Councils and Committees

Reporting to President Riley - meets quarterly.

Research Advisory Council Organization 

• David Christini (Chair; Senior Vice President for Research)
• Marcus Lambert (co-Vice Chair; representing HRAC)
• William Chirico (co-Vice Chair; representing LRAC)
• Robert Foronjy (Medicine; 07/01/2023 – 06/30/2026)
• Ashley Grosso (Medicine; 07/01/2024-06/30/2027)
• Thomas Wallach (Medicine; 07/01/2024-06/30/2027)
• Roseann Peterson (Medicine; 07/01/2025-07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Andrea Norcini Pala (School of Public Health; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Janice Brissette (Cell Biology; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Carole Morel (Physiology and Pharmacology; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Past Members
  James Knowles (Cell Biology; 10/1/2020 – 2/14/2022)
  Carla Boutin-Foster (Medicine; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2022)
  Tim Bigdeli (Psychiatry; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2022)
  Juan Marcos Alarcon (Pathology; 10/1/2020 – 6/30/2022)
  Jacquelyn Meyers (Psychiatry; 10/1/20 – 06/30/2023)
  Todd Sacktor (Physiology & Pharmacology; 10/1/2020 – 6/30/2023)
  Deborah Gustafson (Neurology; 10/1/2020 –  06/30/2023)
  Tracey Wilson (SPH; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2023)
  Jack DeHovitz (Medicine; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2024)
  Thomas Mackie (School of Public Health; 07/01/2023 – 06/30/2024)
  Aimee Afable (SPH; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)
  Sherene Sharath (Surgery; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)
  Salvador Dura-Bernal (Physiology and Pharmacology; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)
  Itsaso Garcia-Arcos (Medicine; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)

Reporting to Senior Vice President for Research - meets monthly.

• Marcus Lambert (Chair; Associate VP for Human Research)
• Marie-Claire Rosenberg Roberts (College of Nursing; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Ashley Grosso (Medicine; 07/01/2024-06/30/2027)
• Thomas Wallach (Medicine; 07/01/2024-06/30/2027)
• Carla Boutin-Foster (Medicine; 07/01/2024-06/01/2026)
• Jason Vladescu (School of Health Professions; 07/01/2024 – 06/30/2027)
• Roseann Peterson (Medicine; 07/01/2025-07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Ernest Barthelemy (Medicine; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Andrea Norcini Pala (School of Public Health; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Past Members
  Carla Boutin-Foster (Medicine): 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2022
  Tim Bigdeli (Psychiatry): 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2022
  Barbara Kitchener (College of Nursing): 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2022
  Tracey Wilson (School of Public Health; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2023)
  Jenny Libien (Pathology; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2023)
  Richard Coico (Cell Biology): 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2022
  Deborah Gustafson (Neurology; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2024)
  David Kaufman (School of Health Professions; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2024)
  Jack DeHovitz (Medicine; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2024)
  Jason Lazar (Medicine; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2024)
  Thomas Mackie (School of Public Health; 07/01/2023 – 06/30/2024)
  Aimee Afable (School of Public health; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)
  Marie-Claire Rosenberg Roberts (College of Nursing; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)
  Camille Clare (Medicine; 07/01/2023 – 06/30/2026)
  Sherene Sharath (Surgery; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)

Reporting to Senior Vice President for Research - meets monthly.

• William Chirico (Chair; Associate VP for Laboratory Research)
• Sabina Hrabetova; (Cell Biology; 07/01/2024-06/30/2026)(Chair from 10/1/2023 – 06/30/2024)
• Robert Foronjy (Medicine; 07/01/2023 – 06/30/2026)
• Laura Martello-Rooney (Medicine; 07/01/2023 – 06/30/2026)
• Rena Orman (Cell Biology; 07/01/2024-06/30/2027)
• Alexander Ramirez (Physiology and Pharmacology; 07/01/2024-06/30/2027)
• Ivan Hernandez (Pathology; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Janice Brissette (Cell Biology; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Carole Morel (Physiology and Pharmacology; 07/01/2025 – 06/30/2028)
• Past Members
  James Knowles (Cell Biology; 10/1/2020 – 02/14/2022)
  Ellen Hsu (Physiology and Pharmacology; 10/1/2020–06/30/2022)
  Henri Tiedge (Physiology and Pharmacology; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2022)
  Juan Marcos Alarcon (Pathology; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2022)
  Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis (School of Public Health; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2023)
  Jacquelyn Meyers (Psychiatry; 10/01/2020 – 06/30/2023)
  Todd Sacktor (Physiology and Pharmacology; 10/1/2020 – 06/30/2024)
  Peter Bergold (Physiology and Pharmacology; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2024)
  Itsaso Garcia-Arcos (Medicine; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)
  Xian-Cheng Jiang (Cell Biology; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)
  Salvador Dura-Bernal (Physiology and Pharmacology; 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2025)

• Savador Dura-Bernal (Chair; Physiology & Pharmacology)
• Jacquelyn Meyers (Psychiatry)
• Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
• Tim Bigdeli (Psychiatry)
• Scott Bunnell (ad hoc participant; HPC Specialist)
• David Chorlian (ad hoc participant; Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory)
• Ayesha Joshi (ad hoc participant; Director of Research Program Development)
• Marcus Lambert (ad hoc participant; Assoc. VP of Research Strategy and Operations)

Past Members

• James Knowles (Cell Biology)

Link to HPC Webpage

• Steven Levine (Chair; Neurology)
• David Berger (CEO, University Hospital at Downstate)
• Ellen Ginzler (Medicine)
• Jeanette Jakus (Medicine)
• Rauno Joks (Medicine)
• Panagiotis Kougias (Surgery)
• Subodh Saggi (Medicine)
• Jack DeHovitz (Medicine)
• Marcus Lambert (ad hoc participant; Assoc. VP of Research Strategy and Operations)
• Sharon Sealy (ad hoc participant; Deputy Operations Manager, RF)
• Yihenew Abetu (ad hoc participant; Director, Clinical Trials)
• Kevin Nellis (ad hoc participant; Executive Director, IRB)