The ASBMR Ambassadors Subcommittee consists of dynamic leaders who facilitate networking, professional development and collaboration amongst ASBMR members in their state, region or country in an effort to strengthen the ASBMR and the bone, mineral and musculoskeletal research science field on a global level.
Working in partnership with the Membership Engagement Committee, the Ambassadors play an important role increasing local level awareness and engagement in ASBMR programs, facilitating interactions between local members and ASBMR leadership, welcoming new members in their region and identifying/recruiting new ASBMR members.
Have an idea on how ASBMR could better engage bone researchers and clinicians in your area? Share your ideas with one of the ambassadors from your region.
[Bottom Row L to R: Gabriela Picotto, Maria Belen Zanchetta, Aliya Khan, Nicola Napoli, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Patricia Juarez Camacho, Joy Wu; Top Row L to R: Bente Langdahl, Lucas Brun, Zhanna Belaya, Kate Ward, Annegreet Velhuis-Vlug, Martina Rauner, Jonathan Lowery, Charlles Heldan De Moura Castro, Janine Danks. ASBMR Executive Director Doug Fesler]
CO-CHAIRS
Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, M.D., M.P.H., FRCP, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Kate A. Ward, Ph.D., University of Southampton, Southhampton, United Kingdom
ASIA
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, M.D., Tokyo Neurological Center, Tokyo, Japan
Ambrish Mithal, M.D., Medanta Medicity, Delhi, India
Tingting Tang, Ph.D., Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
MIDDLE EAST
Arwa Elsheikh, MBBS, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA
EUROPE
Zhanna Belaya, M.D., Ph.D., The National Research for Endocrinology, Moscow, Russia
Pascale M. Chavassieux, M.D., Universite De Lyon, Lyon, France
Bente Langdahl, M.D., Ph.D., Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Christian Meier, M.D., University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Nicola Napoli, M.D., Ph.D., University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
Martina Rauner, Ph.D., Medical Faculty of the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Annegreet Vlug, M.D., Ph.D., Internist-Endocrinologist, The Hague, Netherlands
Anna Spagnoli, M.D., RUSH Medical College, Chicago, IL
NORTH AMERICA
Patricia Juarez Camacho, Ph.D., Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education, Ensenada, Mexico
Aliya Khan M.D., FRCPC, FACP, FACE, McMaster University, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Jonathan Wayne Lowery, Ph.D., Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Rachel B. Wagman, M.D., San Francisco, CA, USA
SOUTH AMERICA
Lucas Brun, Ph.D., National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
Pablo Felipe Florenzano Valdes, M.D., Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Charlles Heldan De Moura Castro, M.D., Ph.D., Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Claudia Sedlinsky, M.D., Universidad Nacional De La Plata, La Plata Hospital Cesar Milstein, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gabriela Picotto, Ph.D., INICSA, Cordoba, Argentina
Maria Belen Zanchetta, M.D., Universidad del Salvador, IDIM, Buenos Aires, Argentina