Leadership

Principal Investigator:
Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A.
Vice Chancellor for Human Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine 

Co-Principal Investigator:
Ann Bonham, Ph.D.
Executive Associate Dean of Research and Education, School of Medicine

Program Directors:
Ellen Gold, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the Division of Epidemology, Department of Public Health

Nancy Lane, M.D.
Director of the Center for Aging; Co-Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicin; and Professor of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology

External Advisory Board:
Susan Johnson, M.D.
(chair) Associate Provost for Faculty, University of Iowa

Kirsten Bibbens-Domingo, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

Bess Dawson-Hughes, M.D.
Director, Metabolic Bone Disease Clinic, and Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

Gail Greendale, M.D.
Associate Director and Physician, Iris Cantor - UCLA Women's Health Center; and Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Los Angeles

Phyllis Wise, Ph.D.
Provost, University of Washington

Internal Advisory Board:
Ann Bonham, Ph.D.
(chair) Executive Associate Dean of Research and Education, School of Medicine

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Reduction in Health Disparities, and Professor of Internal Medicine

Cameron Carter, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology

Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, M.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Jesse Joad, M.D.
Assistant Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity, School of Medicine

Jill Joseph, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Health Services and Clinical Research and Professor of Pediatrics

Richard Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Director, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, and Professor of Medicine

Lloyd Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Judith Stern, Sc.D.
Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Internal Medicine

Alice Tarantal, Ph.D.
Unit Leader, Reproductive Sciences, California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC); Director, Center for Fetal Monkey Gene Transfer for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases; Professor of Pediatrics and CNPRC; Professor of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

Internal Recruitment/Selection Committee:
Ann Bonham, Ph.D.
(chair) Executive Associate Dean of Research and Education, School of Medicine

Jesse Joad, M.D.
Assistant Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity, School of Medicine

Patrick Romano, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Richard Sweet, M.D.
Director, Women's Center for Health, and Professor and Vice-Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Area Leaders:

• Neuroscience  David Pleasure, M.D.
  Director of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, and Professor of Neurology
• Cardiovascular  Anne Knowlton, M.D.
  Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and of Pharmacology
• Metabolism and Nutrition  Ray Rodriguez, Ph.D.
  Director of the Center of Excellence in Nutritional Genomics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Lifespan  Judy Turgeon, Ph.D.
  Professor of Internal Medicine