Program Updates

Registration is Open

NYSTEM 2012
Registration is now open
Abstracts are due by March 9
Early registration closes April 12.

Stem Cell Awareness Day
October 5, 2011 marked "Stem Cell Awareness Day." The winning images for NYSTEM sponsored third annual stem cell image contest are featured in the NYSTEM 2012 calendar
Two RFAs issued
September 28, 2011 - The New York State Department of Health issued two Requests for Applications: Institutional Awards for Short Term Faculty Training and Collaborative Opportunities; and, Empire State Medical, Dental and Veterinary Student Stem Cell Research Training Program.
Information on Oocyte Donation

NYSTEM Staff

NYSTEM program staff are drawn from the Wadsworth Center and elsewhere in the Department of Health and work to administer and advance the agenda of the Empire State Stem Cell Board.

Lawrence S. Sturman, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director
518-474-7592

Janet Cohn, J.D.
Deputy Director
518-473-1394

Beth E. Roxland, J.D., M.Bioethics
Special Advisor to the Commissioner on Stem Cell Research Ethics
212-417-5444

David Anders, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
anders@wadsworth.org

Matthew Kohn, Ph.D.
Scientific Officer
mjk09@health.state.ny.us

Kathy Chou, Ph.D.
Scientific Officer
yxc10@health.state.ny.us

Bonnie Jo Brautigam
Director,Grants Administration
518-474-7002
nystemgrants@wadsworth.org

Program Updates

Registration is Open

NYSTEM Staff