Health Research Alliance: A National Organization Fostering Links Between Reseearch and Practice

Bulletin:

Health Research Alliance members:
The April HRA Members' Meeting at the Liberty Hotel in Boston on April 12-13 was fantastic. Many thanks to our gracious co-hosts: The Donaghue Foundation, the New York Stem Cell Foundation and The Medical Foundation, a division of Health Resources in Action. Slides from the sessions and notes from the joint working group meetings have now been posted on the Member Meetings & News page, along with the background materials posted before the meeting.
Health Research Alliance members: It is not too early to mark your calendars for the fall, 2012 Members' Meeting! The meeting has been scheduled for September 6-7, 2012, and will be hosted by The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Is your organization interested in becoming a member of the Health Research Alliance? Find out more.
Health Research Alliance
P.O. Box 13901
21 T. W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27709
Although multiple staff members from member organizations participate in HRA events, projects and activities, each HRA member organization designates one person to serve as that organization's official contact, or "designated representative," to the Health Research Alliance. The designated representatives are:

  • AACR Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer
    Deborah Crabtree, M.S.
    Manager, Grants Administration

  • Alzheimer's Association
    Maria Carrillo, Ph.D.
    Senior Director, Medical & Scientific Relations

  • Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
    Howard Fillit, M.D.
    Executive Director

  • American Brain Tumor Association
    Deneen Hesser
    Director, Research and Patient Services

  • American Cancer Society
    T.J. Koerner, Ph.D.
    Director of Research Information Management

  • American Diabetes Association
    Mara Darsow, Ph.D.
    Vice President of Research Programs

  • American Federation for Aging Research
    Stephanie Lederman, Ed.M.
    Executive Director

  • American Heart Association
    Leslie Hearn
    Research Operations Director

  • Arthritis Foundation
    John Hardin, M.D.
    Chief Science Officer

  • Autism Speaks
    Anita Miller Sostek, Ph.D.
    Vice President, Scientific Review & Operations

  • Avon Foundation for Women
    Marc Hurlbert, Ph.D.
    Executive Director

  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund
    Nancy Sung, Ph.D.
    Senior Program Officer

  • Cancer Research Institute
    Jill O'Donnell-Tormey, Ph.D.
    Executive Director

  • Children's Tumor Foundation
    Min Wong
    Research Program Director

  • Conquer Cancer Foundation(formerly ASCO Cancer Foundation)
    Eileen Melnick
    Director, Grants and Awards

  • Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
    Lorraine Egan, J.D.
    President and CEO

  • Donaghue Foundation
    Lynne Garner, Ph.D.
    President & Trustee

  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
    Sindy Escobar-Alvarez, Ph.D.
    Program Officer for Medical Research

  • Ellison Medical Foundation
    Kevin J. Lee, Ph.D.
    Deputy Executive Director

  • The Flinn Foundation
    William Read, Ph.D.
    Senior Vice President, Research and Special Programs

  • Fondation Leducq
    David Tancredi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Scientific Director

  • Foundation Fighting Blindness
    Stephen Rose, Ph.D.
    Chief Research Officer

  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
    Ann Ashby, M.B.A.
    Deputy Executive Director

  • The Gerber Foundation
    Catherine A. Obits, R.N., M.S.N.
    Program Manager

  • Heart Rhythm Society
    James Youngblood
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Maryrose Franko, Ph.D.
    Senior Program Officer

  • Hydrocephalus Association
    Dawn Mancuso
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, International
    Concepcion (Marie) Nierras, Ph.D.
    Director of Research, Scientific Affairs

  • W. M. Keck Foundation
    Maria Pellegrini, Ph.D.
    Executive Director for Programs

  • Susan G. Komen for the Cure
    Victoria A. M. Wolodzko
    Director, Grants Administration

  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
    Sammy Hattar
    Director of Research Administration

  • LUNGevity Foundation
    Andrea Ferris
    President

  • Lupus Foundation of America
    Leslie Miller Hanrahan
    Vice President, Education and Research

  • Lymphoma Research Foundation
    Kathleen Brown
    Director of Research

  • March of Dimes Foundation
    Michael Katz, M.D.
    Senior Vice President for Research and Global Programs

  • The Medical Foundation, a division of Health Resources in Action
    Sally McNagny, M.D., M.P.H.
    Vice President

  • Melanoma Research Alliance
    Laura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D.
    Scientific Program Director

  • MPN Research Foundation
    Barbara VanHusen
    President

  • Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
    Mitchell Balk
    President

  • Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
    Louise Perkins, Ph.D.
    Chief Scientific Officer

  • New York Stem Cell Foundation
    Caroline Marshall, Ph.D.
    Vice President, Scientific Programs

  • Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
    Rhonda Aizenberg Ph.D.
    Senior Manager of Research and Scientific Affairs/Senior Program Officer

  • Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
    Sharon Hesterlee, Ph.D.
    Senior Director, Research & Advocacy

  • Parkinson's Disease Foundation
    James Beck, Ph.D.
    Director of Research Programs

  • The Pew Biomedical Programs
    Ann Million
    Director, The Pew Biomedical Programs

  • Rita Allen Foundation
    Elizabeth Christopherson
    President & Chief Executive Officer

  • Simons Foundation
    Marion Greenup
    Vice President for Administration

  • Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation
    Carole Asher
    Assistant Director of Grants


    Health Research Alliance Staff
    • Kate Ahlport, M.S.P.H.
      Executive Director
      (Member, HRA Board of Directors)

    • Annette Huetter
      HRA Program Assistant






















































































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