As a federal agency, NICHD receives advice from advisory committees, task forces, boards, and commissions to help it achieve its goals. Advice from these entities is guided by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) and must be both objective and accessible to the public.
The BSC advises the NICHD Scientific Director, the Division of Intramural Research, and the Division of Intramural Population Health Research on matters related to in-house research activities.
* Nominee
| Chairperson: Elizabeth Bonney, M.D., M.P.H. Professor and Head, Division of Reproductive Sciences Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences |
07/01/17 - 06/30/22 Immunobiology, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.* Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Duncan Neurological Research Institute |
07/01/19 - 06/30/24 Genetics, Neuroscience, Model Organisms |
| Nancy Carrasco, M.D.* Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Vanderbilt School of Medicine |
07/01/19 - 06/30/24 Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology |
| William T. Dauer, M.D. Professor of Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, and Neuroscience Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Mobility Research Director, Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute UT Southwestern Medical Center |
07/01/18 - 06/30/23 Neurodevelopment & Behavior, Rare Diseases & Genetics, Neurobiology |
| P. Ellen Grant, M.D.* Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Director of Fetal and Neonatal Neuroimaging Research Boston Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Neonatology |
07/01/19 - 06/30/24 Newborn Medicine, Radiology |
| Deborah L. Johnson, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Symposia Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine |
07/01/17 - 06/30/22 Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Ursula Kaiser, M.D.* Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension Co-Director, Brigham Research Institute Brigham and Women's Hospital |
07/01/19 - 06/30/24 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension |
| Mary C. Mullins, Ph.D.* Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania |
07/01/20 - 06/30/25 Developmental Biology |
| Errol R. Norwitz, M.D., Ph.D., MBA* President and CEO Newton-Wellesley Hospital |
07/01/19 - 06/30/24 Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, PhD* Professor Department of Neurobiology University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine |
07/01/21 - 06/30/26 Neurobiology |
| Martha M. Werler, D.Sc. Professor and Chair Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health Boston University |
07/01/17 - 06/30/22 Epidemiology |
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