2015 Grant Reviewers

Regenerative Medicine Minnesota enlists world-renowned experts in science and medicine to thoroughly review grant proposals to ensure that the best and most promising applications are selected for funding.

Suneet Agarwal, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor | Stem Cell | Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Dominique Charron, MD, PhD | Chairman | Department of Immunology/Histocompatibility | HĂ´pital Saint-Louis | Paris, France

Hee Cheol Cho, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Pediatrics | Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia

Jose B. Cibelli, DVM, PhD | Professor | Department of Physiology | Michigan State University

Dennis Clegg, PhD | Professor | Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology | University of California, Santa Barbara

Dawn Cornelison | Associate Professor | Department of Biological Sciences, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology | University of Missouri

Benjamin Deneen, PhD | Associate Professor | Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center | Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, Texas

Patricia Dickson, MD | Associate Professor | Division of Medical Genetics | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Brian Dynlacht, PhD | Professor | New York University School of Medicine

Greg A. Gerhardt, PhD | Professor | Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology, Psychiatry and Electrical Engineering | University of Kentucky

Patrick J. Hanley, PhD | Director of GMP for Immunotherapy | Children’s National Medical Center | Washington, DC

Denice Hodgson-Zingman, MD | Associate Professor | Department of Internal Medicine | University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Raymond J. Hohl, MD, PhD | Director | Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute

Paul Knoepfler, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy | UC Davis School of Medicine

Martin Lotz, MD | Professor | Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine | The Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla, California

Eneida Nemecek, MD | Professor | Oregon Health & Science University | New York, NY

With special thanks to the following Minnesota-based Grades 3-12 Education Grant Reviewers:

Paul Dean | Biology Teacher | North High School | St. Paul, MN

Dorothy Welch, PhD | Honors Mentor Connection | Intermediate District 287 | Plymouth, MN

Christopher Wernimont | 6-12 Math District Program Facilitator | Minneapolis Public Schools