Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D., Chairman

Dr. Lederberg is President-Emeritus and Sackler Foundation Scholar at The Rockefeller University, New York. His life long research, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1958, has been in genetic structure and function in microorganisms. Among his many honors, he is a member of the National Academies of Science, and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1989. He has long had a keen interest in international health, and is actively engaged in the building of international collaboration and collective defenses against emerging infections of global impact.

Barry R. Bloom, Ph.D.

Dr. Bloom is Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a member the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and has served as an advisor on biomedical research and public health to many governmental and international organizations.

Eric R. Kandel, M.D.

Dr. Kandel is University Professor at Columbia and a Senior Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research has been concerned with the molecular mechanisms of memory storage, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 2000. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences as well as the National Science Academies of Germany and France. He has also been recognized with the Albert Lasker Award, the Wolf Prize of Israel and the National Medal of Science.

Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D.

Dr. Levine is a leading authority on the molecular basis of cancer and co-discoverer of the p53 tumor suppressor protein, one of the body's most important defenses against many forms of cancer. He is currently a visiting professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and past-President of Rockefeller University. Dr. Levine is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and recently received the first Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.

George M. Martin, M.D.

Dr. Martin is Professor of Pathology and Adjunct Professor of Genetics at the University of Washington. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, and has served as president of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Federation for Aging Research. His research is concerned with the development of genetic approaches to the study of aging and age-related diseases in mammals.

Gerald Weissmann, M.D.

Dr. Weissmann is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Biotechnology Study Center at the New York University School of Medicine. His research interests are primarily in the areas of pathogenesis of inflammation and mechanism of action of anti-rheumatic drugs. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the New York Academy of Medicine, and was recently named one of 50 research heroes by the Arthritis Foundation.