Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board serves as an external consultant to the Y.T. and Alice Chen Pediatric Genetics and Genomics Research Center, evaluating research programs and progress, as well as providing guidance and assistance in administrative policies and issues.

Y.T. Chen, MD, PhD
Scientific Advisory Board Chair
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Division of Medical Genetics

Robert Califf MD, MACC
Donald F. Fortin, MD, Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute

C. Thomas Caskey, MD
Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine

Elizabeth Hauser, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Member of Duke Molecular Physiology Institute

Michael Hershfield, MD
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biochemistry

Douglas Marchuk, PhD
James B. Duke Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Director, Duke University Program in Genetics and Genomics
Director, Center for Experimental Genetics
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute

Bruce Sullenger, PhD
Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery in the School of Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Director of the Duke Center for Translational Research
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship