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External Advisory Board

The MRCT Center External Advisory Board provides constructive feedback relating to long term strategic planning and vision as well as new programmatic initiatives, strategic partnerships, and existing projects. The board meets annually and brings outside perspectives to the Center, helps to maintain a global perspective and awareness, and supports the Center’s continued growth.

Dr. Bernard Lo

President Emeritus, Greenwall Foundation

Chair, MRCT Center External Advisory Board

Professor Mojisola Adeyeye

Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria

Dr. Joshua Boger

Founder & Former Chief Executive Officer, Vertex

Executive Chairman, Alkeus Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Cristina Csimma

Biopharmaceutical Board Director

Steve Davis

Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company

Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dr. Jeffrey Drazen

Editor, NEJM Group

Senior Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Margaret Hamburg

Global Advisory Council, Harvard University

Former FDA Commissioner

Dr. Nina M. Hill

Independent consultant and the former Vice President of Innovation Policy, Global Policy at Pfizer

Professor Guido Rasi

Full Professor of Microbiology, Chairman, Rome University Tor Vergata, Gemelli Polyclinic

Former Executive Director, European Medicines Agency

Dr. Ara Tahmassian

Chief Research Compliance Officer, Harvard University

Project Director, Building University Capacity in Responsible Science for Broader Middle East and North Africa

Former EAB Members

Dr. Atul Gawande, USAID
Dr. Michael Rosenblatt, Flagship Pioneering