Metabolic Disorders
Steering Committee

The Biomarkers Consortium’s Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity, Metabolic Disorders and Neuroscience Steering Committees are responsible for identifying and moving forward promising pre-competitive biomarkers projects for implementation by the Biomarkers Consortium, as well as overseeing each individual project under its purview. The members of each Steering Committee represent a variety of sectors, including academia, government, industry and not-for-profit/advocacy organizations, and are led by two co-chairs representing two of the following three sectors: academia, government or industry.

Henry Burch, M.D., NIH/NIDDK (Co-Chair)

Roberto Calle, M.D., Regeneron (Co-Chair)

Vandana Sachdev, M.D., NIH/NHLBI (Co-Chair)

Alexandre Akoulitchev, Ph.D., Oxford Biodynamics

Niyana Barron-Avilez, Olink

Nigel Beaton, Ph.D., Biognosys

Jenny Blau, M.D., AstraZeneca

Javed Butler, MD, University of Mississippi

Xiping Cheng, Regeneron

Matt Clancey, LapCorp

Clayton Dehn, ERG

Samuel Engel, M.D., Merck

Klaus Engelke, Ph.D., BioClinica

Mike Espey, PhD, NCI

Josh Fessel, M.D., Ph.D., NCATS

Céline Fournier, Ph.D., Echosens

Gopi Ganji, Ph.D., GlaxoSmithKline

Chris Hartshorn, PhD, NCI

Stephanie Hennek, Ph.D., PathAI

Julie Huang, Alector

Claude Hughes, M.D., Ph.D., IQVIA

Thomas Idorn, M.D., Ph.D., Novo Nordisk

Lyndon Joseph, Ph.D., NIH/NIA

Morten Karsdal, Ph.D., M.Sc., mMBA, Nordic Bioscience A/S

Helina Kassahun, M.D., Amgen

Eunkyung Kauh, Ph.D., Merck

Keith Kaufman, M.D., Merck

Young S. Kim, Ph.D., NIH/NCI

Kathy Landschulz, Ph.D., LabCorp

Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Ph.D., AMRA Medical

Derek McCartney, M.Sc., Biognosys

Mark Messenbaugh, JD, Somalogic

Mike Montalto, Ph.D., PathAI

Andrea Mortera, Empatica

Antonella Napolitano, M.D., Ph.D., GlaxoSmithKline

Mariaelena Occhipinti, MD, Ph.D., Radiomics

Afshin Parsa, M.D., MPH, NIH/NIDDK

Ketan Patel, D. Phil., Clarivate

Aaron Pawlyk, PhD, NCHID

Ale Pocai, Ph.D.,  Janssen

Jelena Polajeva, Ph.D., Clarivate

Josh Porter, Olink

Jeff Reagan, Ph.D., Amgen

James Rickard, M.Pharm, Richmond Research Institute

Matthew Roe, M.D., AstraZeneca

Anthony Samir M.D., MGH

Arun Sanyal, M.D., VCU

Aditi Saxena, Pfizer

Michelle Slimko, M.P.H., R.D., NDC

Gad Soffer, General Metabolics

Pothur Srinivas, Ph.D., NIH/NHLBI

Elizabeth Stafford, Ph.D., FDA/CDRH

Paresh Thakker, Ph.D., Takeda

Melissa Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., Eli Lilly

Moises Torres-Gonzalez, Ph.D., National Dairy Council

Megann Vaughn, M.B.A., LabCorp

David R. Vera, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Tony Wagner, PhD, Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Joel Wommack, Ph.D., SomaLogic