SAC Membership
Scientific Awards Committee
The SAC performs a valuable service for the Miller School of Medicine. It is composed of senior faculty members with a broad range of expertise spanning the basic, translational, and clinical biomedical sciences. SAC members lead productive, well-funded research programs and most have served as reviewers for national funding agencies.
2008-2009 Committee Members
William Scott, Ph.D., Department of Human Genetics (SAC Chair)
Leopoldo Raij, M.D., Division of Nephrology & Hypertension (SAC Vice-Chair)
Sara Czaja, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Gerhard Dahl, Ph.D., Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Rosanna Forteza, M.D., Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Eva Widerstrom-Noga, Ph.D., Department of Neurological Surgery
Merce Jorda, M.D., PhD., Department of Pathology
Khema Sharma, M.D., Department of Neurology
Mathias Lichtenheld, M.D., Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Vinata Lokeshwar, Ph.D., Department of Urology
Alberto Pugliese, M.D., Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Kathryn Roach, Ph. D., P.T., Department of Physical Therapy
Orlando Gomez-Marin, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology & Public Health






