Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee (IAC)

The Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee (IAC) is made up of a multidisciplinary team of the University’s leading women’s health researchers and two external members.  There is at least one representative from each of the six health sciences schools, a representative from the College of Liberal Arts and the Institute for Child Development. The IAC will report to the PI and the Program Directors. 

Linda Carson, MD, has been Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health since 2001.  Her research interests are vulvar and ovarian cancer, nutrition and cancer, and clinical trials for gynecological cancers.

Bernard Harlow, PhD, is Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health in the School Of Public Health and holds the Mayo Professorship of Public Health.  He has established a broad background in studies of female reproductive disorders.  His areas of interest include malignant and borderline ovarian tumors, uterine sarcomas, adverse obstetrical outcomes, premature menopause, and gynecological complications arising in women suffering from a variety of mood disorders.  (Also a primary mentor).

Daniel V. Landers, MD, FACOG, is a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health and is the Director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division.  His clinical interests include thrombophilias, infectious disease, and intrauterine growth restriction with his research interests in reproductive infectious diseases and preterm premature rupture of membranes.

Alice Larson, PhD, is a Professor of Veterinary Biosciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine.  She is a basic scientist who has trained graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of many backgrounds, including several clinicians.  Her area of research is neuroscience, focusing on studies related to pain transmission.  Her current interest is defining the etiology of fibromyalgia, which appears to be a type of central hyperalgesia. 

Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS, is Mayo Professor of Public Health, Professor of Medicine, Director of Graduate Studies in Clinical Research, and Principal Investigator of UMN’s Roadmap K12 grant.  Dr. Luepker is a clinical researcher, covering the spectrum from observational studies in large free-living and hospitalized populations to classical clinical trials and community trials. 

Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD, is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, and Program Director of the GCRC.  She is a clinical research, focusing on studies of brain glucose metabolism in patients with diabetes and clinical trials of glucose control.  (Also a primary mentor).

Doug Yee, MD, is a Professor in Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation and holds the Tickle Land Grant Chair in Breast Cancer Research, and Director of the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota.  He is also the Director of the Breast Cancer Program at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center and Professor of Pharmacology.  His clinical interest is in breast cancer while his research interests focuses on the regulation of breast cancer cells by peptide growth factors.