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External Advisory Board

The Wistar Institute External Advisory Board is a group of world-renowned scientists with broad scientific expertise who meet annually to review the Institute’s strategic plan, finance, facilities and faculty for promotion, and provide the president with advice in these areas.

Chair
Edward Ziff, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
  • New York University School of Medicine – Langone Medical Center
Members
Dafna Bar-Sagi, Ph.D.
  • Senior Vice President and Vice Dean for Science
  • Chief Scientific Officer
  • Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
  • Professor, Department of Medicine
  • New York University School of Medicine – Langone Medical Center
Eric Fearon, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Emanuel N. Maisel Professor of Oncology
  • Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics and Pathology, University of Michigan
Stanley Plotkin, M.D.
  • Professor Emeritus
  • The Wistar Institute
Anil K. Rustgi, M.D.
  • Director
  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Columbia University, Irving Medical Center
M. Celeste Simon, Ph.D.
  • Scientific Director, The Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
  • Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
David L. Wiest, Ph.D.
  • Deputy Chief Scientific Officer
  • Professor and Co-Leader, Blood Cell Development and Function
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center