Fungal CETR Leadership
Program Directors
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director (Overall) and
Project leader (Project 3)
Chair, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Alfred & Jill Sommer Professor and Chair Professor
David Perlin, Ph.D.
Project leader - (Project 3)
Chief Scientific Officer and Member,
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Scientific Advisory Board Members
Daria Hazuda, Ph.D.
Expertise: Antivirals, antibacterials and vaccines; Extensive
Pharma/industry experience
Karen Shaw, Ph.D.
Expertise: Antifungal and antibacterial drug discovery; Extensive
Pharma/industry experience
Michael R. Hodges, BSc., M.D.
Expertise: Antifungal, antiviral and vaccine drug development; Extensive Pharma/industry and investor experience
Neil Clancy, M.D.
Expertise: Medical Mycologist, Transplant ID, Therapeutic and diagnostic applications in invasive fungal diseases
Project and Core Leaders
Terry Roemer, Ph.D.
Project leader - (Project 4)
Chairman, Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Prokaryotics, Inc.
David Perlin, Ph.D.
Project leader - (Project 3)
Chief Scientific Officer and Member,
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director (Overall) and
Project leader (Project 3)
Chair, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Alfred & Jill Sommer Professor and Chair Professor
David Alland, M.D.
Project leader - (Project 2)
Professor and Chief, Department of Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases, New Jersey Medical School
Director, Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School
James Merritt, Ph.D.
Medicinal Chemistry Core Director
Member, Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Joel Freundlich, Ph.D.
Project leader -
(Project 2)
and Medicinal Chemistry Core Director
Medicinal Chemistry Core Director
Professor
Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience/ Medicine
Rutgers University–New Jersey Medical School
Vidmantas Petraitis, M.D.
Pharmacology Core Director
Associate Member
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Matthew Zimmerman
Pharmacology Core
Co-Director
Manager, Head of Analytical Chemistry
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Milena Kordalewska, Ph.D.
Mycology Core Director
Research Asst Member,
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Andrew Nelson, DVM
Animal Models Core Director
Director, Research Animal Models,
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Alla Rabinovich, MBA
Business Director, Administrative Core
Chief Operations Officer, Center for Discovery and Innovation
Madhuvika Murugan, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Administrative Core
Special Research Programs and Communications Lead, Center for Discovery and Innovation