2019 Annual Meeting Planning Committee
The following are members of the HIRN 2019 Annual Investigator Meeting Planning Committee.
The meeting will be held at the Capital Hilton in Washington DC
Meeting Dates: April 28 – May 1, 2019
Sunday, April 28th: Welcome Reception (5:00 – 6:00 pm)
Tuesday, April 29th & Thursday, April 30th: Scientific Sessions (9:00 – 5:00 pm)
Consortium-specific Meetings will be held:
- CBDS – Evening of Sunday, April 28th
- CHIB – Morning of Wednesday, May 1st
- CMAI – Evening of Sunday, April 28th
- CTAR – Morning of Wednesday, May 1st
- HPAC – Morning of Wednesday, May 1st

Bridget Wagner, PhD
Broad Institute
Committee Co-Chair
Representative of CTAR

Christopher Wright, D Phil
Vanderbilt University
Committee Co-Chair
Representative of CBDS

Doris Stoffers, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Committee Co-Chair
Representative of HPAC

Charles Ansong, PhD
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Representative of CBDS

Annie Bowles, PhD
University of Miami
Representative of CHIB

Marcela Brissova, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Representative of HPAC

Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, PhD
Rutgers University
Representative of CTAR

Eddie James, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
Representative of CMAI

Seung Kim, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Representative of CTAR

Aaron Michels, MD
University of Colorado at Denver
Representative of CMAI

Audrey Parent, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Representative of CMAI

Michael Roper, PhD
Florida State University
Representative of CHIB

Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD
Yale University
Representative of CBDS

Al Powers, MD
Vanderbilt University
Representative of TNC

Joyce Niland, PhD
City of Hope
Representative of CC/BC

John Kaddis, PhD
City of Hope
Representative of CC/BC

Layla Rouse, MS
City of Hope
Representative of CC

Nelly Berger
City of Hope
Representative of CC

Kristin Abraham, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIDDK Program Staff

Olivier Blondel, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIDDK Program Staff

Sheryl Sato, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIDDK Program Staff