Standing Committee members volunteer within the organization by joining the Awards Committee, Coalition for Clinical and Translational Science Committee, Education, Training and Career Development Committee, Finance Committee, Nominating Committee, Program Committee for Translational Science, and Publications Committee.
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Advocacy Committee
Promotes clinical research and translational science to individuals and groups outside the organization that influence policy or funding impacting the profession, other organizations who share common interests, and individuals and groups that may directly benefit from ACTS' actions.
- Robert P. Kimberly, MD (Chair)
- Coalition for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Subcommittee. This subcommittee consists of members of ACTS and CR Forum.
CCTS Executive Subcommittee:
- Christopher John Lindsell, PhD (Co-Chair)
- Harry Selker, MD (Co-Chair)
- Rebecca Jackson, MD
- Harry B. Greenberg, MD
- Herbert Padres, MD
- Emma Meagher, MD
- Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD, MSc
- Harry Shamoon, MD
- Daniel Ernest Ford, MD, MPH
Awards Committee
Serves as an advisory committee to the Board of Directors on matters pertaining to ACTS Awards presented at the Translational Science annual meeting.
- Donald McClain, MD, PhD (Chair)
- Elba Caraballo, MA, MSW, PhD
- Gayathri Devi, PhD
- Gabrielle Gold-von Simson, MD
- Sean Mooney, PhD
- Maureen Murtaugh, PhD
- Allan Brasier, MD
- Brian Smith, MD
Education, Training and Career Development Committee
Focuses on fostering educational research, improving training for translational research careers, sharing methods for effective evaluation of education programs, facilitating the development and implementation of effective mentoring programs, and coordinating with organizations external to ACTS in areas where there are shared interests.
- Cecilia Patino-Sutton, MD, MeD, PhD (Chair)
- Martina Clarke, PhD
- Janice Gabrilove, MD
- Gaetano Lotrecchiano, EdD, PhD
- Maureen Murtaugh, PhD
- Marie Norman, PhD
- Adrian Preda, MD
- Helen Yin, PhD
- Vicki Ellingrod, Pharm.D., FCCP (Board Liaison)
Finance Committee
Evaluates the financial status of ACTS and provides recommendations to the Association’s Board of Directors on financial matters.
- Julian Solway, MD (Chair)
- Christopher John Lindsell, PhD
- Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD, MSc
Nominating Committee
Manages the nominations process for the selection of the Association's Board of Directors.
- Frederick J. Meyers, MD, MACP (Chair)
- Rebecca Jackson, MD
- Philip Kern, MD
- Cynthia D. Morris, PhD, MPH
- Doris Rubio, PhD
Translational Science Program Committee
Consists of members from ACTS, CR Forum, AAMC and AFMR that aims to create a diverse education program for the annual meeting.
- Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH (Chair)
Committee Members:
- Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD
- Joyce Balls-Berry, PhD, MPE
- Lauren Balmert, PhD
- Mark Bolding, PhD
- Megan Bronson, MPH
- Rajpreet Chahal, PhD
- Linda Cottler, PhD, MPH
- Colleen Crouch, PhD
- Geoff Curran, PhD
- Anne Curtis, MD
- Peter Elkin, MD
- Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD, FCCP
- Jungwei Fan, PhD, MS
- Elaine Fisher, PhD, RN, CNE
- Christopher Frei, PharmD
- Emmanuel Gabriel, MD, PhD
- Cheryl Gatto, PhD, PMP
- Laura Hanson, MS, PMP
- Bridget Hawryluk, MFA
- Michael Holinstat, PhD
- Amy Kilbourne, PhD, MPH
- Aaron Leppin, PhD
- Michael Liebman, PhD
- Jane Mahoney, MD
- Karen Martinez, MD, MSc
- Donald McClain, MD, PhD
- Wayne T. McCormack, PhD
- Andrea Murray, MPH
- Elif Oral, MD
- Gina-Maria Pomann, PhD
- Zach Rivers, PharmD
- Kathryn Sandberg, PhD
- Souvik Sarkar, MBBS, PhD
- Charity Sauder, MS
- Liane Schneller, PhD, MS
- Nathan Shippee, PhD
- Heidi Spratt, PhD, MS
- Kari Stephens, PhD
- Jason Umans, MD, PhD
- Boris Volkov, PhD, MA
- Marina Walther-António, PhD, MS
- Karen Weavers, MEd
- Leah Welty, PhD
- Cherry Wongtrakool, MD
Publications Committee
Improves the quality and content of the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (JCTS), published through Cambridge University Press.
- Barry Coller, MD (Chair)
- Lars Berglund, MD, PhD (Editor in Chief)
- Emma Meagher, MD
- Olufunmilola Abraham, PhD, MS, BPharm
- Maya Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS
- Rowena Dolor, MD, MHS
- Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD, MPH