The election for openings on the 2026–2027 SOT Council and the Elected Committees is currently underway. This blog contains a listing of the candidates that appear on the ballot. Thank you to all those who agreed to appear on the ballot and serve if elected.
Voting in the election is a privilege reserved for Full and Associate members. Voting members received an email on Monday, January 5, with a link to the ballot. If you are a Full or Associate member and did not receive an email with the ballot or experiencing difficulties voting, please contact SOT Headquarters.
SOT COUNCIL
Vice President–Elect
Barbara L. F. Kaplan, PhD
Mississippi State University
Betina J. Lew, PhD, DABT, ERT
Johnson & Johnson
Treasurer-Elect
Gary D. Minsavage, PhD, DABT, MBA
ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc.
Scott A. Reisman, PhD, DABT
Disc Medicine
Councilors
Sarah Campion, PhD
Pfizer
Natalie M. Johnson, PhD
Texas A&M University
María Carmen Rubio-Armendáriz, PhD
Universidad de La Laguna (Spain)
John P. Wise Sr., PhD
University of Louisville
ELECTED COMMITTEES
Awards Committee
Melanie Abongwa, PhD, MBA
BlueRock Therapeutics
Scott S. Auerbach, PhD, DABT
NIEHS
R. Todd Bunch, PhD
Bristol Myers Squibb
Xiaoling (Sharlene) Dai, MD, PhD, RAC, DABT
Abbott Laboratories
Miao Li, PhD, DABT
US FDA
Jonathan M. Maher, PhD, DABT, ATS
Pliant Therapeutics
Colleen McLoughlin, PhD, DABT, ERT
Enhesa
Jonathan H. Shannahan, PhD
Purdue University
Phoebe Stapleton, PhD, ATC
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alessandro Venosa, PharmD, PhD
University of California Davis
Membership Committee
Sarah A. Carratt, PhD, DABT
Pfizer
Kymberly M. Gowdy, PhD
Ohio State University
Tynisha D. Glover, PhD
Johnson & Johnson
Betzabet Quintanilla-Vega, PhD
Cinvestav—Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico)
Mindy F. Reynolds, PhD
Washington College
René Viñas, PhD, DABT
UPSIDE Foods
Nominating Committee from the Regional Chapters
Kelly P. Coleman, PhD, DABT, ERT, ATS, RAC
Medtronic
Daniel A. Gorelick, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Katharine A. M. Horzmann, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DABT
Auburn University
Suresh K. Nagumalli, PhD
US FDA
Alexander C. Ufelle, MD, PhD, DABT
Slippery Rock University
Nominating Committee from the Specialty Sections
Eliane El Hayek, PhD
University of New Mexico
Petra Haberzettl, PhD
University of Louisville
Hervé N. Lebrec, PharmD, PhD, DABT
Sonoma Biotherapeutics
Fjodor Melnikov, PhD
Genentech Inc.
Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay, MD, PhD
University of Texas at Austin
Alison Pecquet, PhD, DABT
Syngenta
Courtney Roper, PhD
University of Mississippi
David T. Szabo, PhD, CPPS, DABT
Durham, NC
Nominating Committee from the Membership-At-Large
Amie K. Lund, PhD
University of North Texas
Kristina A. Thayer, PhD
California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Saurabh G. Vispute, PhD, DABT, RAC
Pfizer
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