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
| Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., Chair 07/01/15-06/30/20 Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Clinical Trials |
Florida Surgeon General and Secretary of the Florida Department of Health and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida |
| Kate G. Ackerman, M.D. 07/01/16-06/30/21 Developmental Biology, Genetics, Pediatrics |
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Genetics, Neuroscience, Model Organisms |
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine |
| Elizabeth Bonney, M.D., M.P.H. 07/01/17-06/30/22 Immunobiology, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Professor and Director of Research Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine |
| Serdar E. Bulun, M.D. 07/01/16-06/30/21 Obstetrics and Gynecology |
John J. Sciarra Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chief, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology-Reproductive Biology Research, Prentice Women’s Hospital |
| Nancy Carrasco, M.D.* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology |
C.N.H. Long Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine |
| William T. Dauer, M.D.* 07/01/18-06/30/23 Neurodevelopment and Behavior, Rare Diseases and Genetics, Neurobiology |
Director, Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center; Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Mobility Research; and Professor of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern |
| P. Ellen Grant, M.D.* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Newborn Medicine, Radiology |
Director, Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
| Frances E. Jensen, M.D. 07/01/15-06/30/20 Neuroscience |
Professor and Chair, Neurology Department, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| Deborah L. Johnson, Ph.D. 07/01/17-06/30/22 Molecular and Cellular Biology |
President and Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Symposia and Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, BCM-Alkek Graduate School |
| Ursula Kaiser, M.D.* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension |
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension; Co-Director, Brigham Research Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| Kojo A. Mensa-Wilmot, Ph.D. 07/01/16-06/30/21 Cellular Biology |
Professor and Head, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia |
| Errol Norwitz, M.D., Ph.D., MBA* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Louis E. Phaneuf Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine and Chief Scientific Officer Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts Medical Center |
| Eric Vilain, M.D., Ph.D. 07/01/15-06/30/20 Molecular and Human Genetics |
James A. Clark Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Director, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s National Medical Center |
| Martha M. Werler, D.Sc. 07/01/17-06/30/22 Epidemiology |
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University |
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