TERIS Advisory Board Members
Jan M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., Founder and Board Member
Dr. Friedman is a medical geneticist and Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia.
Margaret L.P. Adam, M.D., Board Member
Dr. Adam is a clinical geneticist and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine at the University of Washington.
Cheryl S. Broussard, Ph.D., Board Member
Dr. Broussard, an epidemiologist, is the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders at CDC.
Christina Chambers, Ph.D., M.P.H., Board Member
Dr. Chambers is a perinatal epidemiologist and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UC San Diego.
Sonia Hernández-Díaz, M.D., Dr.PH., Board Member
Dr. Hernández-Díaz is an epidemiologist and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Kenneth Lyons Jones, M.D., Board Member
Dr. Jones, a dysmorphologist, is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Dysmorphology and Teratology at UC San Diego.
Richard K. Miller, Ph.D., Board Member
Dr. Miller is a clinical pharmacologist/toxicologist and Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
richardk_miller@urmc.rochester.edu
Gary M. Shaw, Dr.PH., Board Member
Dr. Shaw, an epidemiologist, is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine at Stanford University
Past Advisory Board Members
- Robert L. Brent, M.D., Ph.D. (Advisory Board Member, 35 years)
- Thomas H. Shepard, M.D. (Advisory Board Member, 32 years)
- James W. Hansen, M.D., (Advisory Board Member, 14 years)
- Jose F. Cordero, M.D. (Advisory Board Member, 14 years)
- J. David Erickson, D.D.S., Ph.D. (Advisory Board Member, 14 years)
- Cynthia Moore, M.D., Ph.D. (Advisory Board Member, 6 years)
TERIS Staff
Sura Alwan, M.Sc., Ph.D., TERIS Co-Director
Dr. Alwan is a birth defects epidemiologist and teratologist who holds professional positions at the University of Washington and the University of British Columbia.
Kimberly S. Grant, Ph.D., TERIS Co-Director
Dr. Grant is a developmental neurotoxicologist in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington.
Jenny N. Eng, B.S., TERIS Program Coordinator
Ms. Eng is the program support administrator for TERIS at the University of Washington.
Thomas M. Burbacher, Ph.D., Department Liaison
Dr. Burbacher is a Professor in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington.
Janine E. Polifka, Ph.D., TERIS Director Emeritus
Dr. Polifka is a retired faculty member from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington.