FACULTY MENTORS

The following faculty were selected to serve as Faculty Mentors to the cohort of October 2023 ISFS Fellows.

Fellows were paired with a faculty member who demonstrates commitment to mentoring/advancing DEI in academia and is in a similar research field. Faculty Mentors commit to supporting and advocating for Fellows by promoting their work, providing advice for their faculty search, and/or connecting them with opportunities.

  • Gladys Alexandre, PhD

    Gladys Alexandre, PhD

    University of Tennessee

    Professor and Head

    Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology

  • Herdeline Ardoña, PhD

    Herdeline Ardoña, PhD

    University of California, Irvine

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Francisco Barrera, PhD

    Francisco Barrera, PhD

    University of Tennessee

    Associate Professor

    Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology

  • Julie Bastarache, MD

    Julie Bastarache, MD

    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

    Associate Professor

    Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Lung Research

  • Raymond Blind, PhD

    Raymond Blind, PhD

    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

    Assistant Professor

    Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism

  • Silvia De Rubeis, PhD

    Silvia De Rubeis, PhD

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Associate Professor

    Department of Psychiatry

  • David Dominguez-Sola, MD, PhD

    David Dominguez-Sola, MD, PhD

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Associate Professor

    Department of Oncological Sciences

  • Wendy Gilbert, PhD

    Wendy Gilbert, PhD

    Yale University

    Associate Professor

    Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

  • Paul Greer, PhD

    Paul Greer, PhD

    University of Massachusetts Medical School

    Assistant Professor

    Program in Molecular Medicine

  • Katherine Hixon, PhD

    Katherine Hixon, PhD

    Dartmouth College

    Assistant Professor

    Thayer School of Engineering

  • Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD

    Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College

    Associate Professor

    Molecular Pharmacology

  • Michael Lampson, PhD

    Michael Lampson, PhD

    University of Pennsylvania

    Professor

    Department of Biology

  • Hui-Ting Lee, PhD

    Hui-Ting Lee, PhD

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Chemistry

  • Brian Lewis, PhD

    Brian Lewis, PhD

    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical

    Professor

    Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology

  • Harvey Lodish, PhD

    Harvey Lodish, PhD

    MIT

    Professor

    Biology and Biomedical Engineering

  • Seth Margolis, PhD

    Seth Margolis, PhD

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Associate Professor

    Biological Chemistry

  • Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD

    Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD

    UCSF

    Associate Professor

    Microbiology and Immunology

  • Mary Munson, PhD

    Mary Munson, PhD

    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical

    Professor and Vice Chair of Diversity

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Technology

  • Jeanette Papp, PhD

    Jeanette Papp, PhD

    UCLA

    Adj. Professor and Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

    Department of Human Genetics

  • Xyanthine Parillon, MA, PhD, EdD

    Xyanthine Parillon, MA, PhD, EdD

    University of Houston Downtown

    Faculty

    Natural Science

  • Renato Polimanti, PhD

    Renato Polimanti, PhD

    Yale University

    Associate Professor

    Psychiatry

  • Vijay Ramchandani, PhD

    Vijay Ramchandani, PhD

    NIH / NIAAA

    Senior Investigator

    Human Psychopharmacology Lab

  • Mara Sherman, PhD

    Mara Sherman, PhD

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Associate Member

    Cancer Biology and Genetics Program

  • Julie Siegenthaler, PhD

    Julie Siegenthaler, PhD

    University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

    Associate Professor

    Department of Pediatrics - Section of Developmental Biology

  • Durga Udayakumar, PhD

    Durga Udayakumar, PhD

    UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Assistant Professor

    Radiology, Advanced Imaging Research Center

  • Aaron Zorn, PhD

    Aaron Zorn, PhD

    Children’s Hospital Research Foundation

    Professor

    Department of Pediatrics