Administration
The CAMB Program Chairs will have primary responsibility for students, including all advising and oversight of prelim exams. Students and faculty should be aware that while they are encouraged to work with the Program Chairs, any issues that cannot be resolved at the Program level can be presented to the full CAMB Executive Committee. Such issues should be submitted in writing to one of the CAMB coordinators who will put them on the agenda for consideration at the next Executive Committee meeting. The Executive Committee will meet monthly to review ongoing activities, curriculum, policies, and any student issues that require decisions.
See bottom of the page for membership of the CAMB-wide Committees which includes; Admissions, Curriculum, and Executive.
Graduate Group Chairs
Daniel S. Kessler, PhD (he/him/his)
Chair, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group
9-104 Smilow Center for Translational Research
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
kesslerd@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-898-1478
Craig H. Bassing, PhD (he/him/his)
Vice Chair, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group
4054 Colket Translational Research Building
3501 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
bassing@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
267-426-0311
Program Chairs
David Feldser, PhD (he/him/his)
Chair, Cancer Biology (CB) Program
709 Biomedical Research Building (BRB)
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
dfeldser@upenn.edu
215-898-9207
Donita Brady, PhD
Vice Chair, Cancer Biology (CB) Program
621 Biomedical Research Building (BRB)
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
bradyd@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-573-9705
Zoltan P. Arany, MD, PhD
Chair, Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism (CPM) Program
11-106 Smilow Center for Translational Research
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
zarany@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-898-3482
Patrick Seale, PhD (he/him/his)
Chair, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology (DSRB) Program
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor, Room 105
Philadelphia, PA 19104
sealep@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-573-8856
Zhaolan Joe Zhou, PhD (he/him/his)
Chair, Genetics and Epigenetics (G&E) Program
452A Clinical Research Building (CRB)
415 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
zhaolan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-746-5025
Jonathan Miner, PhD
Chair, Gene Therapy and Vaccines (GTV) Program
522B Johnson Pavilion
3610 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
jonathan.miner@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-573-4109
Sunny Shin, PhD
Chair, Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology (MVP) Program
201B Johnson Pavilion
3610 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
sunshin@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
(215) 746-8410
Elizabeth A. Grice, PhD
Vice Chair, Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology (MVP) Program
1015 Biomedical Research Building
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
egrice@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-898-3179
Graduate Group Staff/Coordinators
Meagan Schofer (she/her/hers)
Associate Director
404 Anatomy/Chemistry Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
mschofer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-898-9536
Associated with the DSRB program
Kathy O'Connor-Cooley (she/her/hers)
Program Coordinator
404 Anatomy/Chemistry Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
kathyo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-898-8935
Associated with the CB and CPM programs
Anna Kline (she/her/hers)
Program Coordinator
404 Anatomy/Chemistry Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
akline@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-898-3918
Associated with the GTV and MVP programs
Ryan Bieber (he/him/his)
Administrative Coordinator
404 Anatomy/Chemistry Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
ryan.bieber@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-573-8349
Associated with the G&E program
Graduate Group-wide Committees
Admissions
- PhD Admissions Chair
- MD/PhD Combined Degree Admissions Chair
Curriculum
- Dr. Craig Bassing, Committee Chair
- CB Representatives
- Dr. David Feldser
- Krista Budinich
- CPM Representatives
- Dr. Robert Lee
- Charlie Bond
- DSRB Representatives
- Dr. Pantelis Rompolas
- Sarah Gagnon
- G&E Representatives
- Dr. Hao Wu
- Connor Hill
- GTV Representatives
- Dr. Kiran Musunuru
- Vi Pham
- MVP Representatives
- Dr. Matthew Weitzman
- Priyanka Chatterjee
Executive
- Dr. Zoltan Arany, CPM Chair
- Dr. Craig Bassing, CAMB Vice Chair & GTV Interim Chair
- Dr. Donita Brady, CB Vice Chair
- Dr. David Feldser, CB Chair
- Dr. Mark Kahn, MD/PhD Faculty Representative
- Dr. Daniel Kessler, CAMB Chair
- Dr. Patrick Seale, DSRB Chair
- Dr. Denise Sabatino, GTV Vice Chair
- Dr. Sunny Shin, MVP Chair
- Dr. Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou, G&E Chair
- Kevin Hernandez, CAMB Student Representative
- Kay Katada, CAMB Student Representative