The leadership of the NFGC recognizes the importance of having an external advisory board (EAB) that will be kept apprised of the progress of the NFGC and that will collectively provide advice to ensure the NFGC can meet or exceed its goals. The board is composed of many scientific leaders and businesspersons in the fields of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics. As the structure of the NFGC changes, so too do the members of the EAB.
The External Advisory Board is chaired by John S. Parker, M.D., FACS, FCCP, Major General, USA (retired). Please click here to learn more about Dr. Parker.
The following are the current Members of the External Advisory Board:
John Parker, M.D., FACS, FCCP, Major General, USA(ret) - Chairman
Senior Vice President and Technical Fellow,
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Member from 2002-Present
Please click here to learn more about Dr. Parker.
Michael Becich, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Biomedical Informatics,
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Pathology, Information Sciences, and Telecommunications,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Member from 2003-Present
Please click here to learn more about Dr. Becich.
Richard M. Caprioli, Ph.D. Stanley Cohen Professor of Biochemistry, Director of the Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University
Member from 2002-Present Please click here to learn more about Dr. Caprioli.
Edward B. Leof, Ph.D.
Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Medicine
Associate Director of Basic Sciences
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Member from 2004-Present
Please click here to learn more about Dr. Leof.
LTC G. Larry Maxwell, M.D. Director, Gynecologic Disease Center Walter Reed Army Medical Center Deputy Director, U.S. Military Cancer Institute Professor, Uniformed Services University
Member from 2007-Present Please click here to learn more about Dr. Maxwell.
Caroline Popper, M.D., M.P.H.
Founder and President,
Popper and Company, LLC
Please click here to learn more about Dr. Popper.
Terry Van Dyke, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry & Biophysics
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Director, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program
National Cancer Institute at Frederick
Please click here to learn more about Dr. Van Dyke.
The following are past Members of the External Advisory Board:
William L. Gerald, M.D., Ph.D. Attending Pathologist and Member Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Member from 2004-2007
Robert Chang, Ph.D. Vice President for Research University of South Florida
Member from 2004-2006
Robert Abraham, Ph.D. Deputy Director, The Burnham Institute Director, Program in Signal Transduction The Burnham Institute
Member from 2002-2005
Paul Workman, Ph.D. Centre Director Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics The Institute of Cancer Research Haddow Laboratories, Sutton, UK Member from 2002-2005 Please click here to learn more about Dr. Workman.
Mary Edgerton, M.D., Ph.D Director of Tissue-Clinical Informatics Core Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Member from 2003-2004
M. Ian Phillips, Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics Department of Internal Medicine Vice President for Research University of South Florida
Andy Baxevanis, PhD Bethesda, MD Member from 2002-2004
Please click here to learn more about Dr. Baxevan
Jill Mesirov, PhD Chief Informatics Officer Director, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research
Member from 2002-2003
Mark Ratain, MD Professor, Hematology/Oncology Section Department of Medicine University of Chicago
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