ACTS Board of Directors 2020-2021

The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) is pleased to announce its Board of Directors for 2020-2021. The role of the board is to govern, establish policy and make strategic decisions about the future of the organization.

"ACTS is dedicated to advancing health, and the careers of scholars and mentors," said ACTS Executive Director Kim Wiatr. "This term's group of directors is exceptionally committed to fostering a community that helps members grow their institutions, careers, and clinical and translational research."

"I am pleased to welcome an increasingly diverse group of leaders to the ACTS Board," said ACTS President Christopher J. Lindsell, PhD. "I am confident that this energetic and forward-looking group will provide valuable perspectives as we continue to demonstrate resilience, and a commitment to our vision and mission."

The new board assumed office after the virtual Translational Science meetings that took place April 15-16.

Board of Directors

Christopher John Lindsell, PhD
President
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

Fred Meyers, MD, MACP
Past President 
Vice Dean, UC Davis School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, University of California, Davis

Mark Robert Burge, MD
President-Elect 
Deputy Director, Clinical and Translational Science Center
Regents’ and Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD
Secretary 
Vice President for Research, Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina

Julian Solway, MD
Treasurer
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Translation Research, The University of Chicago
Director, Institute for Translational Medicine
Dean for Translational Medicine, Biological Sciences Division
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Chair, Committee on Molecular Medicine

Directors-at-Large

Allan Braiser, MD
Jan and Kathryn Ver Hagen Professor in Translational Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Executive Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)

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

Vicki Ellingrod, Pharm.D., FCCP
John Gideon Searle Professor of Clinical and Translational
Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy

Gabrielle Gold-von Simson, MD, MS
Principal Investigator and Program Director, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Medical Center

Laura James, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Director, Translational Research Institute

Nita Limdi, Pharm D., PhD, MSPH, FAHA
Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD, MSc
Director, UPR Center, 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

Donald Allen McClain, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Johnston Professor of Diabetes Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Director, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Center on Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Sean Mooney, PhD, FACMI
Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO), UW Medicine
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics

Elif Oral, MD
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan

Matthew Rizzo, MD, FAAN
Frances and Edgar Reynolds Chair and Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Co-Director, Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance
Director, Neuroscience Services, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Scott Steele, PhD
Director, Regulatory Science Programs, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center

Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, MS, EdD, ANEF, FAAN
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Professor, PI of the Improvement Science Research Network

Russ Waitman, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Medical Informatics, Associate Vice Chancellor for Enterprise Analytics, University of Kansas Medical Center

Early Career Director

Rajpreet Chahai, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, SNAP Lab, Stanford University

Ex-Officio Member

Lars Berglund, MD, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor, Biomedical Research, Vice Dean for Research, UC Davis School of Medicine