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
| Acting Chairperson: Elizabeth Bonney, M.D., M.P.H. 07/01/17-06/30/22 Immunobiology, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Professor, Director of Research Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine |
| 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, Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Serdar E. Bulun, M.D. 07/01/16-06/30/21 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 |
| Nancy Carrasco, M.D.* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology |
C.N.H. Long Professor of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine |
| William T. Dauer, M.D.* 07/01/18-06/30/23 Neurodevelopment & Behavior, Rare Diseases & Genetics, Neurobiology |
Director, Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, Professor of Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, and Neuroscience, Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Mobility Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| Patricia E. 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., FACP 07/01/15-06/30/20 Neuroscience |
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Co-Director Penn Medicine Translational Neuroscience Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| Deborah L. Johnson, Ph.D. 07/01/17-06/30/22 Molecular & Cellular Biology |
President and Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Symposia Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 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, 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., M.B.A.* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Louis E. Phaneuf Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 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 & Human Genetics |
James A. Clark Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics, 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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