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National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council Roster

Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council

(Terms end 11/30 of designated year)

Chairperson

CERNICH, Alison, Ph.D.
Designated NACHHD Council Chair
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Council Members

Anna Aizer headshot.
AIZER, Anna, Ph.D. 
Professor 
Department of Economics 
Brown University 
Providence, RI
Susan Brooks headshot.
BROOKS, Susan L. 
Professor of Law
Drexel University Kline School of Law 
Philadelphia, PA
Marcelle Ivonne Cedars headshot.
CEDARS, Marcelle Ivonne, M.D. 
Professor 
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences 
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Damien Fair headshot.
FAIR, Damien, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN
Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman headshot.
GYAMFI-BANNERMAN, Cynthia, M.D. 
Chair and Professor 
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of California San Diego School of Medicine 
San Diego, CA
Ethylin Wang Jabs headshot.
JABS, Ethylin Wang, M.D. 
Chair of the Department of Clinical Genomics 
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN 55905
Yvonne Maldonado headshot.
MALDONADO, Yvonne A., M.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Ignatia B. Van Den Veyver headshot.
VAN DEN VEYVER, Ignatia B., M.D. 
Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Ex Officio Members

Patricia Dorn headshot.
DORN, Patricia, Ph.D.
Director of Rehabilitation Research and Development
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC
Reem Ghandour headshot.
GHANDOUR, Reem, DrPH, MPA
Director
Division of Epidemiology
Office of Epidemiology and Research
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Department of Defense

Gayle Vaday headshot.
VADAY, Gayle, Ph.D. 
Civilian Deputy Director, 
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command 
Fort Detrick, MD

NABMMR Liaison

Linda Ehrlich-Jones headshot.

EHRLICH-JONES, Linda PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research
Research Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Executive Secretary

Rebekah Rasooly headshot.
RASOOLY, Rebekah, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, MD
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