Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC)

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, MD, Chair 7/1/15 - 6/30/20 Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Clinical Trials	Professor, Nemours Eminent Scholar and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Physician in Chief, Shands Hospital for Children
Kate G. Ackerman, MD* 7/1/16 - 6/30/21 Developmental Biology, Genetics, & Pediatrics	Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Vanessa Auld, PhD* 7/1/17 - 6/30/22 Cell & Developmental Biology	Professor, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Elizabeth Bonney, MD, MPH* 7/1/17 - 6/30/22 Immuniobiology, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics & Gynecology	Professor, Director of Research Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine
Serdar E. Bulun, MD 7/1/16 - 6/30/21 Obstetrics & Gynecology	John J. Sciarra Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology-Reproductive Biology Research, Prentice Women's Hospital
William T. Dauer, MD* 7/1/18 - 6/30/23 Pediatrics, Pediatric Dev & Behavior, Rare Diseases & Genetics, Neurobiology	Elinor Levine Professor of Neurology Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Director, Movement Disorders Group & Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research University of Michigan Medical School
Petra Hüppi, MD* 7/1/18 - 6/30/23 Developmental Neurosciences, Neonatology, Neuroimaging, & Biophysics	Group Leader, Child Development Disorders, University of Geneva Hôpital des Enfants, Département de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Service du Développement et de la Croissance
Frances E. Jensen, MD 7/ 1/15 - 6/30/20 Neuroscience	Professor and Chair, Neurology Department, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Deborah L. Johnson, PhD* 7/1/17 - 6/30/22 Molecular & Cellular Biology	Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Joseph A. Majzoub, MD* 7/1/18 - 6/30/23 Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Obesity & Reproduction, Neuroendocrinology	Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital
Kojo A. Mensa-Wilmot, PhD 7/1/16 - 6/30/21 Cellular Biology	Professor and Head, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
Yoel Sadovsky, MD 7/1/14 - 6/30/19 Reproductive Biology, Obstetrics, & Gynecology	Director, Magee-Womens Research Institute, Elsie Hilliard Chair of Women's Health, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Susan S. Taylor, PhD 7/1/14 - 6/30/19 Structural Biology & Molecular Biochemistry	Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Professor of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego
Eric Vilain, MD, PhD 7/1/15 - 6/30/20 Molecular & Human Genetics	A. James Clark Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics, Director, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s National Medical Center
Martha M. Werler, DSc* 7/1/17 - 6/30/22 Epidemiology	Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health

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