ACTS Board of Directors 2021-2022

The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) is pleased to announce its Board of Directors for 2021-2022. The role of the board is to govern, establish policy and make strategic decisions about the future of the organization. 

"The ACTS Board of Directors remain committed to impacting science for the better," said ACTS Executive Director Kim Wiatr. "They'll continue to look for ways to grow the Association's advocacy in funding of clinical and translational research, as well as its diversity and inclusion efforts."

“I am pleased to lead a group of leaders who are representative of the breadth of our profession and the individuals in it,” said ACTS President Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD, MSc. “With the growing interest in clinical and translational science, our goal is to identify and evaluate new and emerging research trends and developments where ACTS can have an impact.”

The new board assumed office after the ACTS Board Meeting on April 30, 2021.

Board of Directors

Officers

Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD, MSc
President
Director, UPR Center, Study and Treatment of Fear and Anxiety
Principal Investigator, Director, Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development Program, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

Christopher John Lindsell, PhD
Past President
Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Methods Program
Associate Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Improvement Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Linda B. Cottler, PhD, MPH, FACE
President-Elect
Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dean’s Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine

Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD
Secretary 
Vice President for Research, Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina

Julian Solway, MD
Treasurer
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Translation Research, The University of Chicago
Director, Institute for Translational Medicine
Dean for Translational Medicine, Biological Sciences Division
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Chair, Committee on Molecular Medicine

Directors at Large

Joyce (Joy) Balls-Berry, PhD, MPE
Associate Professor of Neurology,
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Inaugural Lead for the Health Disparities and Equity Core in the Knight ADRC

Allan Brasier, MD
Jan and Kathryn Ver Hagen Professor in Translational Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Executive Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)

John Buse, MD, PhD
Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor 
Chief, Division of Endocrinology 
Director, Diabetes Center 
Director, NC Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research University of North Carolina School of Medicine 

Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD, FCCP
John Gideon Searle Professor of Clinical and Translational
Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan

Felicity T. Enders, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
Head, Section of Clinical Statistics
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science

Gabrielle Gold-von Simson, MD, MS
Principal Investigator and Program Director, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
NYU Langone Medical Center

Laura James, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Director, Translational Research Institute

Nita Limdi, PharmD, PhD, MSPH, FAHA
Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sean Mooney, PhD, FACMI
Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO), University of Washington Medicine
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics

Elif Oral, MD
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan

Matthew Rizzo, MD, FAAN
Frances and Edgar Reynolds Chair and Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Co-Director, Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance
Director, Neuroscience Services, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Doris M. Rubio, PhD
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research Education and Training, Health Sciences
Director, Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh
Professor of Medicine, of Biomedical Informatics, of Biostatistics, of Nursing, and of Clinical and Translational Science

Scott Steele, PhD
Director, Regulatory Science Programs, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center

Russ Waitman, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Informatics, Department of Health Management and Informatics
Associate Dean for Informatics, MU School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics
Director, Center for Health Insights, UMKC School of Medicine

Early Career Director

Rajpreet Chahal, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, SNAP Lab, Stanford University

Ex-Officio Member

Lars Berglund, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Associate Vice Chancellor, Biomedical Research, Vice Dean for Research, UC Davis School of Medicine