Leadership
The leadership if the 3i Initiative consists of a director and associate director, who oversee the day to day activities of the Initiative, and two committees, the Scientific Advisory Board and the Executive Committee. The duties and membership of these committees can be found on their charters.
Co-Directors
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine Associate Professor, Pathology
Associate Director

Executive Committee Chair

Division Chief
Scientific Advisory Board
Anne Blaschke, MD, PhD, FAAP, FPIDS, FIDSA
Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Micah Drummond, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
Nels Elde, PhD
Associate Professor, Human Genetics
Tracy Frech, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Stephen Guthery, MD, MS
Professor, Pediatrics
Tom Lane, PhD
Professor, Pathology
Matt Rondina, MD
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
June Round, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology
Scott Summers, PhD
Department Chair, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
Melodie Weller, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dentistry
Alana Welm, PhD
Associate Professor, Oncological Sciences
Jaclyn Winter, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry
Guy Zimmerman, MD
Associate Chair, Department of Medicine
Professor, Internal Medicine
Executive Committee
Alfred Cheung, MD
Professor and Chief, Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Michael Deininger, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief, Internal Medicine - Hematology/BMT
Sheri Holmen, PhD
Professor, Surgery
Robert Silver, MD
Professor and Chair, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Sankar Swaminathan, MD
Professor and Division Chief, Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease
Wes Sundquist, PhD
Distinguished Professor and Co-Chair, Biochemistry
Karen Wilcox, PhD
Professor and Chair, Pharmacology and Toxicology