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COURSE ORGANIZERS

Cosimo Commisso, PhD
Director and Associate Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology of Cancer Program
NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Sanford Burnham Prebys
La Jolla, CA

Diana Hargreaves, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Richard Heyman and Anne Daigle Endowed Developmental Chair
Salk Institute
La Jolla, CA

Jing Yang, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA


CHAIR, USHA MAHAJANI COMMITTEE

Gerry Boss, MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA


FACULTY

Ovijit Chaudhuri PhD
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, Bioengineering
Stanford University

Megan King, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology
Yale School of Medicine;
Associate Director for Basic Science
Yale Cancer Center

Jan Lammerding, PhD
Professor, Associate Director
Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering
Cornell University

Cynthia Reinhart-King, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Research
University Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell and Developmental Biology
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering
Vanderbilt University

Victoria Sanz-Moreno, PhD
Professor of Cancer Cell Biology & Metastasis Biology
Institute of Cancer Research

Michael Sheetz, PhD
Welch Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Kevin Tharp, PhD
Sanford-Burnham Presby Medical Research Institute

Valerie Marie Weaver, PhD
Professor & Director
Center for Bioengineering & Tissue Regeneration
Department of Surgery
University of California San Francisco

Denis Wirtz, PhD
Vice Provost of Research
Johns Hopkins University