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CTSA Advisory Boards

The Spectrum CTSA's Advisory Boards support leadership by critically evaluating program strengths and weaknesses, assessing milestone-based progress, and recommending optimal courses of action to constantly improve responsiveness and productivity through insightful strategic direction.

External Advisory Board

Arleen Brown, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Clinical and Translational Science Institute Co-Director
Leader, Community Engagement and Research Program
UCLA

Lori Carter-Edwards, PhD, MPH
Professor, Health Systems Science
Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Government Affairs
Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine

Patrice Chamberlain
(From the Community Advisory Board)

Barry Coller, MD
Physician-in-Chief
Vice Chancellor of Translational Medicine
Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Institute
The Rockefeller University

Stephen Fortmann, MD
Distinguished Investigator, Senior Director, Science Programs
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Deborah Goebert, DrPH
Professor & Associate Chair of Research
University of Hawai‘i

Mike Gonzalez
(From the Community Advisory Board)

Aida Habtezion, MD, MSc, FRCPC, AGAF
Chief Medical Officer and Head of Worldwide Medical & Safety
Pfizer, Inc.

Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI
Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor
Director of Precision Health & Translational Informatics
Deputy Director of Computational Science – NC TraCS
University of North Carolina

Lawrence Horowitz, MD
Selby Lane Enterprises

Karen Kesler, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
RTI International

Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD, MPH, FACE
Professor, Pediatrics
Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science & Training
University of Cincinnati

Kacie Patton
(From the Community Advisory Board)

Joan Marie Venticinque
Community Member and Patient Advocate
Stanford Cancer Center Scientific Review Committee

 

Internal Advisory Board 

Alyce Adams, PhD, MPP
Stanford Medicine Innovation Professor and Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health,
of Health Policy and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Steve Artandi, MD, PhD
Laurie Kraus Lacob Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) and
Jerome and Daisy Low Gilbert Professor and Professor of Biochemistry

Melissa Bondy, PhD
Stanford Medicine Discovery Professor, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

Emily Fox, PhD
Professor of Statistics and of Computer Science

Chaitan Khosla, PhD
Wells H. Rauser and Harold M. Petiprin Professor and Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Biochemistry

Mary Leonard, MD
Arline and Pete Harman Professor, Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology), of Medicine (Nephrology) and,
by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

Bonnie Maldonado, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity, Taube Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases,
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology and Population Health

Douglas Owens, MD, MS
Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor,
and, by courtesy, of Management Science and Engineering

Laura Roberts, MD
Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor
Department Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Joyce Sackey, MD
Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Stanford Medicine 
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

Hannah Valantine, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)

Leanne Williams, PhD
Vincent V.C. Woo Professor and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
(Major Laboratories and Clinical Translational Neurosciences Incubator)
Director of the Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness

Michelle Y. Williams, PhD, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

Vivian Levy
Chief of Infectious Diseases at San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Affiliated, Medicine - Med/Infectious Diseases

 

Community Advisory Board