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IEM Boards and Committees

 

Learn more about the Institute's Advisory Boards and Executive Committees.

Advisory Board

IEM Advisory Board

Members in the individual Centers meet frequently to discuss progress and planning. In addition, the IEM holds town hall meetings of its members. Directors of the IEM Centers meet periodically to exchange information and to foster collaborations among the Centers.

The IEM holds annual meetings of its Advisory Committee composed of extramural leaders in industry and private sector and intramural faculty and administrative leaders to report its progress and receive advice for improving its activities.  IEM Advisory Board provides advice on direction and strategy, research needs, and advice on funding.

 

Industry

Name Title Company
Peter Farrell Chairman & CEO

ResMed Inc.

Michael Hosteler Attorney at Law

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Irwin Jacobs Founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus

Qualcomm

Gene Lay President and CEO

BioLegend

Joe Panetta President and CEO

BIOCOM

Anthony Ratcliffe  President and CEO Synthasome, Inc
Drew Senyei Managing Director Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
Jay Srirangam Technical Development Team Leader

Genentech

UCSD

Name Position Department Email
Cheryl Anderson Dean / Professor Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science c1anderson@ucsd.edu
David Brenner President / CEO Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute dbrenner@sbpdiscovery.org
Wendy Campana  Professor  Medicine wcampana@ucsd.edu 
Bryan Clary Professor / Chair Surgery bclary@ucsd.edu
Wolfgang Dillmann Professor Emeritus / Former Chair Medicine wdillmann@ucsd.edu
Jack Dixon Dean / Dist. Prof.  Scientific Affairs, School of Medicine jedixon@ucsd.edu
Gary Firestein Sr. Assoc. Vice Chancellor / Director / Dist. Prof.  gfirestein@ucsd.edu
Lawrence Goldstein Distinguished Professor CMM lgoldstein@ucsd.edu
Ralph Greenspan Director / Professor Kavli Institute Biological Sciences rgreenspan@ucsd.edu
Gabriel Haddad Professor / Chair Pediatrics ghaddad@ucsd.edu
Miroslav Krstic Sr. Assoc. Vice Chancellor / Director Research Affairs / Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
mkrstic@ucsd.edu
Scott Lippman Professor Moores Cancer Center, Medicine slippman@ucsd.edu 
James Mckerrow Dean Sch Pharm/Pharm Sci jmckerrow@ucsd.edu
Albert Pisano Dean Jacobs School of Engineering appisano@ucsd.edu
Ramesh Rao Director Calit2 rrao@ucsd.edu
Paul Roben Assoc. Vice Chancellor Innovation & Commercialization pwroben@ucsd.edu
Geert Schmid-Schonbien Professor / Chair Bioengineering gschmid@ucsd.edu
Palmer Taylor Founding and Emeritus Dean School of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Science pwtaylor@ucsd.edu
Susan Taylor Professor Pharmacology staylor@ucsd.edu
Robert Weinreb Chairman / Professor Ophthalmology rweinreb@ucsd.edu

Center Directors

Name Position Center Email
Shaochen Chen Professor, Nanoengineering Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Center (BMTEC) shc064@ucsd.edu
Louise Laurent Professor, Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Center (BMTEC) llaurent@ucsd.edu
Linda Shi Project Scientist, Institute of Engineering in Medicine Biophotonics Technology Center (BTC) zshi@ucsd.edu
Chengbiao Wu Associate Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience Biophotonics Technology Center (BTC) chw049@ucsd.edu
William Mobley Professor, Neuroscience Center for Advanced Neurological Engineering (CANE) wmobley@ucsd.edu
Tzyy-Ping Jung Adjunct Professor, Shu Chien-Gene Lay
Department of Bioengineering
Center for Advanced Neurological Engineering (CANE) tpjung@ucsd.edu
Sylvia Evans Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science Cardiac Biomedical Science and Engineering Center (CBSEC) syevans@ucsd.edu
Robert Ross Professor, Medicine Cardiac Biomedical Science and Engineering Center (CBSEC) rross@ucsd.edu
Elliot McVeigh Professor, Medicine Center for Cardiovascular Biomedical Imaging (CCBI) emcveigh@ucsd.edu
Nicole Steinmetz Professor, Nanoengineering Center for Engineering in Cancer (CEC) nsteinmetz@ucsd.edu
Rebekah White Professor, Surgery Center for Engineering in Cancer (CEC) rewhite@ucsd.edu
Padmini Rangamani Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Center for Human Performance Research (CHPR) rewhite@ucsd.edu
Samuel Ward Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
Professor, Radiology
Center for Human Performance Research (CHPR) s1ward@health.ucsd.edu
Andrew Barleben Associate Professor Of Clinical, Surgery Center for Medical Device Engineering and Biomechanics (CMDEB) abarleben@ucsd.edu
James Friend Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Center for Medical Device Engineering and Biomechanics (CMDEB) jfriend@ucsd.edu
Frank E. Talke Recall Faculty, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Center for Medical Device Engineering and Biomechanics (CMDEB) ftalke@ucsd.edu
Schafer Boeder Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine Center for Mobile-health Systems and Applications (CMSA) sboeder@ucsd.edu
Joseph Wang Professor, Nanoengineering Center for Mobile-health Systems and Applications (CMSA) josephwang@ucsd.edu
Robert Sah Professor, Shu Chien-Gene Lay
Department of Bioengineering
Center for Musculoskeletal Research (CMSR) rsah@ucsd.edu
Kiana Aran Associate Professor, Shu Chien-Gene Lay
Department of Bioengineering
Center for Technologies for Healthy Aging (CTHA) karan@ucsd.edu
Anthony Molina Professor, Medicine Center for Technologies for Healthy Aging (CTHA) ajmolina@health.ucsd.edu
Victor Nizet Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Research, Pediatrics
Distinguished Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science
Infectious Disease Engineering Advances (IDEAs) vnizet@ucsd.edu
Liangfang Zhang Professor, Nanoengineering Infectious Disease Engineering Advances (IDEAs) zhang@ucsd.edu
Dayu Teng Assistant Project Scientist, Institute of Engineering in Medicine Whitaker Center for Biomedical Engineering (WCBE) dteng@ucsd.edu
John Watson Recall Faculty, Bioengineering Whitaker Center for Biomedical Engineering (WCBE) jtwatson@ucsd.edu

IEM Director & Associated Directors

Name IEM Affiliation Position Department Email
Andrew McCulloch IEM Director Professor Bioengineering  amculloch@ucsd.edu
Colin Depp Associate Director for Education and Outreach Professor IR Psychiatry cdepp@health.ucsd.edu
Deborah Spector Associate Director for 
Research and Innovation 
Professor  Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science

dspector@health.ucsd.edu

Admin

Name Position Department Email
Patrick Stewart Executive Director of Development Jacobs School of Engineering p4stewart@ucsd.edu 
Adrienne Bolli Senior Director of Development Jacobs School of Engineering abolli@ucsd.edu
Miwako Waga Director of International Outreach VC-Research mwaga@ucsd.edu
Alina Mullen Industry Liaison Coordinator IEM ajmullen@ucsd.edu
Philip Godfrey Management Services Officer IEM phgodfrey@ucsd.edu
Justina Houston Administrative Assistant IEM jhouston@ucsd.edu
Kinnary Doshi Fund Manager IEM kidoshi@ucsd.edu
Jiyeon Song  Communications & Office Assistant IEM jis049@ucsd.edu
Kristiana Wong Social Media & Marketing Assistant IEM kmw007@ucsd.edu

WCBE Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)

WCBE Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)

UC San Diego Bioengineering Jacobs School of EngineeringWCBE

The mission of WCBE is to foster and enhance interactions of IEM and the Bioengineering Department with Industry. The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) provides valuable advice and leadership in improving industry liaison and student education and training.  Provide a conduit for student-employer relationships and enhance student professional development WCBE organizes student industrial internships, Breakfast with Industry, Chutes and Ladders for networking with industry, and Bioengineering Day. WCBE works on undergraduate design projects and the Masters of Advanced Studies-Medical Device Engineering program. It organizes student participation at U.S. and San Diego Science and Engineering Festivals and runs the Shared Cell Engineering Research Core.

Name Position Company
Julio Baez Industry Advisor UCSD - Bioengineering
Robert Balderas Vice President / Biological Sciences BD Biosciences
Walt Baxter Distinguished Scientist Medtronic - Cardiac Rhythm Management
Frederick Cahn CEO BioMedical Strategies
Greg Williams Director, Biologics and Advanced Materials Science R&D NuVasive, Inc.
Jason Haider Founder and CEO Xenco Medical
Jason Halsey VP, Manufacturing Technology and Transfer Illumina
Chris MacDonald Vice President, Operations & Data Science ChromaCode, Inc.
Harish Nagarajan Senior R&D Manager, Systems Biology & Bioinformatics Genomatica
Lou Obertreis Product Manufacturing Engineer Independent
Anthony Ratcliffe President and CEO Synthasome, Inc.
Elaine Ye Project Research Analyst Device of Tomorrow Capital
Ajay Panwar Sr. Engineering Manager, Quality Medtronic – Diabetes
Ali Ismailoglu Marketing Director Alphatec Spine, Inc.
Gabrielle Colvert Senior Research and Development Engineer Medtronic - Structural Heart