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Van Andel Institute Board Members Van Andel Institute Trustees David Van Andel Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute Joan Budden Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Priority Health John Kennedy President & Chief Executive Officer, Autocam Medical Mark Meijer Founder & President, Life E.M.S. Ambulance Van Andel Research Institute Trustees David Van Andel Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute Tom R. DeMeester, M.D. Professor & Chairman Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California James B. Fahner, M.D. Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Senior Administrative Physician for Philanthropy & Community Relations at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Michelle Le Beau, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/ Oncology; Director, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center; Director, Cancer Cytogenetics Laboratory, University of Chicago Max S. Wicha, M.D. Madeline & Sidney Forbes Professor of Oncology; Director, Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery; Founding Director Emeritus, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Van Andel Education Institute Trustees David Van Andel Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute James E. Bultman, Ed.D. President Emeritus, Hope College Susan Keipper Meell Chief Executive Officer, MMS Education Juan R. Olivarez, Ph.D. Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University; President Emeritus, Aquinas College Teresa Weatherall Neal, Ed.D. (hon) Former Superintendent, Grand Rapids Public Schools (LEFT TO RIGHT) JOHN KENNEDY, DAVID VAN ANDEL, MARK MEIJER & JOAN BUDDEN 54
BOARDS Van Andel Institute Graduate School Board of Directors James B. Fahner, M.D. Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Senior Administrative Physician for Philanthropy & Community Relations at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Peter A. Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc. (hon) Chief Scientific Officer, Van Andel Institute Karen Klomparens, Ph.D. Vice Chair of the Board; Former Dean of the Graduate School & Associate Provost for Graduate Education, Michigan State University Juan R. Olivarez, Ph.D. Chairman of the Board; Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University; President Emeritus, Aquinas College Mary O’Riordan, Ph.D. Associate Dean of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies and Frederick C. Neidhardt Collegiate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School Candace T. Smith-King, M.D. Vice President, Spectrum Health Academic Affairs, Spectrum Health System; Pediatric Specialist, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Danny R. Welch, Ph.D. Founding Chair, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Kansas Cancer Center Van Andel Research Institute External Scientific Advisory Board Sharon Y.R. Dent, Ph.D. (ESAB Chair) Professor & Chair, Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis; Director, Science Park; Director, Center for Cancer Epigenetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center Xiaodong Cheng, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, Division of Basic Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Joseph Ecker, Ph.D. Professor, Plant Molecular & Cellular Biology Laboratory; Director, Genomic Analysis Laboratory, Salk Institute; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator; Salk International Council Chair in Genetics Theresa Guise, M.D. Professor, Department of Endocrine Neoplasia & Hormonal Disorders; Chief, Section of Bone & Mineral Disorders at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Scholar; Co-Director, The Rolanette & Berdon Lawrence Bone Disease Program of Texas; Co-Leader, Tumor Microenvironment & Metastasis program of the IU Simon Cancer Center, NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center Tony Hunter, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory; American Cancer Society Professor; Renato Dulbecco Chair; Deputy Director, Salk Institute Cancer Center Anthony E. Lang, M.D. Senior Scientist, Krembil Research Institute Director & Professor, Division of Neurology, University of Toronto; Lily Safra Chair in Movement Disorders, University Health Network; Director, Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson’s Disease, University Health Network & University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Division of Patient Based Clinical Research, Toronto Western Research Institute (TWRI); Jack Clark Chair for Parkinson’s Disease Research, University of Toronto Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D. Willard & Rhoda Ware Professor of Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases; Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, & Metabolism; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Thomas J. Montine, M.D., Ph.D. Chair & Stanford Medicine Endowed Professor of Pathology, Stanford University Max S. Wicha, M.D. Madeline & Sidney Forbes Professor of Oncology; Director, Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery; Founding Director Emeritus, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center 55
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Table of Contents 2 A letter from D
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Page 28 and 29: An innovative approach to graduate
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Page 33 and 34: EDUCATION Transforming instruction
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Page 38 and 39: Design & Discovery All events follo
Page 40 and 41: VAI Golf Outing In September 2021,
Page 42 and 43: Hope on the Hill Gala — Mission:
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