Overview

Tufts CTSI’s External Advisory Committee (EAC) meets annually to review and provide constructive feedback on how best to meet our goals, and future plans to increase our responsiveness and productivity.

Members

  • Co-Chair: Harold Alan Pincus, MD: Professor of Psychiatry and Healthcare Management and Policy and Co-Director, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute
  • Co-Chair: Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH: Chancellor, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Rutgers University
  • Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD: Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, University of California-Davis (UC Davis) Health Director, Community Engagement Program of the UC Davis Clinical Translational Science Center, UC Davis Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, UC Davis
  • Christopher Chute, MD, DrPH: Chief Research Information Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics, Johns Hopkins University
  • Cheryl Clark, MD, ScD: Executive Director and Senior Vice President, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers’ Institute for Health Equity Research, Evaluation and Policy
  • Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, MD: Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Presidential Scholar Endowed Chair for Clinical and Translational Science and Senior Advisor for Clinical and Translational Initiatives, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Tesheia Harris: Founder and President, Harris and Howard Consulting Group
  • Lonnie J. King, DVM, MS, MPA, Diplomatic ACVPM: Academy Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
  • Newell McElwee, PharmD, MSPH: President, McElwee Consulting, LLC
  • Anthony Muslin, MD: Chief Development Officer, Tectonic Therapeutic, Inc.
  • Arash Naeim, MD: Professor of Medicine, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine; Professor of Bioengineering, Henry Sameuli School for Engineering and Applied Science; UCLA Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research, UCLA Health; Co-Director/MPI, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  • Steven E. Reis, MD: Vice Chancellor for Multidisciplinary Innovation, Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Founding Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh