Athena Institute's Research Advisory Group


These research advisors evaluate research grants and protocols for clinical investigations from ethical, scientific, and medical criteria. They serve without compensation.


Regula E. Burki, M.D., FACOG. - Bern Switzerland:past president of the Utah section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Utah Women Physicians section of the Utah Medical Association.

Martha Drake - Artist, Homemaker, Carbondale, Colorado.

William F. Drake, Jr. Esq. - Corporate Attorney, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA.

Erika Freidmann, Ph.D. - Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.

Elizabeth Genovese, M.D., MBA., - Medical Director and President, IMX, Bala Cynwyd, PA. Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Phila., PA.

Norma McCoy, Ph.D. - Emeritus, retired Professor of Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.

Susan Silverton, M.D., Ph.D., - Professor of Biology, Vice President, Academic (Anglophone Affairs), Laurentian University, Ontario Canada

Millicent G. Zacher, M.Ed., D.O., FACOG - Assistant Professor, OB/Gyn, Thomas Jefferson University Medical School, Phila., PA.