Administrative Core
The Administrative Core provides scientific and administrative leadership and grant management to the Center. Contact Farah Kools at Farah.Kools@childrens.harvard.edu for more information.
Wayne I. Lencer, MD
Center Director and PI
Dao Kanellias
Research Administrative Manager
Aglaia Polyzou
Research Administrator
Richard S. Blumberg, MD
Center Associate Director
Enju Liu, MD, MS, PhD
Statistician
Farah Kools, PhD
Center Administrator
External Advisory Board
The External Advisory Board critically examines Center programs and strategic plans at a yearly full-day site visit, and by providing advice to the Center Directors where needed throughout the year. Members of the Board review Pilot and Feasibility applications within their own research areas and serve as study section for final award decisions on new HDDC P&F Grants. They also review the research progress of selected P&F Awardees during the annual site visit.
Sean Colgan, PhD (Chair)
Kern Professor of Medicine and Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Colorado
Lora Hooper, PhD
Jonathan W. Uhr Distinguished Chair in Immunology & Department Chair, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Member of National Academy and HHMI Investigator
Monty Krieger, PhD
Charles F. Hopewell Professor, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Member of National Academy of Sciences
Warren Strober, MD
Head Laboratory of Immunology, NIH Clinical Center, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda MD
Member of National Academy of Sciences
Clara Abraham, MD
Professor of Medicine, Yale University
Crohns Colitis Foundation Council Member
Ralph Isberg, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Member of National Academy of Sciences and HHMI Investigator Emeritus
Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology & Associate Director, Basic Sciences Cancer Center, University of Arizona
Member of National Academy of Medicine
Internal Advisory Board
The Internal Advisory Board represents the four major institutions supporting the HDDC (Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital) to assist in strategic planning for overall Core services on the HMS Longwood campus, and in planning joint grant applications to NIH, the State of Massachusetts, or other Foundations for expansion of Core infrastructure that involves multiple institutions.
Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD (Chair)
Professor in Residence of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital
Bruce Levy, MD
Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Head of the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
David Golan, MD, PhD
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology & Dean of Basic and Interdisciplinary Research, Harvard Medical School
Mark Zeidel, MD
Herman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Physician-in-Chief, Department of Medicine , Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Community Stakeholder Advisory Board
The Community Stakeholder Advisory Board consists of three community members directly or indirectly affected by digestive disease – Astrid Hardy; Leah Sciabarrasi, and Aidan Pavao – who work directly with our EAB and Executive Committee to provide oversight of the Center and make final decisions on P&F Awards.