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. 07/01/17-06/30/22 Immunobiology, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology |
Professor and Head, Division of Reproductive Sciences, 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, and Pediatrics |
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| Carlos A. Bacino, M.D., FACMG* 07/01/20-06/30/25 Human Genetics |
Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine; Chief Genetics Service Director, Pediatrics Genetics Clinic, Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 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 and 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 |
Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt 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; Professor of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, and Neuroscience, Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Mobility Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| P. Ellen Grant, M.D.* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Newborn Medicine, Radiology |
Founding Director, Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center; Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Endowed Chair in Neonatology, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| Deborah L. Johnson, Ph.D. 07/01/17-06/30/22 Molecular and 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 of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Dean, College of Science and Mathematics, Kennesaw State University |
| Mary C. Mullins, Ph.D.* 07/01/20-06/30/25 Developmental Biology |
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| Errol R. Norwitz, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.* 07/01/19-06/30/24 Obstetrics and Gynecology |
President and CEO, Newton-Wellesley Hospital |
| Eric Vilain, M.D., Ph.D. 07/01/15-06/30/21 Molecular and 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, 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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