ISSCR Elects New Officers, Board Members

Fiona Watt of the London Research Institute has been elected vice president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Her term begins in June 2006. Watt will serve as vice president for one year and as president-elect for one year, and will become ISSCR president following the 6th ISSCR Annual Meeting in 2008. Her term as president is one year.

Before the election Watt said, ISSCR must continue to foster the highest scientific, ethical and clinical standards, and encourage the best young scientists and clinicians to enter the field, while providing accurate scientific information about stem cell research to the media and public.

Other officers and board members have been elected to ISSCR leadership as well. Ihor Lemischka of Princeton University was elected clerk and Sean Morrison of the University of Michigan was elected treasurer.

Joining the ISSCR Board of Directors for their first appointments are Peter Andrews, University of Sheffield, UK, Claudio Bordignon, Fondazione Centro San Raffaele, Italy, Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller University, and Lawrence Goldstein, University of California San Diego.

Returning for their second terms on the ISSCR Board of Directors are Alan Trounson, Monash University, Australia, Irving Weissman, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Contact Heather Gagnon at hgagnon@isscr.org or 847-509-1944 to schedule an interview with ISSCR leaders.

Posted: March 29, 2006