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| Matthew Andrews | Hibernation/Organ Preservation | |
| Colin Campbell | Fanconi's Anemia | |
| Benjamin Clarke | Immunology | |
| Gregory Connell | Cancer | |
| Robert Cormier | Cancer (colon; genetics) | |
| Joycelyn Dorscher | Minority Health | |
| Janet Fitzakerley | Neuroscience/Hearing | |
| Jeffrey Gilbert | Cardiovascular Disease | |
| Goran Hellekant | Neuroscience/Taste | |
| Hiroshi Hiasa | Cancer | |
| Jon Holy | Cancer | |
| Ping-Yee Law | Neuroscience/Addiction | |
| Horace Loh | Neuroscience/Addiction | |
| Paul Mermelstein | Calcium Signaling and Cellular Excitability | |
| Joseph Prohaska | Neuroscience/Copper Deficiency | |
| Terri Rose-Hellekant | Breast Cancer | |
| Sabita Roy | Neuroscience | |
| Patricia Scott | Cancer | |
| Stanley Thayer | Neuroscience | |
| George Trachte | Neuroscience/Hearing | |
| Kendall Wallace | Toxicology/Mitochondria | |
| Timothy Walseth | Neuroscience; Calcium | |
| Lei Na Wei | Neuroscience/Addiction | |
| Gibson Wood | Neuroscience/Alzheimer Disease |