Consortium Members
The MAVDA program is led by a public-private consortium of world-class virologists, academic drug discovery experts and industry leaders. This unprecedented and innovative approach will enable MAVDA to accelerate research from bench to bedside.
Current Consortium Members
David S. Perlin, Ph.D.
Lead Investigator
MAVDA Project/Core Leader
Chief Scientific Officer and Professor
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
MAVDA Project/Core Leader
Chief Scientific Officer and Professor
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Charles M. Rice, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
MAVDA Core Leader
Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Professor in Virology
The Rockefeller University
2016 Lasker Award
2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
MAVDA Core Leader
Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Professor in Virology
The Rockefeller University
2016 Lasker Award
2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Julian Symons, Ph.D.
MAVDA Project Leader
Chief Scientific Officer
Aligos Therapeutics Inc.
Chief Scientific Officer
Aligos Therapeutics Inc.
Thomas Tuschl, Ph.D.
MAVDA Project Leader
Professor
The Rockefeller University
Professor
The Rockefeller University
Jingyue Ju, Ph.D.
MAVDA Project Leader
Professor
Departments of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacology Director
Center for Genome Technology & Biomolecular Engineering
Columbia University
Professor
Departments of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacology Director
Center for Genome Technology & Biomolecular Engineering
Columbia University
Alexander Ploss, Ph.D.
MAVDA Project Leader
Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Sean Brady, Ph.D.
MAVDA Project Leader
Professor, The Rockefeller University
Professor, The Rockefeller University
Madhuvika Murugan, Ph.D.
MAVDA Program Manager
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Joseph Fraser Glickman, Ph.D.
MAVDA Core Leader
Research Associate Professor
Director, RU High Throughput Screening
The Rockefeller University
Research Associate Professor
Director, RU High Throughput Screening
The Rockefeller University
James Merritt
Joel Freundlich, Ph.D.
MAVDA Core Leader
Professor
Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience/ Medicine
Rutgers University–New Jersey Medical School
Professor
Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience/ Medicine
Rutgers University–New Jersey Medical School
Lawrence Shapiro, Ph.D.
MAVDA Core Leader
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Aaron Diamond Research Center
Columbia Mind, Brain and Behavior Institute
Columbia University
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Aaron Diamond Research Center
Columbia Mind, Brain and Behavior Institute
Columbia University
Vidmantas Petraitis, M.D
MAVDA Core Leader
Associate Member
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Associate Member
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Matthew Zimmerman
MAVDA Core Leader
Manager, Head of Analytical Chemistry
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Manager, Head of Analytical Chemistry
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Andrew Nelson
Steven Park
MAVDA Core Leader
Director of Laboratory Support Operations
Center for Discovery and Innovation, HMH
Director of Laboratory Support Operations
Center for Discovery and Innovation, HMH
Ching-Wen Chang, Ph.D.
Virology Core Coordinator
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Past Consortium Members
David Ho, M.D.
MAVDA Core Leader
Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS research center (ADARC)
Clyde ’56 and Helen Wu Professor of Medicine
Columbia University
Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS research center (ADARC)
Clyde ’56 and Helen Wu Professor of Medicine
Columbia University
Stephen Goff, Ph.D.
MAVDA Core Leader
Higgins Professor of Biochemistry
Columbia University
Higgins Professor of Biochemistry
Columbia University
Alejandro Chavez, M.D., Ph.D.
MAVDA Project Leader
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Yosef Sabo, Ph.D.
MAVDA Project/Core Leader
Assistant Professor
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Columbia University
Assistant Professor
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Columbia University
James Balkovec, Ph.D.
MAVDA Core Leader
Anti-Infectives and Medicinal Chemistry Consultant
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Anti-Infectives and Medicinal Chemistry Consultant
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Dinshaw Patel, Ph.D.
MAVDA Core Leader
Weill School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Weill School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Craig Wilen, Ph.D.
Project Leader (DRP)
Associate Professor
Yale University
Associate Professor
Yale University
Elizabeth Campbell, Ph.D.
Project Leader (DRP)
Research Associate Professor, The Rockefeller University
Research Associate Professor, The Rockefeller University
Sho Iketani, Ph.D.
MRP Awardee
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Wamiah Chowdhury, Ph.D.
MRP Awardee
Postdoctoral Associate, The Rockefeller University
Postdoctoral Associate, The Rockefeller University
Subodh Samrat, Ph.D.
MRP Awardee
Research Scientist, University of Arizona
Research Scientist, University of Arizona