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
Kate A. Ward, Ph.D., University of Southampton, Southhampton, United Kingdom
Aliya Khan M.D., FRCPC, FACP, FACE, McMaster University, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
ASIA
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, M.D., Tokyo Neurological Center, Tokyo, Japan
Amna Khan,M.B.B.S., M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ambrish Mithal, M.D., Medanta Medicity, Delhi, India
Serk in Park, D.D.S, Ph.D., Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
EUROPE/
MIDDLE EAST
Zhanna Belaya, M.D., Ph.D., The National Research for Endocrinology, Moscow, Russia
Trine Elisabeth Finnes, M.D., PhD., Department of Internal Medicine, Hamar, Norway
Anna Spagnoli, M.D., RUSH Medical College, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth Winter, M.D., PhD., Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
NORTH AMERICA
Catherine Anastasopoulou, M.D., Ph.D., Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University, Elkins Park, PA, USA
Struan Grant, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Patricia Juarez Camacho, Ph.D., Center of Scientific Research and Higher Education, Ensenda, Baja California, Mexico
Sandra Kim, M.D. University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Jonathan Lowery, Ph.D, M.D., Marian University College of Osteospathic Medicie, Idianapolis, IN, USA
Nicola Partridfe, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Somerville, NJ, USA
José Francisco Torres Naranjo, M.D., M.P.H., Centro de Investigación Ósea, Guadalajara, Mexico
SOUTH AMERICA
Lucas Brun, Ph.D., National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
Gisele Kluwak, Grupo Oroño, Rosario, Argentina
Pablo Florenzano, M.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, CT, 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