Whitehead Affiliate Members

In today’s research arena, success requires biologists, physicians, chemists, mathematicians, and bioinformatics specialists to funnel unique expertise into shared projects. At Whitehead, interdisciplinary collaboration has fostered discoveries at the intersection of what were once disparate disciplines and has inspired the Institute to aggressively recruit diverse talent to the lab.

The Whitehead Affiliate Program confers Affiliate Member status on faculty at MIT and other institutions who have a strong working relationship with Whitehead scientists. Affiliate status is for a three-year renewable term.

“The program provides affiliates with access to Whitehead’s unique resources and environment. In return, they share their skills and expertise with the Institute’s staff and enrich our scientific program,” says Whitehead Member Susan Lindquist.

The program enables the Institute to complement the talent it already cultivates through traditional academic appointments and hiring processes.

“The Whitehead Institute has an amazing collection of scientists, and the on-going collaboration between the MIT Computer Science Department and Whitehead is blazing new trails in systems biology,” says Affiliate Member and MIT researcher Dave Gifford. “Our collaboration provides unprecedented opportunities for Computer Science, Whitehead faculty, and students to work as a team. I am honored to be a Whitehead Affiliate Member, and look forward to working closely with Whitehead on the application of predictive computational modeling to important biological problems.”