People
Strategic Advisory Council
Strategic oversight for the Center is provided by a small, active group of renowned thought leaders in research and translational medicine.
Randall Carpenter, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Rett Syndrome Research Trust
Dr. Carpenter’s career experience includes providing primary care to underserved populations, performing clinical and basic science research, and leadership positions in academic medicine, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies.
Sandra L. Fenwick
Former President and CEO of Boston Children’s Hospital
Sandra Fenwick joined Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) in 1999 as a senior vice president and rose to be Chief Executive Officer in 2013. She retired in March 2021. As CEO, Ms. Fenwick led the nation’s foremost independent pediatric hospital and the world’s leading center of pediatric medical and health research. She currently serves on numerous boards, including The Risk Management Foundation of Harvard Medical Institutions, and Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically-inspired Engineering among others.
Susan Hockfield, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and President Emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
From December 2004 through June 2012, Dr. Hockfield served as the sixteenth president of MIT, where she continues to hold a faculty appointment as professor of neuroscience and as a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.
Harvey Lodish, PhD
Founding Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
From 1968-2019, the Lodish Lab at the Whitehead Institute focused on important areas at the interface between molecular cell biology and medicine.
Stacie Weninger, PhD
President, FBRI
Stacie Weninger is the President of FBRI. FBRI creates and invests in healthcare and technology companies to advance research in Alzheimer’s disease and related brain disorders.
The RSZ TNC Executive team can be found here: Executive Team >
Scientific oversight is also provided by the advisory board profiled here: Scientific Advisory Board >