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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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.
Michael Deans, Ph.D.
Angelika Doetzlhofer, Ph.D.
Aziz El-Amraoui, Ph.D.
Katharine Fernandez, Ph.D., Au.D.
Artur Indzhykulian, M.D., Ph.D.
Tejbeer Kaur, Ph.D.
Zsuzsanna Kocsis, Ph.D.
Jennifer Krizman, Ph.D.
Dhasakumar Navaratnam, M.D., Ph.D.
Suhrud Rajguru, Ph.D.
Claus-Peter Richter, Prof. Dr.
Soroush G. Sadeghi, Ph.D.
Regie Lyn Santos-Cortez, M.D., Ph.D.
Lavinia Sheets, Ph.D.
Daniel Sun, M.D.
Ruili Xie, Ph.D.
spARO Representative:
Council Liaison: Sonja Pyott, Ph.D.
spARO Steering Committee
Chair
Shelby Payne, B.A.
Members:
Pankaj Bhatia, Ph.D.
Ely Cheikh Boussaty, Ph.D.
Audrey Claire Drotos, Ph.D.
Emily Fabrizio-Stover, Ph.D., B.A.
Elika Fallah, Ph.D.
Afagh Farhadi, Ph.D.
Shakila Mahmuda Fatima, M.Sc.
Esther Fousert, M.Sc.
Leslie Gonzales, B.A., M.S.
Aravind Chenrayan Govindaraju, M.S., Ph.D.
Bryce Hubert Hambach, B.S.
Yuan He, Ph.D.
Austin Huang, B.A. Estelle in t Zandt, B.S.
Estelle in t Zandt, B.S.
Luberson Joseph, Ph.D.
Charanjeet Kaur, Ph.D.
Calvin Kersbergen, B.S.
Paul Emmerich Krumpoeck, M.D.
Ansley Kunnath, B.A.
Jessica MacLean
Richard Mariadasse, Ph.D.
Malvina S. Millet, M.S.
Farideh Moeinvaziri, Ph.D.
Sree Varshini Murali, M.Sc.
Mahesh Kumar Nayak, M.Sc.
Jacqueline Michelle Ogier, Ph.D., B.Sc.
George Ordiway, Ph.D., B.S.
Sujata Pandey, M.Sc.
Shelby Ashton Payne, B.A.
Rose Rizzi, B.S.
Daniel Romano, M.D.
Thore Schade-Mann, M.D.
Ilkem Sevgili, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc.
Rania Abdulfattah Sharaf, M.S.
Matsya Ruppari Thulasiram, B.Sc.
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:
Council Liaison: Katharine Fernandez, Ph.D., Au.D.