NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository Scientific Advisory Committee

Eric D. Austin, MD, MSCI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Director, Vanderbilt Pediatric Pulmonary Hypotension Program
Maria P. Bettinotti, PhD, D(ABHI), FACMG
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Director, Immunogenetics Laboratory
  • Associate Professor of Pathology
Laura Conlin, PhD, FACMG
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Director, Division of Genomic Diagnostics
Sandra J. Engle, PhD
Biogen Inc.
  • Senior Director, Translational Cellular Sciences, Stem Cells & Genomic Engineering
Generosa Grana, MD, FACP
Cooper University Health Care
  • Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper
  • Hematologist/Medical Oncologist
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
  • Professor of Medicine
Madhuri Hegde, PhD, FACMG
Emory University School of Medicine
  • Executive Director, Emory Genetics Laboratory
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Genetics and Department of Pediatrics
PerkinElmer, Inc.
  • Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Global Lab Services
Lisa Kalman, PhD
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Health Scientist, OPHSS/CSELS/DLPSS, Informatics and Data Science Branch
Emanuela Gussoni, PhD                        Harvard School of Medicine
  • Assistant in Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics


    Evan Y. Synder, MD, PhD, FAAP
    Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
    • Director and Professor, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
    • Director, Stem Cell Research Center

    Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine

    • Associate Member, Sanford Children's Health Research Center
    • Scientific Steering Committee

    University of California, San Diego

    • Faculty Physician, Pediatrics
    • Faculty, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

    Jonathon M. Marron, MD, MPH
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital
    • Attending Physician, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
    • Clinical Ethicist
    Harvard Medical School
    • Instructor in Pediatrics
    Scott Williams, PhD
    Case Western Reserve University
    • Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine
    • Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine