What We're About
The SER Membership and Nominations Committee fosters engagement and professional development through events like Master’s/non-Academic sessions, international affinity webinars, and outreach to non-members and past attendees. It oversees subcommittees focused on equity, marketing, clinical careers, and consulting epidemiologists, while collaborating with SER leadership on membership and leadership roles. The committee, comprising members including co-chairs and subcommittee leads, meets regularly and communicates via email updates as needed. Recent activities include approving proposals for the SER Boston meeting, launching outreach initiatives, and planning leadership transitions. New members join in July, retaining key leaders and appointing new subcommittee chairs.
What We Do and How to Get Involved
- Fosters engagement and professional development through events.
- Oversees subcommittees focused on equity, marketing, clinical careers, masters level and non academic subcommittee and consulting epidemiologists activities.
- Launches outreach initiatives, and planning leadership transitions.
Committee Leadership:

Committee Co-Chair
Elizabeth Yanik
WashU Medicine

Committee Co-Chair
Liz Best
Insight Exposure & Risk Science Group

Board Liaison
Nadia Abuelezam
MSU College of Human Medicine
2026 - 2027 Committee Members:
Alesia Jung
Alexander Breskin
Amanda Luff
En Cheng
Farzana Kapadia
Ilukor Geresom
Lauren Eves
Lea Cupul-Uicab
Liz Best
Louisa Smith
Luciania Bertoldi Nucci
Mahsa Ghajarzadeh
Maria Nancy Seraphin
Marzieh Ghiasi
Monica Zigman Suchsland
Nitya Kumar
Ransom Eke
Sanda Cristina Oancea
Sepideh Saroukhani
Stephanie Brennhofer
Traci Bethea
Vinay Cheruvu
