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OSSD Committees

Membership Committee

Purpose: Membership retention and strategies for growth.

Lisa Briand, Chair, Temple University

Communications Committee 

Purpose: Social media announcements and visibility of events.

Antonio Riva, Chair, King's College London
Elvisha Dhamala, Co-Chair, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Aaron Fleischer, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Jessica Bradshaw, University of North Texas HSC
Kelly Hewitt, Washington State University

 

Education Committee

Purpose: Organize the OSSD Connected Virtual Speaker Series with three Zoom Webinar talks prior to the annual meeting and building the symposium to support the keynote speakers at the meeting.

Alex DeCasien, Chair, National Institute on Aging
Lindsay Cahill, Co-Chair, Memorial University of Newfoundland

 

Finance Committee

Rebecca Cunningham, Treasurer, President-Elect, University of North Texas HSC
Armin Raznahan, President, NIMH Intramural Research Program
Sofia Ahmed, Past-President, University of Alberta
Sandra Dumanski, Secretary, University of Calgary
Jill Becker, BSD Editor-In-Chief, University of Michigan
Cindy Barha, Program, University of Calgary


Trainee Committee

Purpose: Organize the Trainee / Mentor Roundtable and Trainee Social at the annual meeting.

Bonnie Lee, Chair, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Nominations Committee

Armin Raznahan, President, NIMH Intramural Research Program
Sofia Ahmed, Past-President, University of Alberta
Sandra Dumanski, Secretary, University of Calgary
Jill Becker, BSD Editor-In-Chief, University of Michigan

 

Awards Committee

Purpose: Select the awards given at the annual meeting of the OSSD.

Travis Hodges, Chair, Mount Holyoke College
Shami Kanekar, Co-Chair, University of Utah
Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Past-Chair, Memorial University of Newfoundland

 

Program Committee

Purpose: Plan the annual meeting of the OSSD.  Program Committee members shall be appointed for three year staggered terms.

Cindy Barha, Chair, University of Calgary
Erin Sundermann, Co-Chair, UCSD


Social Responsibility Committee

Purpose: Organize the Social Responsibility lunch at the annual meeting, other initiatives to interact with membership and trainees to support diversity of membership and in our research.

Karthickeyan Chella Krishnan, Chair, University of Cincinnati
Justin Matheson, Co-Chair, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health


Biology of Sex Differences (BoSD) Early Career Award Committee: 

Purpose: Select the new BoSD Early Career Travel Awards to be given at the annual meeting of the OSSD.

Jill Becker, BSD Editor-In-Chief, University of Michigan



Future Meeting Location Committee

Lisa Briand, Chair, Temple University
Katelyn Bruno, Co-Chair, University of Florida
Rebecca Cunningham, Treasurer, President-Elect, University of North Texas HSC
Sofia Ahmed, Past-President, University of Alberta
Jill Becker, BSD Editor-In-Chief, University of Michigan
Elvisha Dhamala, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Antonio Riva, King's College London
Alex DeCasien, National Institute on Aging