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

Jill Taylor, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
518-474-7592

Judy Doesschate, J.D.
Director of Board Operations and
Executive Secretary to the Board
518-474-1151

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

Ann Willey, Ph.D., J.D.
Director, Laboratory Policy & Planning
518-473-4856

Jeroo Kotval, Ph.D.
Project Coordinator
518-408-1814

Marti McHugh
Program Development Officer
518-486-2893

Linda Tripoli, R.N.
Program Coordinator
lmt01@health.state.ny.us

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