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ASGT 9th Annual Meeting

May 31 - June 4, 2006  
Baltimore Convention Center  ·  Baltimore, MD  ·  USA
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Committee Meetings and Committee Roster

Committee Meetings

Committee terms technically commence and conclude in June at the Annual Meeting. Incoming Chair and committee member terms officially go into effect on June 3, 2006 at the Business Meeting.

Wednesday, May 31
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm 2007 Planning Committee Meeting
Thursday, June 1
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Industrial Liaison Committee Meeting

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Education Committee Meeting
Friday, June 2
7:00 am – 8:00 am

International Committee Meeting

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Clinical & Regulatory Affairs Committee Meeting

7:00 am – 8:00 am Embryonic/Somatic Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Committee Meeting
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Public Education Committee Meeting
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

Cancer Gene Therapy Committee Meeting

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Cardiovascular Gene Therapy Committee
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Genetic Diseases Committee Meeting
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Hemopoietic Cell Gene Therapy Committee Meeting
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Immunology Committee Meeting
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Musculo-skeletal Disorder Gene Therapy Committee
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Non-Viral Gene Transfer Committee Meeting
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Oligonucleotide Based Therapies Committee Meeting
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Publications Committee Meeting
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Respiratory Tract Committee Meeting
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Viral Gene Transfer Vectors Committee
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Membership Committee Meeting

5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Molecular Therapy Editorial Board Meeting and Reception
Saturday, June 3
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Advisory Board Meeting

12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Ethics Committee Meeting

Note: Committee meeting room assignments were sent out in advance and included in the registration materials for committee members.

 

Committee Roster

Committee terms technically commence and conclude in June at the Annual Meeting. Incoming Chair and committee member terms officially go into effect on June 3, 2006 at the Business Meeting.

Standing Committees

Advisory Board
Chair: Malcolm K. Brenner, MD, PhD (2005 - 2006)
Members:
W. French Anderson, MD (2004 - 2009)
David Bodine, PhD (2003 - 2008)
Joseph C. Glorioso, PhD (2003 - 2008)
Katherine High, MD (2005-2010)
Donald B. Kohn, MD (2004 - 2009)
Richard C. Mulligan, PhD (2001 - 2006)
John J. Rossi, PhD (2005 - 2010)
Alan E. Smith, PhD (2002 - 2007)
Inder Verma, PhD (2001 - 2006)

Clinical and Regulatory Affairs
Chair: Daniel R. Salomon, MD (2004 - 2007)
Members:
Dale Ando, MD (2002 - 2008)
Arthur L. Beaudet, MD (2004 - 2007)
Barry J. Byrne, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Joy Cavagnaro, PhD, DABT, RAC (2005 - 2008)
Kenneth Cornetta, MD (2005 – 2008)
Linda Couto, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Carl H. June, MD (2004 - 2007)
Robert W. Martin (2003 - 2006)
Andra Miller, PhD (2002 - 2008)
Glenn F. Pierce, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Greg Podsakoff, MD (2003 - 2006)
Daniel R. Salomon, MD (2003 - 2007)
Stephanie Simek, PhD (2003 - 2009)
Kenneth Weinberg, MD (2005 - 2008)

Education
Co-Chair: Philip L. Leopold, PhD (2005 - 2007)
Matthew Weitzman, PhD (2005 - 2007)
Members:
Estuardo Aguilar-Cordova, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Michael A. Barry, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Roberto Cattaneo, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Jay A. Chiorini, MD (2006 - 2009)
Kenneth Cornetta, MD (2003 - 2006)
Olivier Danos, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Beverly L. Davidson, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Dongsheng Duan, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Terry Hermiston, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Roland W. Herzog, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Donald B. Kohn, MD (2005 - 2008)
Philip L. Leopold, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Fulvio Mavilio, PhD, Prof (2004 – 2007)
Paul B. McCray, Jr., MD (2006 - 2009)
Joseph Zabner, MD (2006 - 2009)

Ethics
Chair: R. Scott McIvor, PhD (2004 - 2006)
Dieter Gruenert, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
Arthur Caplan, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Marina Cavazzana-Calvo, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Lawrence C. Chan, MD (2004 - 2007)
Cynthia Dunbar, MD (2004 - 2007)
Henry T. Greely, JD (2005 - 2008)
Dieter Gruenert, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Barbara R. Jasny, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Punam Malik, MD (2004 - 2007)
R. Scott McIvor, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Nicholas Muzyczka, PhD (2006 – 2009)
Neil Weisfeld, JD (2006 – 2009)

Industrial Liaison
Chair: Douglas J. Jolly, PhD (2005 - 2007)
Members:
Gwen Binder, PhD (2005 - 2006)
Alan R. Brooks, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Kenneth Chahine, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Sara M. Cunningham, MS (2005 - 2008)
Boro Dropulic, PhD (2003 - 2009)
Mitchell Finer, PhD (2001 - 2007)
Anthony Green, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Douglas J. Jolly, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Edward Lanphier (2004 - 2007)
Andy Lin, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Gerard McGarrity, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Ralph W. Paul, PhD (2004 - 2007)
M. Laurie Phillips, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Alain Rolland, PharmD PhD (1999 - 2009)
Vladimir Slepushkin, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Samuel C. Wadsworth, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Thomas Tillett (2006 - 2009)
Kenneth G. Surowitz, PhD (2005 - 2008)

International
Chair: Bernd Gansbacher, PhD (2004 - 2006)
Jesus Prieto, MD PhD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
Olivier Danos, PhD (2005 - 2008)
George Dickson, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Yoshikatsu Eto, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Noriyuki Kasahara, MD PhD (2005 - 2008)
Mark A. Kay, MD PhD (2006 - 2009)
David Klatzmann, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Philippe Moullier, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Keiya Ozawa, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Jesus Prieto, MD PhD (2005 - 2008)
John Rasko, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Bruno Sangro, MD PhD (2006 - 2009)
Seppo Yla-Herttuala, MD PhD (2005 - 2008)

Membership
Chair: Paul D. Robbins, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Seng H. Cheng, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
C. Anthony Blau, MD (2004 - 2007)
Seng H. Cheng, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Yoshikatsu Eto, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Dexi Liu, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Qiang Liu, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Isabelle Riviere, PhD (2004 – 2007)
Paul D. Robbins, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD PhD (2005 - 2008)
John J. Rossi, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Savio L.C. Woo, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Ex-Officio
Robert M. Frederickson, PhD (2005 - 2008)

Nominating
Chair: Markus Grompe, MD (2005 - 2006)
Members:
Michele P. Calos, PhD (2005 - 2006)
Cynthia Dunbar, MD (2005 - 2006)
John J. Rossi, PhD (2005 - 2006)
George Stamatoyannopoulos, MD (2005 - 2006)

Program
Co-Chairs: Michel Sadelain, MD PhD (2004 - 2006)
Katherine Ponder, MD (2005 - 2007)
Members:
Michele P. Calos, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Barrie J. Carter, PhD (2001 - 2006)
Kenneth Cornetta, MD (2004 - 2007)
Philip R. Johnson, MD (2004 - 2007)
Luigi Naldini, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Matthew H. Porteus, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Michel Sadelain, MD PhD (2006 - 2007)
Matthew Weitzman, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Jon A. Wolff, MD (2006 - 2009)
Joseph Zabner, MD (2004 - 2007)

Public Education and Outreach
Chair: Savio L.C. Woo, PhD (2005-2007)
Members:
Rosemarie E. Aurigemma, PhD (2005-2008)
Arthur L. Beaudet, MD (2005-2008)
Virginia Boldt (2005-2008)
Beverly L. Davidson, PhD (2005-2008)
Joseph C. Glorioso, PhD (2005-2008)
Mark A. Kay, MD PhD (2005-2008)
Arthur W. Nienhuis, MD (2005-2008)
Daniel R. Salomon, MD (2005-2008)
Rachel Salzman, DVM (2005-2008)
Sonia I. Skarlatos, PhD (2005-2008)

Publications
Chair: George Stamatoyannopoulos, MD (2004 - 2007)
Members:
W. French Anderson, MD (2003 - 2007)
David Bodine, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Barrie J. Carter, PhD (2003 - 2009)
Joseph C. Glorioso, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Katherine A. High, MD (2003 - 2009)
Mark A. Kay, MD PhD (2006 - 2009)
Donald B. Kohn, MD (2005 - 2008)
Brendan Lee, MD PhD (2004 - 2007)
James M. Wilson, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)

Cancer Gene Therapy
Chair: Helen E. Heslop, MD (2004 - 2006)
Steven M. Albelda, MD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
Steven M. Albelda, MD (2004 - 2007)
Laurence JN Cooper, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
James S. Economou, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)
David Ennist, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Paul B. Fisher, MPH, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Kristen Hege, MD (2003 - 2009)
Helen E. Heslop, MD (2003 - 2007)
Dennis D. Hickstein, MD (2003 - 2009)
Michael Jensen, MD (2003 - 2006)
Andre Lieber, MD PhD (2005 - 2008)
John C. Morris, MD (2003 - 2009)
John J. Nemunaitis, MD (2003 - 2006)
James S. Norris, PhD (2005 – 2008)
Richard G. Vile, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Masato Yamamoto, MD PhD (2004 - 2007)

Cardiovascular Gene Therapy
Chair: Anthony Rosenzweig, MD (2004 - 2006)
Douglas Losordo, MD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
Andrew H. Baker, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Kenneth R. Chien, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
David A. Dichek, MD (2004 - 2007)
J. Kevin Donahue, MD (2004 - 2007)
Frank J. Giordano, MD (2006 - 2009)
Roger J. Hajjar, MD (2004 - 2007)
H. Kirk Hammond, MD (2006 - 2009)
Ralph Kelly, MD (2003 - 2006)
Douglas Losordo, MD (2003 - 2006)
Marc Penn, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Anthony Rosenzweig, MD (2003 - 2007)
Sonia I. Skarlatos, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Edith Tzeng, MD (2005 - 2008)

Embryonic/Somatic Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Committee
Chair: Mervin Yoder, MD (2005 - 2006)
Darwin J. Prockop, MD, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
Ira J. Fox, MD (2005 - 2008)
Stanton L. Gerson, MD (2003 - 2006)
Linda G. Griffith, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Diane S. Krause, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Michael R. Linden, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Carolyn Lutzko, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Kazue Ohashi, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Darwin J. Prockop, MD, PhD (2004 – 2007)
Evan Snyder, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Mervin Yoder, MD (2003 - 2006)

Gene Therapy of Genetic Diseases
Chair: Katherine Ponder, MD (2004 - 2006)
Brendan Lee, MD PhD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
Andrea Amalfitano, DO, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Fatima Bosch, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Barry J. Byrne, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Seng H. Cheng, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Markus Grompe, MD (2003 - 2006)
Philippe Leboulch, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Brendan Lee, MD PhD (2004 - 2007)
Carol H. Miao, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Katherine Ponder, MD (2003 - 2006)
David Schowalter, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Joseph Zabner, MD (2004 - 2007)

Genetic Vaccines
Chair: Carl H. June, MD (2005 - 2007)
Members:
Ronald Alvarez, MD (2006 - 2009)
K. Reed Clark, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Stephen L. Eck, MD, PhD (2003 - 2009)
Mary Lynne Hedley, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Philip R. Johnson, MD (2003 - 2006)
Carl H. June, MD (2004 - 2007)
Art Krieg, MD (2003 - 2009)
Patrick Squiban, MD (2003 - 2006)
Thierry C. Vandendriessche, PhD (2005 -
Britta Elisabeth Wahren, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)
David B. Weiner, PhD (2003 - 2009)
Ning-Sun Yang, PhD (2003 - 2006)

Hemopoietic Cell Gene Therapy
Chair: Jan Nolta, PhD (2004 - 2006)
Alice F. Tarantal, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
David Bodine, PhD (2000 - 2006)
Fabio Candotti, MD (2004 - 2007)
Gay Crooks, MD (2002 - 2008)
Mary Dinauer, MD PhD (2003 - 2006)
David W. Emery, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Robert G. Hawley, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Hans-Peter Kiem, MD (2003 - 2006)
Jan Nolta, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Karen E. Pollok, PhD (2006 - 2009)
John J. Rossi, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Mark S. Sands, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Alice F. Tarantal, PhD (2005 - 2008
Christof von Kalle, MD (2004 - 2007)
Christopher Walsh, MD PhD (2003 - 2006)
Kenneth Weinberg, MD (2005 - 2008)

Immunology of Gene Therapy
Chair: Hildegund CJ Ertl, MD (2004 - 2006)
Roland W. Herzog, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
Bruce R. Blazar, MD (2003 - 2009)
Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Karin Gaensler, MD (2003 - 2006)
Roland W. Herzog, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Michael Jensen, MD (2003 - 2006)
Karin Jooss, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Hans-Peter Kiem, MD (2003 - 2006)
Stanley Riddell, MD (2003 - 2009)
Isabelle Riviere, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD PhD (2004 - 2007)
Michel Sadelain, MD PhD (2003 - 2006)

Infectious Disease
Chair: John A. Zaia, MD (2005 - 2007)
Members:
Boro Dropulic, PhD (2003 - 2006)
J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, PhD (2004 - 2007)
David Klatzmann, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Alexander Kolykhalov, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Bruce L. Levine, PhD (2004 - 2007)
David Strayer, MD PhD (2003 - 2006)
Didier Trono, MD (2004 - 2007)

Musculo-Skeletal Disorder Gene Therapy
Chair: Jeffrey Chamberlain, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Steven C. Ghivizzani, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Members:
Jeffrey Chamberlain, PhD (2006 - 2007)
Paula Clemens, MD (2006 - 2009)
George Dickson, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Dongsheng Duan, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Christopher Evans, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Dan Gazit, DMD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Steven C. Ghivizzani, PhD (2004 – 2007)
Stephen D. Hauschka, PhD (2006 – 2009)
Johnny Huard, PhD (2004 - 2007)
George Karpati, MD (2006 - 2009)
Jay R. Lieberman, MD (2003 - 2006)
Terence A. Partridge, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Michael Themis, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Jon A. Wolff, MD (2001 - 2007)
Xiao Xiao, PhD (2005 - 2008)

Neural Disorders Gene Therapy
Chair: Beverly L. Davidson, PhD (2005 - 2007)
Members:
Krys Bankiewicz, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Xandra Breakefield, PhD (2004 - 2007)
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Nicole Deglon, PhD (2004 - 2007)
John Forsayeth, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Sanjiv Gambhir, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Michael Kaplitt, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)
George Karpati, MD (2003 - 2006)
Ronald Mandel, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Daniel A. Muruve, MD (2003 - 2006)
Edward Schuchman, PhD (2003 - 2006)
H. David Shine, PhD (2003 - 2006)
James B. Uney, PhD (2003 - 2006)
John H. Wolfe, VMD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
David C. Yeomans, PhD (2005 - 2008)

Nonviral Gene Transfer Vectors
Chair: Dexi Liu, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Members:
Michael A. Barry, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Michele P. Calos, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Esther H. Chang, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Mark E. Davis, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Pamela Davis, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Todd Giorgio, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Stephen Hart, PhD (2003 - 2006)
James G. Hecker, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Jeffrey Hughes, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Alexander V. Kabanov, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Kam W. Leong, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Ian MacLachlan, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Ram I. Mahato, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Andrew D. Miller, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Lluis M. Mir, DSc (2003 - 2006)
Daniel Scherman, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Francis C. Szoka, Jr., PhD (2004 - 2007)

Oligonucleotide Based Therapies
Chair: John J. Rossi, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Members:
Frederic D. Bushman, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Beverly L. Davidson, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Peter Glazer, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Dieter Gruenert, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Mark A. Kay, MD PhD (2004 - 2007)
Matthew H. Porteus, MD, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Cy A. Stein, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Bruce Sullenger, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Jon A. Wolff, MD (2004 - 2007)

Respiratory Tract Gene Therapy
Chair: Paul B. McCray, Jr., MD (2005 - 2007)
Members:
Eric W.F.W. Alton, MD, FRCP (2005 - 2008)
Raj Batra, MD (2001 - 2006)
Bruce Bunnell, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Pamela Davis, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
David A. Dean, PhD (2004 - 2007)
John F. Engelhardt, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Jim Hu, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Stephen Hyde, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Larry G. Johnson, MD (2005 - 2008)
Jay K. Kolls, MD (2001 - 2006)
Paul B. McCray, Jr., MD (2003 - 2006)
Alistair Ramsay, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Guoshun Wang, DVM, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Daniel Weiss, MD PhD (2001 - 2009)
Pamela L. Zeitlin, MD, PhD (2003 - 2006)

Viral Gene Transfer Vectors
Chair: Brian P. Sorrentino, MD (2005 - 2007)
Members:
Christopher Baum, MD (2006 - 2009)
Barry J. Byrne, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Jay A. Chiorini, MD (2003 - 2006)
Peter Colosi, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Kenneth Cornetta, MD (2005 - 2006)
Francois-Loic Cosset (2005 - 2008)
Anja Ehrhardt, PhD (2006 - 2009)
Jeffrey A. Engler, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Howard J. Federoff, MD, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Noriyuki Kasahara, MD PhD (2003 - 2009)
Michael R. Linden, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Hiroyuki Nakai, MD, PhD (2005 - 2008)
Philip Ng, PhD (2004 - 2007)
Robin J. Parks, PhD (2003 - 2006)
Brian P. Sorrentino, MD (2004 - 2007)
Arun Srivastava, PhD (2005 - 2008)
James M. Wilson, MD, PhD (2003 - 2009)




ASGT Planning Committee & Group Coordinating Reviewers

Kenneth Cornetta, MD
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN

Maria A. Croyle, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin
College of Pharmacy
Austin, TX

Theodore Friedmann, MD
University of California San Diego
School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA

Johnny Huard, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Mark A. Kay, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics
Stanford, CA

Katherine Ponder, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
Division of Hematology
St. Louis, MO

Blake Roessler, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Michel Sadelain, MD PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY