Executive Committee
Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN - Chair
Director/Principal Investigator
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Nicholas Ambulos, Jr., PhD
Director, Genetics Core
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Joel D. Greenspan, PhD
Director, Biobehavioral Core
University of Maryland Dental School
Yulan Liang, PhD
Director, Biostatistics Core
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Walter Malecki, BS
Assistant Dean for Budget and Finance
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Richard Traub, PhD
Co-Director, Biobehavioral Core
University of Maryland Dental School
Christopher W. Ward, PhD
Associate Director, Administrative Core
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Jing Yin, DDS
Co-Director, Genetics Core
University of Maryland School of Medicine
External Advisory Board
Christine Miaskowski, PhD, RN, FAAN – Chair
Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing
University of California, San Francisco
David Cornblath, MD
Professor of Neurology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kevin Cullen, MD
Director and Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN
Research Scientist
City of Hope National Medical Center
Lisa Rowen, DNSc, RN
Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of Nursing and Patient Care Services
University of Maryland Medical Center
Stephen Sonis, DMD, DMSc
Chair, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity
Harvard School of Dental Medicine