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PARKER B. FRANCIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

  • LuanVu
    Luan Vu, PhD
    University of Texas San Antonio
    2024 Fellow
  • Timothy Blackwell
    Timothy S. Blackwell, MD

    John G. Searle Professor & Chair
    Department of Internal Medicine
    University of Michigan

  • G. R. Dr. Scott Budinger
    G.R. Scott Budinger, MD

    Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

  • Ashley B. Ernst

    Grants Administrator, PBF Fellowship Program, Tulane University
    E-mail: PBF@francisfoundation.org

  • C. Terri Hough, MD, MSc, ATSF

    Oregon Health & Science University

  • Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD
    Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD

    University of Vermont

  • Thomas J. Mariani, PhD

    Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Biomedical Genetics & Environmental Medicine
    Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Pediatrics
    Director, Pediatric Molecular & Personalized Medicine Program
    University of Rochester
    Rochester, NY

  • Larissa Akimi Shimoda, PhD, MS

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Anne I. Sperling, PhD, ATSF

    Professor of Medicine
    Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    School of Medicine
    University of Virginia
    Charlottesville, VA

  • Victor J. Thannickal, MD

    Chair, John W. Deming Dept. of Medicine
    Professor & Harry B. Greenberg Chair of Medicine
    School of Medicine
    Tulane University
    New Orleans, LA

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS

  • LuanVu
    Luan Vu, PhD
    University of Texas San Antonio
    2024 Fellow
  • Timothy Blackwell
    Timothy S. Blackwell, MD

    John G. Searle Professor & Chair
    Department of Internal Medicine
    University of Michigan

  • G. R. Dr. Scott Budinger
    G.R. Scott Budinger, MD

    Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

  • Ashley B. Ernst

    Grants Administrator, PBF Fellowship Program, Tulane University
    E-mail: PBF@francisfoundation.org

  • C. Terri Hough, MD, MSc, ATSF

    Oregon Health & Science University

  • Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD
    Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD

    University of Vermont

  • Thomas J. Mariani, PhD

    Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Biomedical Genetics & Environmental Medicine
    Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Pediatrics
    Director, Pediatric Molecular & Personalized Medicine Program
    University of Rochester
    Rochester, NY

  • Larissa Akimi Shimoda, PhD, MS

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Anne I. Sperling, PhD, ATSF

    Professor of Medicine
    Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    School of Medicine
    University of Virginia
    Charlottesville, VA

  • Victor J. Thannickal, MD

    Chair, John W. Deming Dept. of Medicine
    Professor & Harry B. Greenberg Chair of Medicine
    School of Medicine
    Tulane University
    New Orleans, LA

  • Catherine A. Gao, MD
    Northwestern University
    2024 PBF Fellow and Research Opportunity Awardee
  • Meghan D. Althoff, MD, PhD
    University of Colorado Denver
    2024 Fellow
  • Nicholas M. Negretti, PhD
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    2024 PBF Fellow
  • Chad Steele, PhD

    Scientific Director
    Professor and Chair
    School of Medicine
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology
    University of Tulane
    New Orleans, LA
    E-mail: csteele4@tulane.edu

  • Jason H.T. Bates, PhD, DSc

    Term 1/20-1/24
    Professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics,
    and Electrical & Biomedical Engineering
    University of Vermont
    Burlington, VT

  • Susan Stanton
    Chair, Finance Committee
  • Liana Riesinger
    Administrator/Senior Program Officer
  • Shari Hockenbery, CMP
    Grants Program Manager
  • J. Michael Sigler
    Treasurer, Finance Committee
  • J. Scott Francis
    Board of Directors

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