Executive Committee 2020-2021

President

Joanne Ann O'Keefe, Ph.D.

Rush University

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Past-President

Anna Lysakowsi, Ph.D.

University of Illinois at Chicago

(312) 996-5990

Executive Secretary

Cindy Voisine, Ph.D.

Northeastern Illinois University

(773) 442-5745

Secretary-Elect

  

Latha Malaiyandi, Ph.D.

Midwestern University

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Treasurer

Emma Childs, Ph.D.

University of Illinois at Chicago

Past-Treasurer

Eileen Foecking, Ph.D.

Loyola University Chicago

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Third Year Councilors

Kaiwen Kam, Ph.D.

Rosalind Franklin University

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(847) 578-8630

 

Kelly Langert, Ph.D.

Loyola University Chicago

(708) 216-3263

 

Bill Rochlin, Ph.D.

Loyola University Chicago

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(773) 508-2450

 

Aaron Schirmer, Ph.D.

Northeastern Illinois University

(773) 442-5617

 

Doug Wallace, Ph.D.

Northern Illinois University

 

Second Year Councilors

Angel Alvarez, Ph.D.

Northwestern University

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Margaret Bell, Ph.D (She/her/hers) 

DePaul University

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Denise Cook-Snyder, Ph.D.

Carthage College

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Janis T. Eells, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

 

Alfredo “Fred” Garcia, Ph.D.

University of Chicago

 

Maggie Gill, Ph.D.

North Central College

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Paul McCulloch, PhD

Midwestern University

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(630) 515-6386

 

Loukia Parisiadou, Ph.D.

Northwestern University

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Maureen Petrunich-Rutherford, Ph.D.

Indiana University Northwest

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(219) 980-6519

 

Marvin Rossi, Ph.D.

Rush University

 

Monsheel Sodhi, Ph.D.

Loyola University Chicago

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(708) 216-7994

 

First Year Councilors 

Arun Jadhav, Ph.D.

Roosevelt University 

 

Irinia Calin-Jageman, Ph.D.

Dominican University 

 

Alana Kirby, MD, Ph.D.

Rush University 

 

Pembe Hande Ozdinler, Ph.D.

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

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David J. Rademacher Ph.D.

Loyola University of Chicago

(708)-216-3395

 

 

Guest Councilors 

Dawnne M. LePretre, Ph.D. 

C2ST 

(312)-567-5795

 

Natalia Marangoni, Ph.D.

Teva

 

Artist in Residence

Aaron Freeman

 

Undergraduate Program Liaison

Naomi Wentworth, Ph.D.

Lake Forest College

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(847) 735-5256

 

Advocacy

Rachel Haake, MA (She/her/hers)

Ph.D. Candidate

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Website

(740) 360-3301

Twitter @rachelhaake

 

Brain Bee Coordinator

Shubhik DebBurman, Ph.D.

Lake Forest College

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(847) 735-6040

 

Corporate Partners

Eric Mohler, Ph.D.

Abbvie, Inc.

Natalia Marangoni, Ph.D.

Teva Pharmaceuticals

Postdoctoral Councilors

Briana Carroll, Ph.D.

University of Chicago

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Chaitanya Gavini, Ph.D.

Loyola University Chicago

(708) 216-7936

 

Biji Mathew

University of Illinois at Chicago 

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(312) 257-0700

 

Laura Shanahan, Ph.D.

Northwestern University 

Twitter  @LShanahanimal

 

Social Media Coordinator

Eleonora Gatta, Ph.D.

University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Website Administrator

Simone Rhodes

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