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: Ursula Kaiser, M.D. Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Hypertension George W. Thorn, MD Distinguished Chair in Endocrinology Director, Brigham Research Institute Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital | 07/01/19 - 06/30/24 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension |
Carlos A. Bacino, M.D., FACMG* Professor Vice Chair Clinical Affairs Department of Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Chief, Genetics Service Texas Children's Hospital | 07/01/22-06/30/27 Molecular and Human Genetics, Pediatrics |
David Beier, M.D., Ph.D. Director Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Seattle Children’s Research Institute | 07/01/21 - 06/30/26 Genomics |
Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D. Distinguished Service 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 |
P. Ellen Grant, M.D. Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Founding Director, Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center Director of Fetal and Neonatal Neuroimaging Research Endowed Chair in Neonatology Boston Children’s Hospital | 07/01/19 - 06/30/24 Newborn Medicine, Radiology |
Mary C. Mullins, Ph.D. Professor, Vice Chair Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Chair, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology Graduate Program Assistant Dean for Junior Faculty Advancement University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine | 07/01/20- 06/30/25 Developmental Biology |
Errol R. Norwitz, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Tufts University School of Medicine | 07/01/19 - 06/30/24 Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine |
Emily Oken, M.D., M.P.H. Professor Department of Population Medicine Harvard Medical School | 07/01/22-06/30/27 Internal Medicine & Pediatrics |
Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D. Professor Department of Neurobiology University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine | 07/01/20 - 06/30/25 Neurobiology |
Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.* Professor Florida A&M University - Florida State University National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering | 07/01/22-06/30/27 Biophysics, Structural Biology |
Laura E. Riley, M.D. Given Foundation Professor and Chair Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology | 07/01/22-06/30/27 Maternal Fetal Medicine and Infectious Disease |
Yukiko Yamashita, Ph.D.* Member, Susan Lindquist Chair for Women in Science Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Professor, Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 07/01/22-6/30/27 Genomics |
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