Leadership
Introducing the strategic and scientific leadership guiding the Colton Consortium's research mission across member institutions and making collaborative autoimmune research possible.
Distributed leadership across a collaborative network
E. John Wherry, Director, leads the Colton Consortium from Penn, where the network's central coordination and research infrastructure are anchored. Yet the Consortium's scientific leadership is distributed—rooted in dedicated leaders at each member institution and centers of excellence, and made possible by the hundreds of investigators, clinicians, and partners whose collaborative work advances our research mission.
Consortium Director
E. John Wherry, PhD
Director, Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity & Colton Center for Autoimmunity (University of Pennsylvania)
Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaOperational Team
Leonardo Guercio, PhD
Director of Strategy & Business Development, Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity
Colton Center for Autoimmunity, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Lisbeth Dennis, MSW
Director of Programming & Administration, Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity
Colton Center for Autoimmunity, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Hassinger
Director of Finance, Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity
Colton Center for Autoimmunity, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Sara Baier, MEd
Associate Director of External Relations, Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity
Colton Center for Autoimmunity, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Nicole Gawel
Program Coordinator, Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity
Colton Center for Autoimmunity, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaNew York University
Jose Scher, MD
Director, Judith & Stewart Colton Center for Autoimmunity (NYU)
Department of Medicine (Rheumatology), NYU Grossman School of Medicine / NYU Langone Health, New York University
Jill P. Buyon, MD
Co-Director, Judith & Stewart Colton Center for Autoimmunity (NYU)
Department of Medicine (Rheumatology), NYU Grossman School of Medicine / NYU Langone Health, New York University
David B. Beck, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Judith & Stewart Colton Center for Autoimmunity (NYU)
Department of Medicine (Rheumatology), NYU Grossman School of Medicine / NYU Langone Health, New York University
Jennifer Gillen, MBA
Administrative Manager, Judith & Stewart Colton Center for Autoimmunity (NYU)
Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine / NYU Langone Health, New York UniversityTel Aviv University
Uri Nevo, PhD
Director, Colton Center for Autoimmunity (Tel Aviv University)
School of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Gali Lerman, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Colton Center for Autoimmunity (Tel Aviv University)
School of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania
E. John Wherry, PhD
Director, Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity & Colton Center for Autoimmunity (University of Pennsylvania)
Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaLeonardo Guercio, PhD
Director of Strategy & Business Development, Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity
Colton Center for Autoimmunity, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaYale University
Joseph Craft, MD
Director, Colton Center for Autoimmunity (Yale University)
Departments of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology) & Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
Carrie Lucas, PhD
Associate Director, Colton Center for Autoimmunity (Yale University)
Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
Makoto Yoshioka, PhD
Operational Director, Colton Center for Autoimmunity (Yale University)
Yale Ventures / Yale School of Medicine, Yale University