2008 - present, Director, Office of New Research Initiatives and Professor-in-residence, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2007, Interim Chief Scientific Officer, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
2005 - 2007, Director, Scientific Activities, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
2004 - 2005, Associate Director, Office of Research Administration and Executive Secretary, National Advisory Council for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
1999 - 2004, Program Director for Stem Cell Research, Scientific Team Leader for Repair and Plasticity Cluster (7/2001 – 6/2003), Division of Extramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
1998 - 2001, Program Director for Spinal Cord Injury, Division of Extramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
1993 - 1998, Associate Professor, Section Head of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA
1986 - 1993, Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA
1995 - 1996, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
1992, 1993, Instructor, Neurobiology Course, Woods Hole Marine Laboratories, MA
1984 - 1986, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
1981 - 1984, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
1976 - 1981, Graduate Student, Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Ph.D.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, M.Sc.
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, B.A., Summa cum laude
2009, Chair of the Midterm Review Panel, NIH Roadmap Program on Nanomedicine
2008 - present, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Regulation and Ethics Board for Stem Cells
2008, New Jersey Spinal Cord Research Commission Advisory panel
2007 - present, The Regeneration Project Scientific Advisory Board
2006 - present, NIH National Stem Cell Bank Advisory Board
2002 - 2005, NIH Stem Cell Task Force
2002 - 2004, Founding Member and Co-chair, Working Group on Cell and Gene Therapies (NINDS, NIH-Center for Biologics Evaluation Research Branch [CBER] and the Food and Drug Administration [FDA])
2002 - 2003, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Biotechnology Board of the Advanced Technology Program
2000 - 2001, Founding Member, Committee to draft and implement a Memorandum of Understanding between NINDS/NIH-CBER/FDA for Working Group on Cell and Gene Therapies
1994 - present, Sumanas, Inc. Multimedia Development Services Board
This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 06/09.
