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Stem Cell Research Program - Committees
Connecticut General Statutes §19a-32d through §19a-32g mandated the establishment of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory and Peer Review Committees by October 1, 2005.
The Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee was originally made up of nine members. By statute, the Advisory Committee is chaired by the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH). Other members of the committee are appointed by the Governor and by various leaders of the General Assembly from the fields of stem cell research, stem cell investigators, bioethics, embryology, genetics, cellular biology and business. Committee members commit to a two-year or four-year term of service. Public Act 06-33 amended the original law and mandates the appointment of an additional eight members by July 1, 2006. Responsibilities of the Advisory Committee include the development and oversight of the stem cell research grants-in-aid program, the development of a donated funds program to encourage the development of funds other than state appropriations for embryonic and human adult stem cell research, and the promotion of for-profit and not-for-profit stem cell and related research in the State. The Advisory Committee is also responsible to report annually to the Governor and General Assembly on (1) the amount of grants-in-aid awarded to eligible institutions, (2) the recipients of such grants-in-aid, and (3) the current status of stem cell research in the state.
The legislation established a Stem Cell Research Peer Review Committee originally consisting of five members with demonstrated and practical knowledge, understanding and experience of the ethical and scientific implications of embryonic and adult stem cell research. Public Act 07-252 allows the DPH Commissioner to appoint additional members as deemed necessary for the review of applications, provided the total number does not exceed fifteen. The DPH Commissioner appoints all committee members for either two or four-year terms. In consideration of potential conflict of interest concerns, all members appointed are from out of state, and four of the members to date are international researchers. The Peer Review Committee reviews all grant applications for scientific and ethical merit, guided by the National Acadamies “Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” The Peer Review Committee makes its recommendations on grant recipients to the Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee.
Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee
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Affiliation |
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Jewel Mullen, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A.
Chair |
Commissioner
CT Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
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Treena Livingston Arinzeh, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
614 Fenster Hall
Newark, NJ 07102-1982
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Richard H. Dees, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 04627-8110
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| Sandra Engle, Ph.D. |
Pluripotent Stem Cell & Molecular Biology Lab
PDM-NCE Primary Pharmacology Group
Pfizer Inc
Eastern Point Road
Mail location MS 220-4340
Groton CT 06340
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Gerald Fishbone, M.D. |
Hospital of St. Raphael
New Haven, CT
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Child Health Research Center
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Myron Genel, M.D. |
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
333 Cedar Street
P.O. Box 208081
New Haven, CT 06520-8081
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David Goldhamer, Ph.D |
Professor
Director, Center for Regenerative Biology
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
1392 Storrs Road
Storrs, CT 06269-4243
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Ronald P. Hart, Ph.D. |
Professor
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
W.M. Keck Center for Collaboration
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ 08854
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James J. Hughes, Ph.D. |
Director, Institutional Research and Planning
Trinity College
300 Summit Street
Hartford, CT 06106
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Ann Kiessling, Ph.D. |
Harvard Institutes of Medicine
4 Blackfan Circle, Room 248
Boston, MA 02115
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Diane Krause, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology and Cell Biology
Yale Laboratory Medicine
Yale-New Haven Hospital
20 York Street
Park Street 3B
New Haven, CT 06510 |
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Paul Pescatello, Ph.D., J.D. |
President & CEO
CT United for Research Excellence, Inc.
300 George Street, Suite 561
New Haven, CT 06511
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Milton B. Wallack, DDS |
295 Washington Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518
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Stem Cell Research Peer Review Committee
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Member |
Affiliation |
| Jose B. Cibelli, DVM, Ph.D. |
Professor of Animal Biotechnology,
Physiology Department and Animal Science Department
Michigan State University
B270b Anthony Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
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Dieter C. Gruenert, Ph.D. |
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Head and Neck Cancer Lab
Mt. Zion Cancer Center
2340 Sutter Street, N319
San Francisco, CA 94115 |
| Ales Hampl, DVM, Ph.D. |
Head of the Department of Histology and Embryology
Vice-Dean for Research; Faculty of Medicine
Masaryk University
Brno, Czech Republic
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| Anjana Jain, Ph. D. |
Assistant Professor, Biotechnical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
60 Prescott St/Gateway Park 3rd Floor
BME Department
Worcester, MA 01605
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Majlinda Lako, Ph.D |
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Human Genetics
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
International Centre for Life
Central Parkway
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ
United Kingdom |
| Christopher J. Lengner, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Animal Biology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Cell and Developmental Biology
School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
3800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Linheng Li, Ph.D. |
Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
1000 East 50th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64110 |
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William E. Lowry, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
Maria Rowena Ross Chair in Cell
Biology and Biochemistry
UCLA
621 Charles Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095 |
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Martin Pera, Ph.D. |
Program Leader Stem Cells Australia
Chair, Stem Cell Sciences
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010 Australia |
| Jeffrey L. Spees, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Stem Cell Core
University of Vermont
Colch. Res. Facil, RM T161
Burlington, VT 05405
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Gary S. Stein, Ph.D. |
Chair and Professor
Cancer Center, Department of Cell Biology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655 |
| Ludovic Vallier, Ph.D. |
Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative
Medicine, Department of Surgery
University of Cambridge
West Forvie Building, Robinson Way
Cambridge CB2 OSZ United Kingdom
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| Daniel J. Weiss, MD, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Vermont Lung Center
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, VT 05405
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Xianmin Zeng, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor and Director
Buck Institute for Age Research
8001 Redwood Boulevard
Novato, CA 94945
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Su-Chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D |
Professor, Anatomy and Neurology
Group Coordinator of Molecular and Genetic Sciences
The Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin
Room 651, The Stem Cell Research Program
Madison, WI 53750
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