Board and Leaders
Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory UniversityExecutive Director, Woodruff Health Sciences Center
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Laura Magaña, PhD
President & CEO, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
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John Reed, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President, Innovative Medicine, R&D, Johnson and Johnson
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Céline Gounder, MD, ScM
CBS News Medical ContributorEditor-at-Large for Public Health at KFF Health News, KFF
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Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH
President and CEO, Foundation for the National Institutes of HealthDirector, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002-2009
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Karen Knudsen, MBA, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)
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Deborah Deas, MD, MPH
Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, University of California, Riverside
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Keith Yamamoto, PhD
Professor Emeritus; Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy; Director, UCSF Precision Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Sheila Murphy is Research!America’s Vice President of Advocacy Programs and Initiatives. Sheila comes to Research!America following a 25-year career as chief legislative and policy adviser to Senators Kerrey (D-NE), Nelson […]
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Anne Mandeville is Vice President of Development and Membership. An accomplished fundraising professional, Anne previously worked at The Children’s Inn at NIH where she led corporate, foundation and special events […]
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Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Engagement Jenny is the Senior Vice President for Strategy and Public Engagement at Research!America. She leads the communications team and several grant-funded programs […]
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Ellie Dehoney is the Senior Vice President of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy alliance, Research!America. Previously, she served as legislative director for Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and as health legislative […]
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Michael Coburn is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Throughout his more than 30 years serving the nonprofit sector, his focus on optimizing organizational performance through strong governance, sound […]
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Mary Pittman, DrPH
President and Chief Executive Officer Emerita, Public Health Institute
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Ayman El-Mohandes, MBBCh, MD, MPH, FAAP
Dean, City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
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Cynthia Zagieboylo
Cyndi Zagieboylo is the former president and CEO of the National MS Society. Starting her career with the Society in 1985, she considers the mission to be her life’s work: […]
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Hon. Donna E. Shalala, PhD
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001U.S. Representative, 2019-2021
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Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD
Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD, is an R&D Industry Leader. She most recently served as President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). A common thread throughout McMurry-Heath’s career has […]
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Jessica L. Mega, MD, MPH
Cardiologist, Stanford Health Care, Stanford University Co-Founder, Verily, an Alphabet Company
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Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD
Chief Executive Officer, American Psychological Association
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Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD
A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor, Duke University Medical Center
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Mikael Dolsten, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer and President of Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Pfizer Inc
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Deborah Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN
President & Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
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Georges C. Benjamin, MD
Executive Director, American Public Health Association
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Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, MPA
Director and Robert J. Margolis, MD, Professor of Business, Medicine and Policy, Margolis Institute for Health Policy at Duke University;Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2004-2006; Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, 2002-2004
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Herbert Pardes, MD
Executive Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Sudip S. Parikh, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Executive Publisher, Science Family of Journals
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E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
Dean Emeritus and Former University Executive Vice President; Endowed Professor and Director, Center for Advanced Research Training and Innovation (CARTI); Senior Scientist, Center for Birth Defects Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Elias A. Zerhouni, MD
Professor Emeritus Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Director, National Institutes of Health, 2002-2008
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M. Roy Wilson, MD
President Emeritus, Wayne State University; Chancellor Emeritus, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center; Distinguished Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine
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