Combined Meeting of the Red Cell Club and the East-West Iron Club

EWIC Scientific Committee

Francesca Vinchi, PhD

East-West Iron Club (EWIC) Chair
Head, Iron Research, New York Blood Center
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY

Iqbal Hamza, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis (CBOTH)
Baltimore, MD

Nunziata Maio, PhD

Senior Associate Scientist
NICHD, National Institute of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, MD

Yatrik Shah, PhD

Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Rogel Cancer Center
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI

Organizing Committee

Iqbal Hamza, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis (CBOTH)
Baltimore, MD

RCC Scientific Committee

Chair

Patrick Gallagher, MD

Red Cell Club (RCC) Chair
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Director, Yale Center for Blood Disorders
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Vice Chair of Operations

Mohandas Narla, PhD

Distinguished Scientist
Head, Laboratory of Red Cell Physiology
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Operations Coordinator

James Palis, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology
Northumberland Trust Professorship in Pediatrics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Vice Chair for EWIC

Laurie Steiner, MD

Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology)
Lindsey Distinguished Professorship for Pediatric Research
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Co-Vice Chair for RCC

Lionel Blanc, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine and Pediatrics
Nelkin Professorship in Pediatric Oncology
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY

Co-Vice Chair for RCC

Scott Peslak, MD, PhD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

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