IBC Chair

Marilyn LG Lamm is a published scientist with expertise in reproductive endocrinology, cell signaling pathways, and cancer biology. She received her Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She did a postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago where she later joined the research faculty. Aside from research, she has extensive experience in the peer review process for research grants and scientific manuscripts at the national level. Having served leadership roles in critically important institutional regulatory committees including Chair of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, she is experienced in the review of study protocols in basic and clinical research including human gene therapy protocols. Dr. Lamm is highly committed to facilitating gene therapy research with utmost considerations to biosafety to eliminate human health disorders and diseases.