DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

FY24 Ad Hoc Programmatic Reviewers

Zeeshan Ahmed, Ph.D.
Rutgers University

Edward Ahn, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

Jeffrey Allen, M.D.
University of Minnesota

Megan Ballinger, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University

J. Andrew Berglund, Ph.D.
University at Albany State University of New York

Melinda Beyer (Consumer Advocate)
Adult Congenital Heart Association

Ganna Bilousova, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

COL Jamie Blow, Ph.D., U.S. Army, Retired
Scientific Matter Expert

Marco Bortolato, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Utah

Elisa Boscolo, Ph.D.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Samuel Brown, M.D., M.S.
University of Utah

Andrew Bryant, M.D.
University of Florida

James Carson, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University

Anne Chiaramello, Ph.D.
George Washington University

Albert Chiou, M.D., M.B.A.
Stanford Medicine

Stella Chou, M.D.
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Lindsay Colbert, M.A. (Consumer Advocate)
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy

Anis Contractor, Ph.D.
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Neera Dahl, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic

Mahendra Damarla, M.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Sharon Dekel, Ph.D., M.S., M. Phil.
Harvard Medicine

Denis DiAngelo, Ph.D.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

George Dodge, Ph.D.
Mechano Therapeutics, LLC

Samuel Frank, M.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Lindsey Garver Baldwin, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity

Berenice Gitomer, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Teri Greiling, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University

Peter Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University

Kurt Hankenson, D.V.M., Ph.D.
University of Michigan

Janet Hieshetter (Consumer Advocate)
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

Charis Hill (Consumer Advocate)
Disability Advocate

Christopher Hlubb, M.S.
Agrilogics Group

Johnny Huard, Ph.D.
Center for Regenerative Medicine at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute

Lauren Jantzie, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Min-Jong Kang, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Yale University

Julie Kanter, M.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mary Kimmel, M.D.
Washington University in St. Louis

Dimitris Kiosses, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine

Robert Lafyatis, M.D.
Boston University

Huynh-Nhu (Mimi) Le, Ph.D.
George Washington University

Nomi Levy-Carrick, M.D., M.Phil.
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Rui-Ming Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Wendy Lo (Consumer Advocate)
Hepatitis B Foundation

Michael Lowe, Ph.D.
Drexel University

Eduardo Marban, M.D., Ph.D.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Christine Marx, M.D.
Duke University

Babak Mehrara, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Samir Mehta, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Medicine

Kelly Mills, M.D., M.H.S.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Karen Mitchell, Ph.D.
Department of Veterans Affairs

Joseph Murray, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

Prashant Nighot, M.V.Sc., Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University

Naris Nilubol, M.D., F.A.C.S.
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

Regis O'Keefe, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis

Chiadi Onyike, M.B.B.S., M.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Timothy Padera, Ph.D.
Harvard University

Nuria Pastor-Soler, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Southern California

Sarita Patil, M.D.
Harvard University

Daniel Rhon, D.P.T, D.Sc., Ph.D.
Uniformed Services University

Ricardo Roda, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

James Rose (Consumer Advocate)
National Eating Disorders Association

Eileen Rubin, J.D. (Consumer Advocate)
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Foundation

Georgiana Sanders, M.D., M.A.
University of Michigan Health

Richard Skolasky, Sc.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

MAJ Carl Smith, Ph.D.
Combat Casualty Care Research Program, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Elisabetta Soragni, Ph.D. (Consumer Advocate)
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance

Richard Sperry (Consumer Advocate)
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)/Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Foundation International

Kimberley Steele, M.D., Ph.D. (Consumer Advocate)
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health

Virginia Steen, M.D.
Georgetown University

Robyn Sysko, Ph.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Frederick Toledo, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Matthias Truttmann, Ph.D.
University of Michigan

Mieke van der Heijden, Ph.D.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

COL Marina Vernalis, D.O., U.S. Army, Retired
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

Capt. Matthew Weiner, Ph.D.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Kathleen Woulfe, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Mark Wurfel, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington Medicine

Katrina Yazdanbakhsh, Ph.D.
New York Blood Center

Qiqi Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Teresa Zimmers, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University

Last updated Tuesday, January 14, 2025