Jury Members

Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
2013

Dr. Claudio Basilico
Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine

Dr. Jan Vilcek
Professor of Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine

Dr. Bruce Cronstein
Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine

Dr. Huda Zoghbi
Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Joan Massague
Chairman of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Titia de Lange
Leon Hess Professor of Cell Biology, Rockefeller University

Dr. Inder Verma
American Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology, The Salk Institute

Vilcek Prize in Contemporary Music
2013

Jim Anderson
Recording engineer and producer

Holly George-Warren
Writer, editor, producer and music consultant

Mariel Concepcion
Deputy Editor; XXL Magazine

Josh Kun
Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism; USC Annenburg

Bob George (B. George)
Founder and Director; The ARChive of Contemporary Music

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
2013

Dr. Heran Darwin
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine

Dr. Leslie B. Vosshall
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, The Rockefeller University

Dr. Laurie Dempsey
Senior Editor, Nature Immunology

Nicholas Wade
Science Department, The New York Times

Dr. Peter Palese
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Dr. Jedd Wolchok
Director of Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Jan Vilcek
Professor of Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Contemporary Music
2013

Victor Gonzalez
President; Universal Music Latin Entertainment

Chris Sampson
Associate Dean and Director of Popular Music Program; USC Thornton School of Music

Rekha Malhotra
DJ & teaching faculty at NYU Clive Davis School of Recorded Music

Bob Santelli
Executive Director; The GRAMMY Museum

Georgia Anne Muldrow
Performer, songwriter, and producer

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