Judith Glaven, Ph.D. – Dr. Glaven is the Director of Basic Science Programs at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Glaven came to HMS with over four years of experience as a Senior Scientific Editor at the journal Cell, where she evaluated and recruited scientific papers and worked closely with the scientific community in the areas of basic Cell Biology, Immunology, Cancer Biology and Aging. Previous to being at Cell her own research focused on basic molecular mechanisms of cell proliferation and migration. She brings a broad perspective of basic biomedical science to the steering committee and represents the involvement and commitment of the Medical School to this initiative.