HSCI Leadership

The Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) is led by Faculty Co-Directors Douglas Melton and David Scadden, and Executive Director Brock Reeve. They work alongside the Executive Committee, which includes top scientists from our broad network of Harvard schools and affiliate hospitals. Together, the HSCI leadership has deep expertise in basic science, translational research, and commercialization — all critical to advancing HSCI’s mission to deliver on the promise of stem cell biology and improve patients’ lives.

Faculty Co-Directors

Douglas Melton, Ph.D.

Xander University Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 

David Scadden, M.D.

Gerald and Darlene Jordan Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital 

Executive Director

Brock Reeve, M.Phil, M.B.A.

Executive Committee

Leonard Zon, M.D., Chair

Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 

Joseph Bonventre, M.D., Ph.D.

Samuel A. Levine Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Divisions of Renal Medicine and Engineering in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Susan Dymecki, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Albert Edge, Ph.D.

Eaton-Peabody Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director, Tillotson Cell Biology Unit, Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Jenna Galloway, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of OrthopedicSurgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Investigator, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Mass General Research Institute
Co-Leader, HSCI Musculoskeletal Program 

Carla Kim, Ph.D.

Professor of Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator and Stem Cell Program Faculty, Boston Children’s Hospital
Co-Leader, HSCI Cancer Program 

Jeffrey Macklis, M.D., D.Sc.Tech.

Max and Anne Wien Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Professor of Surgery and Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Faculty Member, Harvard Center for Brain Science

Jerome Ritz, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Executive Director, Connell and O’Reilly Families Cell Manipulation Core Facility, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Vicki Rosen, Ph.D.

Professor of Developmental Biology and Chair of the Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Co-Leader, HSCI Musculoskeletal Program

Lee Rubin, Ph.D.

Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Co-Leader, HSCI Nervous System Diseases Program

Amy Wagers, Ph.D.

Forst Family Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and Co-Chair of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Senior Investigator and Flow Cytometry Core Director, Joslin Diabetes Center
Co-Leader, HSCI Musculoskeletal Program