Board Members

CT2G has two advisory committees comprised of leading experts in genomics, healthcare, bioethics, law, and the social sciences. Our advisers provide scientific guidance and oversight of center activities; please see below for more information about our Advisory Committee and Steering Committee members. 

Advisory Committee Members

Mildred Cho, PhD
Professor, Stanford Department of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics

S. Malia Fullerton, DPhil
Associate Professor, University of Washington Department of Biomedical History and Ethics
Director, University of Washington Institute for Public Health Genetics

Hank Greely, JD
Professor, Stanford School of Law 
Chair, Steering Committee of the Center for Biomedical Ethics

Sydney Halpern, PhD
Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Sociology 
and Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanities

Chuck McAvoy
Community Advisory Panel, Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genetics Environment and Health (RPGEH)

Robert Nussbaum, MD
Professor, UCSF School of Medicine 
Chief Medical Officer, Invitae Inc (August 2015) 

Osagie K. Obasogie, JD, PhD
Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco

Renee Sharp, MS
Director of Research, Environmental Working Group
Community Advisory Panel, Kaiser Permanente RPGEH

Marc Williams, MD, FAAP, FACMG
Director, Genomic Medicine Institute, Geisinger Health System
​Steering Committee Members

Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS
President, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Senior Vice President for Cancer Services, UCSF Health
Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine

Leslie Manace Brenman, MD
Medical Geneticist, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Genetics Department, Division of Clinical Genetics
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Medicine

Laurie Nemzer, MS, CGC
Director of Genetic Counseling Master’s Program at California State Stanislaus
Genetic Counselor at Kaiser Permanente Oakland

Neil Risch, PhD 
Professor, UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Director of Center for Human Genetics
Co-Director of Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health at Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research

Catherine Schaefer, PhD
Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research 
Executive Director of Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health at Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research

Joseph Shieh, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Personalized Genomics Clinic
Director, Medical Genetics Residency Program
Institute for Human Genetics
Department of Pediatrics and Benioff Children’s Hospital, UCSF