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