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ACTS Leadership

The business and affairs of the Association, including but not limited to approval of Association Policies and creation of committee charges, are managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

ACTS is a not-for-profit corporation incorporated in the District of Columbia. The Association is governed by its bylaws, which are reviewed by the Board of Directors on a regular basis. Please click here to view our current bylaws approved March 2020.

Board of Directors
	President Christopher John Lindsell, PhD Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Methods Program Associate Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Improvement Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2525 West End Avenue Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37203
	Past President Fred Meyers, MD MACP Vice Dean, UC Davis School of Medicine Professor of Medicine University of California, Davis 2315 Stockton Blvd Sacramento, CA 95817
	President-Elect Mark Burge, MD Deputy Director, Clinical and Translational Science Center Regents’ and Distinguished Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Internal Medicine/Endocrinology MSC10 5550 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-0001
	Secretary Kathleen Brady, MD PhD Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry Vice President for Research Medical University of South Carolina 96 Jonathan Lucas St. Ste. 601, MSC 617 Charleston, SC 29425
	Treasurer Julian Solway, MD Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Director, Institute for Translational Medicine Dean for Translational Medicine, Biological Sciences Division Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine Chair, Committee on Molecular Medicine The University of Chicago 5801 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637
Directors-at-Large
	Allan Brasier, MD Jan and Kathryn Ver Hagen Professor in Translational Research Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research Executive Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health 750 Highland Ave Madison, WI 53726
	Linda B. Cottler, PhD MPH FACE Associate Dean for Research College of Public Health and Health Professions Dean's Professor and Chair-Department of Epidemiology College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine 2004 Mowry Road, Room 4240 PO Box 100231 Gainesville, FL 32610 352-273-5468
	Vicki Ellingrod, Pharm.D FCCP John Gideon Searle Professor of Clinical and Translational Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine Director, Education and Mentoring Group, MICHR University of Michigan 428 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109
	Gabrielle Gold-von Simson, MD MS Principal Investigator and Program Director Assistant Professor of Pediatrics NYU Langone Medical Center 550 1st Avenue New York, NY 10016
	Laura James, MD Professor of Pediatrics Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Research Director, Translational Research Institute University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205
	Nita Limdi, Pharm.D PhD MSPH FAHA Professor Department of Neurology University of Alabama at Birmingham 1825 University Boulevard, SHEL 172D Birmingham, AL 35294-2182
	Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD MSc Director, UPR Center for the Study and Treatment of Fear and Anxiety Principal Investigator/Director Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development Program University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus PO Box 365067 San Juan, PR 00936
	Donald Allen McClain, MD PhD Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research Director, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Director, Center on Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Director, Center on Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Johnston Professor of Diabetes Research Wake Forest University School of Medicine Department of Medicine Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism 1 Medical Center Blvd, NRC Winston-Salem, NC 27157
	Sean Mooney, PhD FACMI Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO), UW Medicine Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics 850 Republican St Box 358051 Seattle, WA 98109
	Elif Oral, MD Professor of Medicine Endocrinology, Internal Medicine University of Michigan 1600 Huron Parkway Building 400 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800
	Matthew Rizzo, MD FAAN Frances & Edgar Reynolds Chair & Professor- Department of Neurological Sciences Co-Director, Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance Director of Neuroscience Services (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Mental Health, Pain Management) University of Nebraska Medical Center University of Nebraska Medical Center 42nd and Emile St Omaha, NE 68198
	Scott Steele, PhD Director, Regulatory Science Programs Clinical and Translational Science Institute Associate Profressor, Public Health Sciences University of Rochester Medical Center 601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY 14642
	Kathleen R. Stevens, RN MS EdD ANEF FAAN University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Professor, PI of the Improvement Science Research Network 7703 Floyd Curl Drive Mail Code 7949 San Antonio, TX 78229-39
	Russ Waitman, PhD Professor of Internal Medicine Director of Medical Informatics Associate Vice Chancellor for Enterprise Analytics University of Kansas Medical Center University of Kansas Medical Center 3901 Rainbow Blvd Kansas City, KS 66160
Early Career Director
	Rajpreet Chahal, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, SNAP Lab Stanford University Department of Psychology Bldg. 420, Jordan Hall Stanford, CA 94305
Ex-Officio Member
	Lars Berglund, MD PhD UC Davis School of Medicine Associate Vice Chancellor for Biomedical Research Vice Dean for Research University of California, Davis 2315 Stockton Blvd Sacramento, CA 95817

ACTS Leadership

Board of Directors

Directors-at-Large

Early Career Director

Ex-Officio Member