AGRE STEERING COMMITTEE

The Autism Speaks AGRE Steering Committee for the AGRE project is made up of active leaders in the scientific community, representing fields which are highly relevant to autism research such as neurodevelopmental biology, neurology, neuroimaging, learning and cognition, immunology, genetics, biochemistry, and pharmacology. They have all made outstanding contributions in their own fields and we are proud to have them on our Steering Committee.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

John N. Constantino, M.D., Chair
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine
http://www.psychiatry.wustl.edu/c/Faculty/FacultyDetails.aspx?ID=278

Dan Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Scientific Advisor
Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
Director of Neurogenetics Program
Director, Center for Autism Research
UCLA School of Medicine
http://geschwindlab.neurology.ucla.edu/

W. Ted Brown, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.M.G.
Chairman, Department of Human Genetics
Director, Jervis Clinic
N.Y.S. Institute for Basic Research in
Developmental Disabilities
http://www3.opwdd.ny.gov/ibr/ibr_dept_humangenetics.jsp

Maja Bucan, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior,
Department of Psychiatry,
University of Pennsylvania
http://www.med.upenn.edu/ins/faculty/bucan.htm

Rita M. Cantor, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Genetics
UCLA School of Medicine
http://portal.ctrl.ucla.edu/npi/institution/personnel?personnel_id=45510

Curtis K. Deutsch, Ph.D.
McLean Hospital, Dept. of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Director, Craniofacial Research Program
Kennedy Shriver Center
http://profiles.umassmed.edu/profiles/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=529

T. Conrad Gilliam, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Human Genetics
University of Chicago
http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/faculty/gilliam-conrad.html

Joachim Hallmayer, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University
http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joachim_Hallmayer/

Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric Neurologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
http://www.marthaherbert.org/

David H.Ledbetter, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Chief Scientific Officer
Geisinger Health System
http://www.geisinger.org/about/leadership.html

Stanley F. Nelson, M.D.
Professor of Human Genetics
UCLA School of Medicine
http://people.healthsciences.ucla.edu/research/institution/personnel?personnel_id=45469

Carole Samango-Sprouse, Ed. D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
George Washington University
http://www.ndcforyoungchildren.com/staff.asp

Gerard D. Schellenberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8214136

Jonathan Shestack
Co-Founder
Cure Autism Now Foundation & AGRE
http://www.cirm.ca.gov/Board_Jonathan_Shestack

Sarah J. Spence, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurologist
Department of Neurology
Children’s Hospital Boston
Harvard Medical School
http://www.sagepub.com/editorDetails.nav?contribId=662355

Matthew State, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genetics
Co-Director, Neurogenetics
Yale University School of Medicine
http://childstudycenter.yale.edu/faculty_people/matthew_state.profile

Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience),
Harvard Medical School
Director, Genetics and Aging Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/neuroscience/fac/tanzi.php