Leadership

Executive Committee

The executive committee is responsible for all high-level decisions of MassCPR and for shaping and updating the consortium’s vision.

  • George Daley, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Dean of Harvard Medical School
    • Chair, MassCPR Executive Committee
    • Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology​​​​​, Harvard Medical School

  • Nadine Fornelos Martins, Ph.D.

    • Executive Director of Research Initiatives for MassCPR, Office of Research Initiatives and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School

  • David Golan, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Dean for Research Initiatives and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School
    • Co-Chair, MassCPR Executive Committee
    • George R. Minot Professor of Medicine, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

  • Jeremy Luban, M.D.

    • Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology, UMass Chan Medical School
    • David J. Freelander Chair in AIDS Research, UMass Chan Medical School

  • Arlene Sharpe, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Kolokotrones University Professor, Head of the Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School
    • Leader, Cancer Immunology Program, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
    • Vice Director, Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

  • Bruce Walker, M.D.

    • Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Director, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
    • Executive Committee Member, Harvard University Center for AIDS Research

Steering Committee

The steering committee functions as a strategic advisory body, helping to shape focus areas, funding solicitations, and priorities.

  • Galit Alter, Ph.D.

    • Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Principal Investigator, Core Member, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard

  • Lindsey Baden, M.D.

    • Elizabeth G. and Gary J. Nabel Family Professor of Medicine, Vice President of Clinical Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    • Director of Infectious Diseases, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  • Dan Barouch, M.D., Ph.D.

    • William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    • Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    • Member, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard

  • Ingrid Bassett, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Co-Director, Harvard University Center for AIDS Research

  • Margaret Bourdeaux, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    • Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Research Director, Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

  • Andrea Carfi, Ph.D.

    • Chief Scientific Officer, Infectious Disease, Moderna

  • Richelle Charles, M.D.

    • Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  • John Connor, Ph.D.

    • Professor, Vice Chair of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL)

  • Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, Ph.D.

    • Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    • Radcliffe Assistant Professor, Harvard Radcliffe Institute

  • Rajesh Gandhi, M.D.

    • Professor of Medicine, Director, HIV Clinical Services and Education, Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Alison Haight

    • Senior Director of Administration, Office for Research Initiatives and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School

  • Bill Hanage, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  • Elizabeth Karlson

    • Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    • Vice President of Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

  • Jacob Lemieux, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Bruce D. Levy, M.D.

    • Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    • Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

  • Jonathan Li, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    • Director, Harvard/Brigham Virology Specialty Laboratory

  • Duncan MacCannell

    • Director, Office of Advanced Molecular Detection (OAMD), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Bronwyn MacInnis, Ph.D.

    • Director of Pathogen Genomic Surveillance, Co-Director of Global Health, Institute Scientist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

  • Larry Madoff

    • Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
    • Medical Director of the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

  • Jonathan Runstadler, D.V.M., Ph.D.

    • Professor, Chair Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University

  • Pardis Sabeti, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    • Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
      Core Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

  • Manish Sagar, MD

    • Professor of Medicine and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine

  • Alex Shalek, PhD

    • J. W. Kieckhefer Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Director, IMES, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Extramural Member, The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT

  • Jennifer Snyder-Cappione, Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine
    • Director, Program in Biomedical Sciences (PiBS) Admissions Committee

  • Kathryn Stephenson, MD, MPH

    • Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Clinical Trials Unit, Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    • Associate Director, Harvard Center for AIDS Research, Development and Mentorship Core

  • Nancy Sullivan, PhD

    • Edward Avedisian Professor and Professor of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
    • Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
    • Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL)

  • Sam Telford III, ScD

    • Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University
    • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

  • David Walt, Ph.D.

    • Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School
    • Professor of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    • Core Faculty, Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard University

  • Griffin Weber, MD, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    • Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

Administration

  • Vera Amezcua

    Senior Grants Manager, Office for Research Initiatives and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School

  • Andrea Chen

    Assistant Director of Operations, Office for Research Initiatives and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School

  • Lorien Hecht

    Assistant Director, Dean’s Office and Special Projects, Harvard Medical School

  • Marlene Johnson

    Program Coordinator, Office for Research Initiatives and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School

  • Alex Man

    Assistant Director of Research Administration and Finance, Office for Research Initiatives and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School

  • Laura Vardon

    Executive Assistant to David Golan, Office for Research Initiatives and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School