ISSCR Announces 2023 Election Results
Skokie, IL – The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is pleased to announce the results of its 2023 election. Hideyuki Okano, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology and a former Dean of Keio University School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan, will become the next Vice President. All terms of office for the new leaders will begin on 1 July 2023.
The following three members were newly elected to the ISSCR Board of Directors for a three-year term:
Shuibing Chen, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Michele De Luca, MD, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Megan Munsie, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
The following ISSCR Board of Directors members were re-appointed for a second term:
Jürgen Knoblich, PhD, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria
Lygia da Veiga Pereira, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Visit the ISSCR website for all of the results and the full biographies of our new and reappointed members of the ISSCR Board of Directors.
About the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR.org)
With 4,500+ members from more than 70 countries, the International Society for Stem Cell Research is the preeminent global, cross-disciplinary, science-based organization dedicated to stem cell research and its translation to the clinic. The ISSCR mission is to promote excellence in stem cell science and applications to human health. Additional information about stem cell science is available at A Closer Look at Stem Cells, an initiative of the society to inform the public about stem cell research and its potential to improve human health.