Meet the ABRCMS Committees Steering Committee Alfredo Torres, Ph.D. Meharry Medical College Arturo Casadevall, M.D., M.S., Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University Avery August, Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Bolaji Thomas, Ph.D. Rochester Institute of Technology Cherié Butts, Ph.D. Biogen, Inc. Cherrie Boyer, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco Crystal Watkins, M.D., Ph.D. MedStar Harbor Hospital Juan S. Ramírez Lugo, Ph.D. University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Lisa Barnes, Ph.D. Rush University Loretta Brancaccio-Taras, Ph.D. Kingsborough Community College Lydia Contreras, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin Marlene de la Cruz, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine Mary Sanchez Lanier, Ph.D. Washington State University Squire Booker, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Tracy Johnson, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles Victoria McGovern, Ph.D. Burroughs Wellcome Fund