a2 Collective Leadership

The a2 Collective represents the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories (AITC) for Aging Research program funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The a2 Collective comprises three AITCs centered at Johns Hopkins University (JH AITC), the University of Massachusetts Amherst (MassAITC), and the University of Pennsylvania (PennAITech) and the a2 Collective Coordinating Center managed by Rose Li & Associates, Inc. (RLA).

Rose Li, PhD, MBA

Co-Principal Investigator

Albert Lee, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator

Stephen C. Liu, MBA

Managing Director
Marketing/Business Development

Kayla Harr, PhD

Project Coordinator
Strategic Communications

Alice Wang, MHS

Project Coordinator
Central IRB

Jackie Basu, PhD

Project Coordinator
AI Ethics

Cecelia Garcia, PhD

Research Coordinator
Analytics

Amanda Curran

Sponsorship Administrator

Research Collaboratories

Learn more about each AITC’s team by visiting their website below:

Partha Bhattacharyya, PhD

AITC Program Officer
Program Director
Division of Behavioral and Social Research

Marcel Salive, MD, MPH

AITC Program Officer
Health Scientist Administrator
Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology

Rebecca Krupenevich, PhD

AITC Program Officer
Program Official
Division of Behavioral and Social Research

Dinesh John, PhD

AITC Project Scientist
Program Official
Division of Behavioral and Social Research

Megan Hancock

Grants Management Specialist
Grants and Contracts Management Branch

External Advisory Panel

Current Members
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Cansu Canca, PhD (2022–Present)
Founding Director, AI Ethics Lab
Research Associate Professor and Director of Responsible AI Practice, Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern University
I. Glenn Cohen, JD (2024–Present)
Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
Winn Hong, MBA, MS (2022–Present)
Cofounder, President, and CEO, Mesencyte Inc.
North America Venture Manager, Nokia Ventures
Susann Keohane, MS (2022–Present)
Global Research Leader for the Aging Initiative, IBM
Chaiwoo Lee, PhD (2022–Present)
Research Scientist, MIT AgeLab
Hon Pak, MD, MBA (2022–Present)
Vice President and Head of Digital Health Team, Samsung Electronics America
Michael Synder, PhD (2024–Present)
Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Genetics, Stanford University
Director, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD (2022–Present)
Founding CEO, Insilico Medicine
Former Member
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Diane Ty, MA, MBA (2022–2024)
Managing Director, Milken Institute Future of Aging
Senior Advisor, Business for Impact, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the following reviewers for sharing their industry perspective in evaluating selected pilot applications as part of the a2 Collective’s review process undertaken in September 2024.

‍Ray Jang, MBA
Principal, Primetime Partners
Jun Jeon, MD
Principal, Khosla Ventures
Stephen Johnston, MBA
Fellow, Healthy Longevity, SOMPO Digital Lab
Founder, Looking Forward
Managing Director, Fordcastle
Kat Mackenzie, MBA, MPH 
Director, Transformation, Strategy, Clinical Innovation, Humana Military
Kuldeep Neote, PhD
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Office of Strategic Extramural Programs, NIA
Strategic Advisor, KSN Consulting LLC
Richard Singerman, PhD
Principal, Rios Partners