External Advisory Committee
Comprised of established scientific leaders from prominent international institutions the External Advisory Committee provides expert, third-party, evidenced-based input on strategic and operational aspects of the School. Meet our EAC below.
Our External
Advisory Committee
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Alison Marsden, PHD
Associate Professor | Stanford
Wall Center Scholar | Depts of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, and Mechanical Engineering
Member | Bio-X
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C. Ross Ethier, PHD
EAC CHAIR
Lawrence L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Eminent Scholar in Bioengineering
Professor | Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Professor | Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University
Member | Georgia Research Alliance
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Douglas Lauffenburger, PhD
Ford Professor of Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Biology | MIT
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Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH
Professor of Medicine | UBC
Canada Research Chair in global control of HPV-related cancer
Assistant Director | Women’s Health Research Institute
Senior Public Health Scientist | BC Centre for Disease Control
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Milos Popovich, PhD, PEng
Professor of Biomedical Engineering | UofT
Senior Scientist | Toronto Rehab Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research & Research
Director | The KITE Research Institute at University Health Network
Nancy Allbritton, MD, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering | University of Washington
Frank & Julie Jungers Dean | College of Engineering