| Committee Rosters: Biological Sciences Scholars Program (BSSP) Search Committee |
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The Biological Sciences Scholars Program Search Committee’s mission is to facilitate the recruitment of highly competitive junior faculty scholars in key areas of biomedical investigation across multiple departments and schools at the University of Michigan and to develop a new generation of leaders in biomedical research. This Committee reviews applications and interviews candidates while coordinating with recruiting departments to select a yearly class of Biological Sciences Scholars.
Chair:
- Eric R. Fearon, M.D., Ph.D., Emanual N. Maisel Professor of Oncology; Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology, and Human Genetics
Vice Chairs:
- Victor J. DiRita, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Medical School; Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine
- Janet L. Smith, Ph.D., Martha L. Ludwig Professor of Protein Structure & Function; Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry; Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Members:
- Huda Akil, Ph.D., Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished University Professor of Neuroscience; Co-Director and Senior Research Professor of The Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute; Professor, Department of Psychiatry
- Charles F. Burant, M.D., Ph.D., Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism; Professor, Department of internal Medicine; Professor, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
- Sally A. Camper, Ph.D., James V. Neel Collegiate Professor of Human Genetics; Chair and Professor, Department of Human Genetics; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
- John M. Carethers, M.D., John G. Searle Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
- Valerie P. Castle, M.D., Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases; Ravitz Foundation Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases; Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Hematology / Oncology
- James Douglas Engel, Ph.D., G. Carl Huber Professor of Developmental Biology; Chair and Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Jay L. Hess, M.D., Ph.D., Carl V. Weller Professor of Pathology; Chair and Professor, Department of Pathology
- Paul F. Hollenberg, Ph.D., Maurice H. Seevers Collegiate Professor of Pharmacology; Chair and Professor, Department of Pharmacology
- Harry L.T. Mobley, Ph.D., The Frederick G. Novy Collegiate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Chair and Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- M. Bishr Omary, Ph.D., M.D., H. Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastroenterology; Chair and Professor, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
- Pamela A. Raymond, Ph.D., Stephen S. Easter Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Chair, Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
- Alan Saltiel, Ph.D., John Jacob Abel Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences; Director, Life Sciences Institute; Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular & Integrative Physiology
- David H. Sherman, Ph.D., John G. Searle Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy; Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
- William L. Smith, Ph.D., Minor J. Coon Professor of Biological Chemistry; Chair and Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry
Ex Officio:
- Steven L. Kunkel, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Research, Medical School; Endowed Professor in Pathology Research
Staff:
- Camille Mrozowski, Research Services Staff Assistant, Office of Research
