Standing & Ad Hoc Committees

A large part of our success is a direct result of the incredible work of our committees. If you are interested in learning more about our various committees or participating on a committee, please email [email protected].

Executive Committee 

  • Shawn Lupold, Ph.D
  • Christina Jamieson, Ph.D.
  • Will Ricke, Ph.D.
  • Petra Popovics, Ph.D.
  • Zongbing You, Ph.D.
  • Dan Frigo, Ph.D.
  • Jindan Yu, Ph.D.
  • Qianben Wang, Ph.D.
  • Timothy Ratliff, Ph.D.

Awards Committee 

  • Travis Jerde, PhD
  • Veronica Rodriguez-Bravo, PhD
  • Ayesha Shafi, PhD
  • Jindan Yu
  • Maria Hadjifrangiskou

Coffey Innovation Award and Chung Mentorship Award Subcommittee

  • Tim Ratliff, PhD
  • Will Ricke
  • Chung Family Representative

By-Laws Committee 

  • Dan Frigo
  • Yan Dong
  • Kexin Xu
  • Paula Hurley

Fall Meeting Organizing Committee 

  • David DeGraff, PhD
  • Li Xin, PhD
  • Qianben Wang
  • Shawn Lupold, PhD
  • Will Ricke, PhD
  • Xiuping Yu, PhD
  • Nate Brennan, PhD
  • Maria Hadjifrangiskou, PhD
  • Ayesha Shafi, PhD
  • Anotonina Mitrofanova, PhD
  • Douglas Strand

Abstract Review Committee

  • Douglas Strand

Trainee Affairs Committee 

  • Antonina Mitrofanova
  • Aisha Shafi 

Industry Fundraising Committee 

  • Qianben Wang 
  • Jiaoti Huang
  • Hongyan Wang

Finance Committee 

  • Christina Jamieson, PhD
  • Zongbing You, MD, PhD
  • Houjian Cai, PhD
  • Anna Woloszynska
  • Bishoy M Faltas, MD

Media/Website Committee

  • Petra Popovics 
  • Leigh Ellis
  • Beatriz German Falcon 

Membership Committee 

  • Chengfei Liu, MD, PhD 
  • Shafiq Khan, MSc, MPhil, PhD 
  • Qing Zhang, PhD 
  • Asmaa El-Kenawi 
  • Petra Popovics, PhD 

Nominating Committee

  • Will Ricke
  • Jenifer Doll 
  • Douglas Strand 
  • Natasha Kyprianou 
  • Leah Cook 
  • Janielle Maynard 

Spring Meeting Program Committee 

  • Christina Jamieson, PhD 
  • Will Ricke, PhD 
  • Praveen Thumbikat 
  • Jelani Zarif  

AUA Research Council Representatives 

  • Christina Jamieson, Ph.D. 
  • Shawn Lupold, Ph.D 
  • Will Ricke, Ph.D. 

Publications Committee 

  • Natasha Kyprianou, Phd 
  • Isaac Kim, PhD
  • Scott Dehm, PhD
  • Aria Olumi, PhD
  • Amina Zoubeidi, PhD
  • Hansen He, PhD
  • Tanya Stoyanova, PhD
  • Marc Cox, PhD
  • John Sfakianos, PhD
  • Yan Dong, PhD
  • Mehdi Mollapour, PhD
  • Lorelei Mucci, PhD
  • Petros Grivas, PhD
  • Sean X. Li, PhD
  • Timothy McDonnell, PhD
  • Emmanuel Antonarakis, PhD
  • Toby Chai, PhD

OTHER PAST ADHOC COMMITTEES

  • Advocacy Committee
  •  Mission Euroscience Committee
  •  Diversity advocacy Committee
  •  Endowment Fund Committee