THE AGRE STEERING COMMITTEE

The Autism Speaks AGRE Steering Committee for the AGRE project is made up of active leaders in the scientific community, representing fields which are highly relevant to autism research such as neurodevelopmental biology, neurology, neuroimaging, learning and cognition, immunology, genetics, biochemistry, and pharmacology. They have all made outstanding contributions in their own fields and we are proud to have them turning their talents towards autism.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

John N. Constantino, M.D.
Chair AGRE Steering Committee
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine

Dan Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D.,
AGRE Chief Scientific Officer
Professor
Director of Neurogenetics Program
Department of Neurology
UCLA School of Medicine
Reed Neurological Research Center

W. Ted Brown, M.D., Ph.D.,F.A.C.M.G.
Chairman, Department of Human Genetics
Director, Jervis Clinic
N.Y.S. Institute for Basic Research in
Developmental Disabilities

Maja Bucan, Ph.D.
Chair AGRE Steering Committee
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics in Psychiatry
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior,
Department of Psychiatry,
University of Pennsylvania
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/cnb/bucan.htm

Rita M. Cantor, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Human Genetics
UCLA School of Medicine

T. Conrad Gilliam, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Human Genetics
University of Chicago

Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School

David H. Ledbetter, Ph.D.
Professor & Director of Medical Genetics,
Department of Human Genetics
Emory University

Stanley F. Nelson, M.D.
Professor
Department of Human Genetics
UCLA School of Medicine

Carole A. Samango-Sprouse, Ed. D.
Director Neurodevelopmental Center for Young Children
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics
George Washington University

Gerard D. Schellenberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Jonathan Shestack
Founder
Cure Autism Now Foundation
Board Member
Autism Speaks

Matthew State, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Departments of Child Psychiatry and Genetics
Yale University School of Medicine

Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience),
Harvard Medical School
Director, Genetics and Aging Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital