Collaborative validation and publication of scientific findings has strengthened confidence from Regulatory agencies and
participation from key clinical centers in early safety and proof of relevance clinical studies. Objective validation benchmarks
have proven central to the successful co-development strategy employed by Athersys in advancing the regenerative medicine program

Present Member, American Association for Cancer Research
Present Member, Women in Cancer Research-American Association for Cancer Research
Member, Society of Cell Biology
Present Member, Society of Neuro-oncology
Present Member, Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Present Member, Duke University Brain Tumor Center
Present Member, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Institute at Duke

Member, Board of Editors, Clinical Laboratory News
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Clinical Biochemistry
Member, Board of Editors, Clinical Chemistry and Associate Editor
Member, Editorial Board, Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Associate Editor, Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Member, Editorial Board, Clinica Chimica Acta
Specialist Advisor, Human Gene Nomenclature Committee, Human Genome Organization
Member, Editorial Advisory Panel, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Tumour Biology
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Biological Markers
Special Issue Editor of Clinical Chemistry; Theme: Cancer Diagnostics. Discovery and Clinical Applications
Member,Editorial Board, IN VIVO
Member, Editorial Board, Anticancer Research
Member, Editorial Board, Clinical Proteomics and Associate Editor
Regional Editor, Journal of Medical Sciences
Special Issue Co-Editor, Clinical Biochemistry; Theme: Recent Advances in Cancer Biomarkers
Member, Editorial Board, British Journal of Cancer
Member, Editorial Board, Cancer Letters
Associate Editor, Cancer Research
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical and Molecular Pathology [Italy]
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Current Cancer Therapy Reviews
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Molecular Oncology
Member, Editorial Board, Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics
Member, Editorial Board, The Open Clinical Chemistry Journal
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Biomarkers in Medicine
Member of the Board, Minerva Endocrinologica
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Cancer
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Cancer Epidemiology
Member, Reviewer Board, Journal of Pediatrics and Biochemistry
Member, Editorial Board, Oncotarget
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Data Mining in Genomics & Proteomics
Member, Editorial Board, World Journal of Dermatology
Member, Editorial Board, World Journal of Translational Medicine
Member, Editorial Board, World Journal of Biological Chemistry
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Advisory Board, Diabetes Education Center, Larry Combest Community Health & Wellness Center. Lubbock. Texas.
Member of the Teaching Committe. Santiago de Compostela School of Medicine.
Member of the Hospital Committe. Santiago de Compostela School of Medicine.
Member of the Committee for CIMUS (Biomedical Research Building). University of Santiago de Compostela.
Member, Spanish Endocrinology and Nutrition Society
Member, Galician Endocrinology and Nutrition Society

A member of Phi Beta Kappa and various professional societies,
including the American Association for Cancer Research, the American
Association of Immunologists,
the British Association of Surgical Oncology,
the New York Academy of Sciences, and Sigma Xi,
he was afounding member and Vice President of the American College of Cryosurgery and served as President of the International
Society of Cryosurgery, who named him Honorary Life-Time President

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American Burn Association
American Physiological Society
Shock Society
Sigma Xi
Society for Experimental Medicine and Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American College of Sports Medicine

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
The Japanese Society of Hematology
The Japanese Society of Clinical Hematology
The Japanese Society for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
The Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology
Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Japanese Society for Apoptosis
Japan Myeloma Study Group
The Japanese Society of Medical Oncology
The Japanese Association for Molecular Target Therapy of Cancer

Scientific Member VA Carrier Development Award Study Section
Scientific Member Department of Defense Study Section for Breast Cancer Concept Awards
Scientific Member Department of Defense Study Section for Era of Hope Post-doctoral Awards
Scientific Member: Tumor Cell Biology II Study Section, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Scientific Member: Targeted
Therapeutics II Study Section, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Scientific Member, IDEA-1 Study Section, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Scientific Member, Cell Biology 3 Study Section, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Scientific Member, Post-doctoral Idea Awards (IPA)-2 Study Section, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Scientific Member, Study Section, Arizona Biomedical Research Commission
Scientific Member, Department of Veterans Affairs Basic Laboratory Research and Development Program Merit Review Oncology
Subcommittee Scientific Member Department of Defense Study Section for Lung Cancer Concept Awards
Scientific Member: Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF)--Molecular Biology Committee for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Scientific Member: Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Idea Expansion and Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (IPD-MBG-B) panel
Scientific Member: Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Cell Biology – Training Fellowship Award (Training CBY-B) panel Scientific
Member: Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Concept Cell Biology – (CON CBY-B) panel

American Society of Microbiology- Member
American Association for Cancer Research- Member
International Society for the Biological Therapy of Cancer- Member
Society for Melanoma Research- Member

Kenneth Maiese
Dr. Maiese serves as the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, or an editorial
board member for more than 45 journals as well as on multiple executive and scientific
advisory councils.

American Diabetes Association
The international Society for Stem Cell Research
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Chinese Society of Immunology

Academies
  - New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), New York, NY;
  - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Whashington, DC; - - American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M),Chicago, IL
  - Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, RO.
Scientific Societies
  - International Society of Neuropathology (ISN), Zürich, CH;
  - International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), Paris, FR;
  - Union Médicale Balkanique (UMB), Bucarest, RO;
- Entente Médicale Méditerranéenne (EMM), Bucarest, RO;
  - International Association of Biomedical Gerontology (IABG), Omaha, NE;
- American Aging Association (AAA), Chester, PA;
  - World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Washington, DC;
  - World Stress Society (WSS), Bethesda, MD;
  - International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), Bethesda, MD;
- International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE), Heemstede, NL;
  - International Society for the Investigation of Stress (ISIS), Heidelberg, Victoria, AU; - - Cell Stress Society International (CSSI), Storrs, CT

Lifelong Member of Chinese Society of Immunology

Society for Neuroscience Regular Member Since
Canadian Association for Neuroscience Regular Member Since
1 Chinese Society for Neuroscience Regular Member Since
Beijing Society for Neuroscience Regular Member Since

 American Thoracic Society
  American Association of Immunologists

Member of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Member of the European Society of Cardiology

International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (present)
International Statistical Institute (present)
Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (present)
American Statistical Association (present)
International Biometrics Society (present)
Japanese Society of Applied Statistics (present)
The Biometric Society of Japan (present)
International Association for Statistical Computing (present)
Japanese Society of Computational Statistics (present)

Sports Medicine Australia
Australasian Society of Immunology (ASI)
International Society for Exercise and Immunology

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association of Immunologists
American College of Cryosurgery (Fellow)
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society for the Immunology of Reproduction
American Society of Microbiology
Anticancer Therapeutics and Oncology Society
Association of Clinical Scientists (Fellow)
Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists
British Association of Surgical Oncology (Overseas Member)
Buffalo Collegium of Immunology
EMT International Association
Indian Cryogenics Council (Honorary Fellow)
International Society of Cryosurgery (Honorary President)
International Society for Immunology of Reproduction
International Society of Protistologists (formerly: Society of Protozoologists)
Japan Society for Low Temperature Medicine (Honorary Member)
Metastasis Research Society
New York Academy of Sciences
Sigma Xi
Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
Society for Leukocyte Biology
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Transplantation Society
Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (formerly the Ernest Witebsky Center for Immunology)