External Advisory Board

The Center for Autism Research and Translation at UC Irvine benefits from guidance by a board comprised of distinguished leaders.

Gabriel Vargas, MD, PhD
Executive Medical Director & Neuroscience Therapeutic Area Head, Early Development at Amgen

Paul Negulescu, PhD

• Biotech expert who led recent successful cystic fibrosis drug discovery
• Vice President of Research at Vertex

Daniel Gil, PhD
Vice President of BioScience in Discovery Research of Allergan Inc.

Margaret Bauman, MD

• Pediatric neurologist and research investigator who has been a pioneer in the study and treatment of autism
• Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
• Founding Director, LADDERS Program
• Mass General Distinguished Scholar, Lurie Family Autism Center for Children

Uta Francke, MD

• Leader in the field of model mechanisms of autism such as Rett and Prader-Willi syndromes
• Past President, American Society of Human Genetics
• Senior Medical Director, 23andMe
• Professor Emeritus of Genetics and Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Recipient of the William Allan Award

Gregg Mashberg, Esq
Partner and co-head of the Securities Litigation & Enforcement Group and former Chair of the Litigation Department of Proskauer, an international corporate law practice

Jonathan Shestack

• Co-founder, Cure Autism Now
• Member, NIH Internal Autism Coordinating Committee