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IEM Boards and Committees

 

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

Board of Advisors

IEM  Board of  Advisors

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

Industry

Name Title Company
Walt Baxter Distinguished Scientist Medtronic
David Brenner President & CEO Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Peter Farrell Chairman & CEO ResMed Inc.
Michael Hostetler Attorney at Law Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Irwin Jacobs Founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus Qualcomm
Gene Lay President & CEO BioLegend
Ann Lee-Karlon President & CEO EpiBiologics
Joe Panetta President & CEO BIOCOM
Anthony Ratcliffe President & CEO Synthasome, Inc
Drew Senyei Managing Director Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
Tom Skalak Senior Advisor to Clara Wu & VP for Research University of Virginia
Jay Srirangam Technical Development Team Leader Genentech

UC San Diego

Name Title Department Email
Cheryl Anderson Professor & Dean Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science, Hood Family Endowed Deans Chair in Public Health c1anderson@ucsd.edu
Zea Borok Professor & Chair School of Medicine zborok@ucsd.edu
Corinne Peek-Asa Vice Chancellor - Research Research Affairs cpeekasa@ucsd.edu
Wendy Campana Professor Department of Anesthesiology wcampana@ucsd.edu
Shu Chien Professor Emeritus Shu Chien-Gene LayDepartment of Bioengineering​ shuchien@ucsd.edu
Bryan Clary Professor & Chair Department of Surgery bclary@ucsd.edu
Gary Firestein Professor School of Medicine gfirestein@ucsd.edu
Lisa Ordóñez Dean Rady School of Management lordonez@ucsd.edu
Catriona Jamieson Deputy Director Moores Cancer Center, Cellular & Molecular Medicine cjamieson@ucsd.edu
Lawrence Goldstein Emeritus Professor Cellular & Molecular Medicine lgoldstein@ucsd.edu
Ralph Greenspan Professor Neurobiology rgreenspan@ucsd.edu
Gabriel Haddad Professor & Chair Department of Pediatrics ghaddad@ucsd.edu
Miroslav Krstic Professor & Senior Associate Vice Chancellor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering mkrstic@ucsd.edu
Scott Lippman Professor School of Medicine slippman@ucsd.edu
Brookie Best Dean School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science bdugan@ucsd.edu
Albert Pisano Dean Jacobs School of Engineering appisano@ucsd.edu 
Ramesh Rao Director California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology rrao@ucsd.edu
Paul Roben Associate Vice Chancellor Office of Innovation & Commercialization
Adam Engler Chairman & Professor Shu Chien-Gene LayDepartment of Bioengineering​ aengler@ucsd.edu 
Susan Taylor Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry staylor@ucsd.edu
Robert Weinreb Chairman & Professor Department of Ophthalmology rweinreb@ucsd.edu 
John Carethers Vice Chancellor Health Sciences
Rajesh Gupta Director Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute rgupta@ucsd.edu 

WCBE Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)

WCBE Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)

UC San Diego Bioengineering Jacobs School of Engineering WCBE

The mission of WCBE is to foster and enhance the interactions between IEM and the bioengineering department with the 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

Center Directors

 

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
Brian Aguado Assistant Professor, Shu Chien-Gene Lay
Department of Bioengineering
Center for Women's Health Innovations through Scientific Development, Engineering, and Medicine (WHISDEM) baguado@ucsd.edu
Marianna Alperin Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Center for Women's Health Innovations through Scientific Development, Engineering, and Medicine (WHISDEM) malperin@ucsd.edu