Scientific Committee

The Telethon Scientific Committee is composed of scientists of international standing, serving a  four-year term. To minimize potential conflicts of interest, Italian members working in Italy are kept to a minimum. Currently there are 31 members, 3 of which are Italian (one currently working in Italy, 2 abroad).

For the evaluation of proposals, the Scientific Committee uses the peer-review process. Before the plenary discussion, each proposed project is evaluated by three members of the committee and at least two external referees chosen from scientists working in the international arena. It is an indispensable  procedure which leads to only the best projects being chosen for funding.

Members of the Scientific Committee are also entrusted to periodically evaluate the work of researchers who work in the Telethon institutions. Here is a list of our current members: 

 
PRESIDENT Thomas Rando
Department of Neurology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford (USA)
Member since 2009

MEMBERS
Robin Ali
University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London (UK)
Member since 2012

 Nica Borgese
Dipartimento di Farmacologia cellulare e molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano (IT)
Member since 2009

Robert Brosh
Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore (USA)
Member since 2012

Patrik Brundin
Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University (SE)
Member since 2010

Han Brunner
Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen (NL)
Member since 2007

Stephen Cannon
Department of Neurology, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (USA)
Member since 2009

Jeffrey Chamberlain
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (USA)
Member since 2012

Marco Colonna
Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis (USA)
Member since 2011

Davide Corona
Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare, Università di Palermo, Italy (IT)
Interim member

Daniel Garry
Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, (USA)
Member since 2011

Alfred L. George
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (USA)
Member since 2012

Gregory Germino
Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (USA)
Member since 2010

Angela Giangrande
IGBMC, Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Cell Biology and Development, Strasbourg (FR)
Member since 2009

David Goldstein
Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham (USA)
Member since 2012

Joel Gottesfeld
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla (USA)
Member since 2012

Leslie Griffith
National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Brandeis University, Waltham (USA)
Member since 2010

Bernard Hoflack
Biotechnology Center, Dresden University of Technology (DE)
Member since 2010

Gail Johnson
Departments of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester (USA)
Member since 2010

Lynn Jorde
Department of Human Genetics, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah (USA)
Member since 2009

Barry London
Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh (USA)
Member since 2010

Punam Malik
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati (USA)
Member since 2012

Jeffrey Molkentin
Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati (USA)
Member since 2010

Michael Murphy
Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge (UK)
Member since 2010

Harry Orr
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (USA)
Member since 2009

Michael Rudnicki
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa (CAN)
Member since 2011

Andrea Superti-Furga
Faculté de Biologie et de Médecine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne (CHE)
Member since 2012

Antoine Triller
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris (FR)
Member since 2012

Maarten van Lohuizen
Division of Molecular Genetics, Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands (NED)
Member since 2011

Ora Weisz
Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (USA)
Member since 2012

Nick Wood
Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL, London (UK)
Member since 2009