Our World-Class Leadership and Team of Scientists, Physicians and Engineers

Science Partners is built for power – the power to unequivocally establish and communicate the scientific truth. We are an independent scientific organization composed of more than 150 of the United States’ and Europe’s most respected physicians, medical scientists, biomedical engineers, toxicologists, epidemiologists, environmental experts, and other safety and risk experts. A complete list of our European and United States experts, along with short biographies, are available upon request.

Our experts are leading authorities on the molecular basis for disease, chemical and drug interactions, and the toxicology and biology of adverse effects.  Their intimate knowledge of the biosciences, clinical medicine, environmental sciences and bioengineering is without parallel.  Their experience, objectivity, and preeminence are beyond dispute.

Scientific Leadership  

Our European Scientific Director is Rolf Schulte-Hermann, M.D., Ph.D.  He is Professor and Head of the Division of Toxicology and Prevention and Former Director of the Institute of Cancer Research at the Medical University of Vienna. He is the Chairman of the Austrian Society of Toxicology and Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Our U.S. Scientific Directors are:

Gerald N. Wogan, Ph.D. He is Emeritus Underwood-Prescott Professor of Toxicology and Chemistry, Former Director of the Division of Toxicology, Former Head of the Department of Applied Biological Sciences, and Founding Director of the MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Wogan has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and to the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences.

Stephen I. Wasserman, M.D. He is Professor of Medicine and Past Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, Past President of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, Past Chairman of the Board of Internal Medicine, Past Chairman of the Board of Allergy and Immunology, author of more than 200 medical and scientific papers, and served as advisor to numerous governmental research agencies and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Robert B. Daroff, M.D.  He was Professor, Past Chairman and is currently Interim Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He was also Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs at the School of Medicine. Dr. Daroff is a Past President of both the American Neurological Association and the American Headache Society. He has served as a member of the Executive Board of the American Academy of Neurology and is an elected Fellow of the American Neurological Society.

We have unparalleled multidisciplinary expertise covering more than 56 medical and scientific disciplines. This gives us an unmatched capability to analyze health, safety, risk and efficacy issues, and to convey the safety and benefits of products.

Our experts are or have been:

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine, and to National Academies of Science in European countries
Presidents of virtually all of the leading international physician and other medical professional associations
Editors of the world’s finest medical and scientific journals
Deans and Chairs of Medicine at major medical schools
Chairs of the Board of Internal Medicine
Chairs of departments at the most respected medical and engineering institutions worldwide
Recipients of the most prestigious clinical, research and engineering awards
Members of the executive committee and chairs of the Boards of Scientific Counselors to the various National Institutes of Health and similar European institutions
Presidents of national/international scientific societies
Chairpersons of national/EU/WHO committees
Leading scientific officers at regulatory bodies and pharmaceutical companies
Directors of clinical research at major medical institutes and hospitals

Our European team includes eminent scientific and clinical authorities from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Finland, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, Czechia, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland.