Basic Science Diversity Liaisons
Who are the Basic Science Liaisons? The Basic Science Liaisons are appointed by School of Medicine Basic Science Department Chairs and Interdisciplinary Program (IDP) Directors to serve as representatives that liaise between the Chairs or Directors, members of their specific Department or IDP, and the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, the Office of Graduate Education, and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs in order to promote diversity best practices across the academic pipeline on an ongoing basis.
Appointed Liaisons
Biochemistry
Dan Herschlag
Professor of Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Annelise Barron
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Biomedical Data Science
Julia Palacios
Assistant Professor of Statistics and of Biomedical Data Science
Chemical Systems & Biology
Dan Jarosz
Associate Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology
Developmental Biology
Anne Villeneuve
Professor of Developmental Biology and of Genetics
Alistair Boettiger
Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology
Epidemiology & Population Health
Michelle Odden
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Lisa Goldman Rosas
Assistant Professor (Research) of Epidemiology and Population Health and of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health)
Genetics
Julie Baker
Professor of Genetics
Polly Fordyce
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Genetics
Microbiology & Immunology
David Schneider
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Dan Madison
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Neurobiology
Lisa Giocomo
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Shaul Druckmann
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Structural Biology
Ted Jardetzky
Professor of Structural Biology
Stem Cell
Natalia Gomez-Ospina
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Genetics) and of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation)
Neurosciences
Julia Kaltschmidt
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Vivianne Tawfik
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult Pain)
Cancer Biology
Erin Gibson
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Sleep Medicine)
Edward Graves
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics)
Immunology
Olivia Martinez
Professor of Surgery (Abdominal Transplantation)
Juliana Idoyaga
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Nima Aghaeepour
Assistant Professor (Research) of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, & Pain Medicine
Biophysics (in H&S)
Alex Dunn
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Biology (in H&S)
Ashby Morrison
Associate Professor of Biology
Shripad Tyljaputkur (Tulja)
The Dean and Virginia Morrison Professor of Population Studies
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