Oct 08, 2024
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Advisory Committee
Geoffrey Aguirre, MD, PhD (Co-Chair)
Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 2004
Susanne Ahmari, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Translational OCD Laboratory
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
BWF Career Awardee for Medical Scientists – 2013
Chester W. Brown, MD, PhD
St. Jude Chair of Excellence in Genetics
Professor of Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 2000
Kathleen H. Burns, MD, PhD
Professor & Department Chair of Pathology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
BWF Career Awardee for Medical Scientists – 2008
Trevor Burt, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Duke University School of Medicine
Jeanine D'Armiento, MD, PhD
Director of the Center for Molecular Pulmonary Disease in Anesthesiology and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Director, Center for LAM and Rare Lung Disease
Professor of Medicine in Anesthesiology
Columbia University
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 1996
Seth Field, MD, PhD
Investigator, Harrington Discovery Institute
Director, Harrington Discovery Institute Physician-Scientist Programs
Professor of Medicine in Endocrinology
Case Western Reserve University
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences - 2004
Nicola Jones, MD, PhD
Director, Integrated Physician Scientist Training Program
Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Annet Kirabo, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Vanderbilt University
Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD
Professor and W. Paul Bowers Research Chair
Department of Pediatrics and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Emory University
Heather C. Mefford, MD, PhD (Co-Chair)
Full Member of the Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
BWF Career Awardee for Medical Scientists – 2008
Upinder Singh, MD
François M. Abboud Chair & Department Executive Officer
Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 1998
Barry Sleckman, MD, PhD
Director, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Hematology and Oncology
University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical School
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 1996
Maureen Su, MD
Morrison Family Endowed Chair
Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics
Department of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
University of California Los Angeles
Alik Widge, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
University of Minnesota
Additional members may be added to the committee.
Award Timeline
Oct 08, 2024
Application Deadline
Mar 17 - 19, 2025
Finalist virtual interviews
Jun 18, 2025
Notice of Award
Sep 01, 2025
Award Start Date
Aug 31, 2030
Award End Date