Committees

The Society encourages all members to participate in the life of the society by taking an active role on a committee.  If you are interested, please contact the committees for further information.

Vision and Visibility

This is a presidential committee. The role of this committee is to evaluate adherence to the society mission/vision, spearhead new initiatives in line with the vision, and increase visibility of the society. This committee also conducts research/assessment of how FIT’NG fits within the broader context of academic societies and develop new relationships and maintain/strengthen existing relationships with stakeholders in order to increase the Society’s outreach and support its initiatives.

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Courtney Filippi (Chair)

Courtney Filippi (Chair)

University of Maryland

Jerod M. Rasmussen (Co-Chair)

Jerod M. Rasmussen (Co-Chair)

University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Lindsay Bowman

Lindsay Bowman

University of California Davis

Sam Wass

Sam Wass

University of east london

Sobana Wijeakumar

Sobana Wijeakumar

University of Nottingham

Sam McCann

Sam McCann

King's College London

Communications Committee

The committee serves to coordinate communications between FIT’NG, its membership, and the public on matters central to the Society’s vision and mission. The committee advises the board on developing and executing a communication strategy consistent with the Society’s values and priority goals as well as administering and overseeing the website and other Society related electronic/print communications including social media and listerv.

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Kelly Vaughn (Chair)

Kelly Vaughn (Chair)

Children’s Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Claudia Lugo-Candelas (Co-chair)

Claudia Lugo-Candelas (Co-chair)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Roxane Licandro

Roxane Licandro

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Medical University of Vienna

Elmo Pulli

Elmo Pulli

FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, University of Turku, Finland

Jetro Tuulari

Jetro Tuulari

FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, University of Turku, Finland

Isabella Mariani Wigley

Isabella Mariani Wigley

University of Padua

Trainee Committee

The Trainee Committee represents the postdocs and students of FIT’NG. Its goals are to organize professional development activities for students and postdocs, ad-hoc networking opportunities based on research interests, and international collaborations between trainees. The committee manages FIT’NG Together events.

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Aiden Ford (Co-chair)

Aiden Ford (Co-chair)

Emory University

Halie Olson (Co-chair)

Halie Olson (Co-chair)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Parvaneh Adibpour

Parvaneh Adibpour

INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research)

M. Catalina Camacho

M. Catalina Camacho

Washington University in St. Louis

Ola Dopierala

Ola Dopierala

University of British Columbia

Abigail Fiske

Abigail Fiske

University of Oxford

Genesis Flores

Genesis Flores

University of Southern California

María José C. Gómez

María José C. Gómez

McGill University

Collin Gregg

Collin Gregg

Virginia Tech

Marta Korom

Marta Korom

University of Delaware

2023 Scientific Program Committee

The Scientific Program Committee works to organize the annual conference.  Committee leadership select the content of the conference, and organize the review process.

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Tomoki Arichi (co-chair)

Tomoki Arichi (co-chair)

King's College London

Emily Jones

Emily Jones

Birkbeck University of London

Chad Sylvester (co-chair)

Chad Sylvester (co-chair)

Washington University

Ana Namburete

Ana Namburete

University of Oxford

Alice Graham (Board Liaison)

Alice Graham (Board Liaison)

Oregon Health & Science University

Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz

Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz

INSERM

Marta Korom (Trainee Liaison)

Marta Korom (Trainee Liaison)

University of Delaware

Lauren Emberson

Lauren Emberson

University of British Columbia

Reviewers

Marta Korom, Trainee Liaison, University of Delaware
Lauren Emberson, University of British Columbia
Emily Jones, Birkbeck University of London
Ana Namburete, University of Oxford
Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, INSERM
Nora Moog, Charité
Ashok Panigrahy, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Wei Gao, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Elizabeth Norton, Northwestern University
Courtney Filippi, New York University
Natasha Marrus, Washington University
Cameron Ellis, Yale University
Gang Li, University of North Carolina
Duan Xu, University of California at San Francisco
Robert Hermosillo, University of Minnesota
Jana Hutter, King’s College London
Elina Thomas, University of Vermont
Cynthia Rogers, Washington University