold Public Affairs
Austin, Texas
Emmanuel Baetge, Ph.D.
Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer
Novocell, Inc.
San Diego, California
Josh Basile
Determined 2 Heal
Student Society for Stem Cell Research
Potomac, Maryland
Steven R. Bauer, Ph.D.
Chief, Cell and Tissue Therapy Branch
FDA—Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Stephen B. Baylin, M.D.
Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Wesley D. Blakeslee, J.D.
Executive Director
Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Angela Brodie, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Lee Buckler, BEd, LLB
Principal
Cell Therapy Group
Vancouver, Canada
Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC
Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Alberta, Canada
Linzhao Cheng, Ph.D.
Institute for Cell Engineering
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Srujana Cherukuri, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Zhikai Chi, M.D., Ph.D. Candidate
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Kenneth R. Chien, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, MGH Cardiovascular Research Center
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Hani S. Chohan, M.B.A.
Program Leader, Cellular Discovery Tools
GE Healthcare
Piscataway, NJ
Ju Lan Chun
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
Jose B. Cibelli, DVM., Ph.D.
Professor
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Curt Civin, M.D.
Director
Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Sabrina Cohen
Founder and Executive Director
Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research
Miami Beach, Florida
Alan Colman, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Singapore Stem Cell Consortium
Institute of Medical Biology
Singapore
Kristin Comella
Vice President of Research and Corporate Development
Bioheart, Inc.
Sunrise, Florida
Amy Comstock Rick, J.D.
President, Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research
CEO, Parkinson’s Action Network
Washington D.C.
Aidan Courtney
CEO
Roslin Cells
Edinburgh, Scotland
Natividad Cuende, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Executive Director, Andalusian Initiative for Advanced Therapies
Deputy Director, Regional Transplant Coordination
Servicio Andaluz de Salud
Sevilla, Spain
Chi V. Dang, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Research
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Valina Dawson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology, Neuroscience and Physiology
Institute for Cell Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Mark Ellinger, J.D.
Managing Principal
Fish & Richardson, P.C.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alan I. Faden, M.D.
Director
The National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Timo Faltus
Dipl. Jur., Dipl. Biol.
University of Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Elizabeth Fenjves, Ph.D.
Director Office of Technology Transfer Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
Donald Fink, Ph.D.
Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies
FDA
Silver Spring, Maryland
John Fisher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Fischell Department of Bioengineering
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
Jeannie Fontana, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director of Patient Services
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
La Jolla, California
Alan D. Friedman, M.D.
Professor, Pediatric Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
John D. Gearhart, Ph.D.
James W. Effron University Professor
Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dan Gincel, Ph.D.
Director
Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
Baltimore, Maryland
Robert A. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
New York, New York
Raphael Gorodetsky, Ph.D.
Professor of Biotechnology and Radiobiology Hadassah, Hebrew
University Medical Center
Jerusalem, Israel
Duncan Graham, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
WestCHEM
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, Scotland
Paul Grayson
President and CEO
Fate Therapeutics
La Jolla, California
James C. Greenwood
President & CEO
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Washington, D.C
Sarah Haecker, Ph.D.
Strategic Advisor, Genetics Policy Institute
Haecker Consulting
Minneapolis, MN
Erica Haimes, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Professorial Fellow
PEALS (Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences) Research Center
Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
Ann Hardy, Ph.D.
Extramural Human Research Protections Officer
National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research
Bethesda, Maryland
Joshua M. Hare, M.D., FACC, FAHA
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D.
CEO
Celgene Cellular Therapeutics
Summit, New Jersey
Elizabeth Hart-Wells, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Commercial Ventures & Intellectual Property
IP Manager, Mid-Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Margaret Conn Himelfarb, M.P.H.
Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission
Founder, Maryland Families for Stem Cell Research
Baltimore, Maryland
John Hunt, D.Sc., Ph.D.
School of Clinical Studies
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, UK
Tim Hunter
Director of Reimbursement
MCRA, LLC
Washington, DC
Rosario M. Isasi, J.D., M.P.H.
Academic Secretary, International Stem Cell Forum Ethics Working Party
Research Associate, Centre of Genomics and Policy, Dept. of Human Genetics
Centre of Genomics and Policy
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Alan L. Jakimo, M.B.A., J.D.
Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP
New York, New York
Richard J. Jones, M.D.
Diretor, Oncology and Medicine
Director, BMT and Co-Director, Hematologic Malignancies Program
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland
Timothy J. Kamp, M.D., Ph.D., FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
UW-Madison Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin
Jeffrey S. Karan
Senior Partner
Proteus Venture Partners
Palo Alto, California
John L. Kellermann, III
Member
Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission
Baltimore, Maryland
Peter D. Kiernan
Chairman
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
Short Hills, New Jersey
Robert Klein, J.D.
Chair of the Governing Board
California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
San Francisco,
California
Irina Kolosova, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Morey Kraus
Chief Scientific Officer
PerkinElmer
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mitra Lavasani, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Associate
Stem Cell Research Center
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jane Lebkowski, Ph.D.
Sr. VP.,CSO, Regenerative Medicine
Geron Corporation
Menlo Park, California
Jonathan Leor, M.D.
Research Professor
Sheba Medical Institute
Tel Aviv, Israel
Stephen E. Levick, M.D.
Assistant professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Alan J. Lewis, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
New York, NY
Jeanne Loring, Ph.D.
Professor of Developmental Neurobiology
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA
S. Peter Ludwig, J.D.
Darby & Darby
New York, New York
Drew Lyall
Executive Director
Stem Cell Network (Canada)
Ottawa, Canada
Robert Margolin, M.S., M.B.A.
Associate Director
Genetics Policy Institute
Summit, New Jersey
Stuart S. Martin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology
Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum NCI Cancer Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Chris Mason, MBBS, Ph.D., FRCS
Professor, Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing Group Advanced Centre
for Biochemical Engineering University College
London, United Kingdom
William Matsui, M.D.
Associate Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
John McDonald, M.D., Ph.D.
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, Maryland
Martin McGlynn
CEO and President
StemCells, Inc.
Palo Alto, California
Ronald D.G. McKay, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Bethesda, MD
Dr. Shosh Merchav
Director, Head of Cell Therapy Projects
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Petach Tikva, Israel
C. Randall Mills, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.
Columbia, Maryland
Alex Moffet, CEO
Beike Holdings, Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand
Jeff Mooney, Ph.D.
Director Commercial Technologies
Corning Life Sciences
Corning, NY
Alan Moore, CEO
Stem Cell Therapeutics
Calgary, Canada
Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Ethics
Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr. Megan Munsie
Senior Manager, Research and Government
Australian Stem Cell Centre
Clayton Victoria, Australia
Mark Noble, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Genetics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York
Martin O’Malley
Governor
State of Maryland
Pearl O'Rourke, M.D.
Director, Human Research Affairs
Partners Health Care System, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tea Soon Park, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Cell Engineering, Stem Cell Biology Program
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Warren S. Pear, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Amnon Pelz
CEO Taburit
Cord Blood Stem Cell Solutions
Tel Aviv, Israel
Sharon R. Pine, Ph.D.
CRTA Fellow
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland
Dr. Anne L. Plant
Group Leader, Biochemical Science Division
Cell Systems Science Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, Maryland
James A. Poulos, III
Vice President of Technology Transfer and Commercialization
Maryland Technology Development Corporation
Columbia, Maryland
Linda Powers, J.D.
Past Chair, Maryland Stem Cell Commission
Toucan Capital Corp.
Bethesda, Maryland
Arundeep S. Pradhan
Director, Technology Transfer and Business Development
President, Association of University Technology Managers
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Adam C. Puche, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Oncology
Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Mahendra Rao
Vice President of Research
Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
Invitrogen
Carlsbad, California
Ian Ratcliffe
President and CEO
Stemgent
Cambridge, Massachusetts
E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland
John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Dean
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Don C. Reed
Vice President for Public Policy
Americans for Cures Foundation
Palo Alto, California
Camillo Ricordi, M.D.
Scientific Director and Chief Academic Officer
Diabetes Research Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
Terry B. Rogers, Ph.D.
Director, M.D./Ph.D. Program
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Samuel I. “Sandy” Rosenberg
Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland, USA
Karen Rothenberg, J.D., M.P.A.
Chair, Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission
Marjorie Cook Professor and former Dean, University of Maryland School of Law
Baltimore, Maryland
Jeffrey D. Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director, Brain Science Center
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Thomas Scalea, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Michael T. Shipley, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Alan Shuldiner, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Bernard Siegel, J.D.
Executive Director
Genetics Policy Institute
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Douglas A. Sipp
Riken Center for Developmental Biology
Kobe, Japan
Lana R. Skirboll, Ph.D.
Acting Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Dr. David Smith
Head of Cell Therapy
Lonza
Allendale, NJ
Devyn Smith, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Strategic Management Group
Pfizer Global Research & Development
New London, Connecticut
Robin L. Smith, M.D., M.B.A.
Chairman & CEO
NeoStem, Inc.
New York, New York
Shay Soker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Sciences
Head, Molecular and Cell Biology, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Susan L. Solomon
CEO
The New York Stem Cell Foundation
New York, New York
Hongjun Song, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Institute for Cell Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Toshio Suda
Professor, Department of Cell Differentiation
Graduate School of Medicine
Keio Universtiy
Tokyo, Japan
Jeremy Sugarman, M.D., M.P.H., M.A.
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine
Berman Institute of Bioethics and Department of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Lawrence M. Sung, J.D., Ph.D.
Law School Professor & Intellectual Property Law Program Director
University of Maryland School of Law
Baltimore, Maryland
Doris Taylor, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Cardiovascular Repair
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sally Temple, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
NY Neural Stem Cell Institute
Rensselaer, New York
Avi Treves, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Cancer Research Center
Sheba Medical Organization
Israel
Ross Tubo, Ph.D.
VP, Stem Cell and Chemokine Biology
Genzyme Corporation
Framingham, Massachusetts
Alain Vertes, Ph.D.
Global Alliance Director
Roche
Basel, Switzerland
William J Weiner, M.D.
Chairman of Neurology
Director of the Maryland Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Irving Weissman, M.D.
Director
Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Michael J. Werner, Esq.
Holland & Knight
Washington, D.C.
Michael West, Ph.D.
CEO
BioTime, Inc.
Emeryville, California
Kevin Wilson
Public Policy Director
American Society for Cell Biology
Bethesda, Maryland
Renée M. Winsky
Chief Executive Officer
Tech Council of Maryland
Rockville, Maryland
Mary Woolley
President
Research!America
Alexandria, Virginia
Huakun Xu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry
University of Maryland Dental School
Baltimore, Maryland
Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
W.M. Kleck Ceneter for Collaborative Neuroscience
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
John Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
President
Taiwan Society for Stem Cell Research
Academia Sineca
Taipei, Taiwan
Elias T. Zambidis, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Fanyi Zeng, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Director
Shanghai Stem Cell Institute
Institute of Medical Genetics
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai, China
Dr. Franz-Joseph Zimmer
Attorney
Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser
Munich, Germany
Jizhong Zou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Howard Zucker
FMR Deputy Asst-Director HHS
FMR Asst-Director-General
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