CommittEes
ARO holds a Call for Volunteers annually. This call is usually open for 30-days, closing shortly after the MidWinter Meeting. Please visit the conference website during this time to submit your application!
Accessibility & Accommodations Committee
Chair:
Ariel Edward Hight, Ph.D.
Members:
Christopher L. Cunningham, Ph.D.
Julia Jones Huyck, Ph.D.
Marina Kabirova, Ph.D.
Ashley Micuda, B.Sc.
Ramnarayan Ramachandran, Ph.D.
Samantha Stiepan, Au.D., Ph.D.
Xiping Zhan, Ph.D.
spARO Representatives:
Udbhav Singhal, M.S.
Stephanie Younan, B.S., M.P.H.
Council Liaison: Lisa Cunningham, Ph.D.
Awards Committee
Co-Chairs:
Elisabeth B Glowatzki, Prof. Dr.
Maria Eulalia Rubio-Valero, M.D., Ph.D.
Members:
Victoria Bajo, M.D., Ph.D.
Jianxin Bao, Ph.D., Prof.
Wei Dong, Ph.D.
Hainan Lang, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. med
Lina Reiss, Ph.D.
Joel Snyder, Ph.D.
NIcola Strenzke, Prof. Dr.
Daniel Sun, M.D.
Council Liaison: Alain Dabdoub, Ph.D.
Clinician Scientist Committee
Co-Chairs:
Iram Ahmad, M.D.
Samira Anderson, Au.D., Ph.D.
Aaron Remenschneider, M.D.
Members:
Michael Hoa, M.D.
Judith Kempfle, M.D.
Grace Kim, M.D.
Peter L Santa Maria, M.D., Ph.D.
Zahra N. Sayyid, M.D., Ph.D.
Myung-Whan Suh, M.D.
spARO Representatives:
Megan Arnold, B.S.
Ricio Diaz Horstmann, M.D.
Council Liaison: Ronna Hertzano, M.D., Ph.D.
Communications Committee
Chair:
Michael Bowl, D.Phil.
Members:
Kelsey L. Anbuhl, B.S., Ph.D.
Francisco Barros-Becker, Ph.D.
James William Dias, Ph.D.
Nicolas Grillet, Ph.D.
Hainan Lang, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. med
Sujata Pandey, M.Sc.
Ruben Stepanyan, Ph.D.
Barbara Vona, Ph.D.
Dietmar M. Wohlbauer, Ph.D.
Marisa L. Zallocchi, Ph.D.
spARO Representatives:
Shagun Ajmera, M.Sc.
Alyssa Price, B.A.
Council Liaison: Michael Bowl, D. Phil.
Development, Mentorship, and Advancement Committee Co-Chairs:
Avril Genene Holt, Ph.D.
Melissa McGovern, Ph.D.
Members:
Reza Amanipour, Ph.D.
Angela Ballesteros, Ph.D.
Timothy Balmer, Ph.D.
Agudemu Borjigin, Ph.D., M.S., B.S.
Yuan He, Ph.D.
Luberson Joseph, Ph.D.
Carolyn M McClaskey, Ph.D.
Tenzin Ngodup, Ph.D.
Jarnail Singh, Ph.D.
spARO Representatives:
Emily Stover-Fabrizio, Ph.D., B.A.
Matheus Macedo-Lima, Ph.D.
Council Liaison: Lavina Sheets, Ph.D.
Education Committee Chair:
Jarnail Singh, Ph.D.
Members:
Pankaj Bhatia, Ph.D.
Jason Brant, M.D.
Andreas H. Eckhard, M.D.
Sumana Ghosh, Ph.D.
Robert Liu, M.D.
Steve Lomber, Ph.D.
Takushi Miyoshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Peter L Santa Maria, M.D., Ph.D.
Tong Shan, Ph.D.
Cathy Sung, Ph.D.
Kirupa Suthakar, Ph.D.
Ruili Xie, Ph.D.
spARO Representatives:
Bryca Hambach, B.S.
Meichan Zhu, Ph.D., M.D.
Council Liaison: Sunil Puria, Ph.D.
Finance & Investment Committee
Chair
Meghan C Drummond, Ph.D.
Members:
Warren Bakay, Ph.D.
Inna Belyantseva, M.D., Ph.D.
Kevin TA Booth, Ph.D.
Alice L Burghard, Ph.D.
Mathias Dietz, Prof. Dr.
Jane Mondul, Au.D., Ph.D.
Council Liaison: Amanda Lauer, Ph.D.
Long- Range Planning Committee
Chair
Matthew W Kelley, Ph.D.
Members:
Aynur Aliyeva, M.D.
Janet Cyr, Ph.D.
Elika Fallah, Ph.D.
Björn Herrmann, Ph.D.
Larry Hoffman, Ph.D.
Emma Holmes, PhD
Nicole T. Jiam, M.D.
Patrick Kanold, Ph.D.
Malinda Jeanette McPherson-McNato, Ph.D.
Hideko Nakajima, M.D., Ph.D.
Brandon Paul, Ph.D.
David Raible, Ph.D.
Edwin W Rubel, Ph.D.
Su-Hua Sha, M.D.
Jonathan Siegel, Ph.D.
Haruna Suzuki-Kerr, Ph.D.
Ross S Williamson, Ph.D.
spARO Representatives:
Ayden Chavez, B.S., Ph.D.
Council Liaison: Avril Genene Holt, Ph.D.
Membership Committee
Co-Chairs
Maria Chait, B.Sc., Ph.D., Prof., Prof. Dr.
Stephen V David, Ph.D.
Members:
Amel Bahloul, Ph.D.
Steven Eliades, M.D., Ph.D.
Samson Jamesdaniel, Ph.D.
Hiroyuki Kato, Ph.D.
Jennifer Krizman, Ph.D.
Marisa L. Zallocchi, Ph.D.
Jing Zheng, Ph.D.
spARO Representatives:
Rose Rizzi, B.S.
Council Liaison: Konstantina Stankovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Committee
Chair
Sonja Pyott, Ph.D.
Outgoing Chair:
Jeffrey Holt, Ph.D.
Incoming Program Chair:
Steven Eliades, M.D., Ph.D.
Members:
Victoria Bajo, M.D., Ph.D.
Karen Banai, Ph.D.
Thomas Bell, Ph.D.
Inyong Choi, Ph.D.
Michael Deans, Ph.D.
Angelika Doetzlhofer, Ph.D.
Aziz El-Amraoui, Ph.D.
Katharine Fernandez, Ph.D., Au.D.
Shuman He, M.D., Ph.D.
Artur Indzhykulian, M.D., Ph.D.
Tejbeer Kaur, Ph.D.
Judith Kempfle, M.D.
Zsuzsanna Kocsis, Ph.D.
Jennifer Krizman, Ph.D.
Srikanta Mishra, Ph.D.
Hamid Motallebzadeh, Ph.D.
Jong-Hoon Nam, Ph.D.
Dhasakumar Navaratnam, M.D., Ph.D.
Suhrud Rajguru, Ph.D.
Claus-Peter Richter, Prof. Dr.
Regie Lyn Santos-Cortez, M.D., Ph.D.
Lavinia Sheets, Ph.D.
Daniel Sun, M.D.
Catherine Weisz, Ph.D.
Ruili Xie, Ph.D.
Zilong Xie, Ph.D.
spARO Representative:
Calvin Kersbergen, M.D., Ph.D.
Jessica MacLean, Others
Council Liaison: Sonja Pyott, Ph.D.
spARO Steering Committee
Chair
Shelby Ashton Payne, B.A.
Members:
Shagun Ajmera, M.Sc.
Megan Arnold, P.S.
Ayden Chavez, B.S., Ph.D.
Kevin Chen, B.A.
Samantha Davis, Au.D.
Audrey Drotos, Ph.D.
Rico Diaz Horstmann, M.D.
Emily Fabrizio-Stover, Ph.D., B.A.
Leslie Gonzales, B.A., M.S.
Nilay Gupta, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Bryce Hambach, B.S.
Calvin Kersbergen, B.S.
Matheus Macedo-Lima, Ph.D.
Paul Emmerich Krumpoeck, M.D.
Jessica MacLean, Others
Hiroaki Mohri, Ph.D., M.D.
Alyssa Price, B.A.
Elaea Purmalietis, B.S.
Rose Rizzi, B.S.
Ilkem Sevgili, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc.
Udbhav Singhal, M.S.
Matsya Ruppari Thulasiram, B.Sc.
Stephanie Younan, B.S., M.P.H.
Meichan Zhu, Ph.D., M.D.
Travel Awards Committee
Chair
Kevin TA Booth, Ph.D.
Members:
Vibhuti Agrahari, Ph.D.
George William S Burwood, Ph.D.
James Dewey, Ph.D.
Subong Kim, Ph.D.
Choongheon Lee, Ph.D.
Julien Meaud, Ph.D.
Rahul Mittal, Ph.D.
Isabelle Schrauwen, Ph.D.
Marina Silveira, Ph.D.
Yang-Soo Yoon, Ph.D.
Hong-Bo Zhao, Ph.D., M.D.
spARO Representatives:
Kevin Chen, B.A.
Nilay Gupta, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Council Liaison: Katharine Fernandez, Ph.D., Au.D.