BIRCWH Mentors

The mentor team is a key part of the BIRCWH career development program.  All BIRCWH Scholars are assigned at least two mentors to provide guidance and support for the duration of their appointment.  Mentors must have established research careers with a record of mentoring. The following is a list of faculty members currently approved by NIH to serve as BIRCWH mentors.  An applicant may propose a faculty member who is not on this list as a potential mentor but any mentors selected will have to be approved by the BIRCWH Internal Advisory Committee and the NIH prior to appointment.

Women's Health and the Brain

Lisa Dixon, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Sharon M. Gordon, D.D.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School

Joel D. Greenspan, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, Dental School

Steven Kittner, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine

Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine

Istvan Merchenthaler, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D., Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine and Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine

Jessica A. Mong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine

Teodor Postolache, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Leonardo H. Tonelli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Richard Traub, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dental School

The Aging Woman

Andrew Goldberg, M.D., Professor, Division of Gerontology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine

Marc C. Hochberg, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine

Richard Macko, M.D., Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine

Jay S. Magaziner, Ph.D., M.S.Hyg., Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine

Braxton Mitchell, M.P.H., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine

William T. Regenold, M.D.,C.M., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Alice Ryan, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Gerontology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine

Robert Schwarcz, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Alan Shuldiner, M.D., Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine

Linda Simoni-Wastila, B.S.Pharm., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy

Barbara Smith, Ph.D., R.N., Professor, Department of Family and Community Health, and Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing

Conditions Specific to Women

Angela M.H. Brodie, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine

Charles Chaffin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine

Kevin J. Cullen, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Director, University of Maryland Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center

Amy F. Fulton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Program in Oncology, School of Medicine

Anne Hamburger, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine

Patricia Langenberg, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine

Deborah McGuire, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health, School of Nursing

E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Renee Royak-Schaler, Ph.D., M.Ed., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine

Edward Sausville, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Associate Director for Clinical Research, University of Maryland Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center

Scott E. Strome, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine