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)

Council Members

BONINGER, Michael, M.D.
Professor and UPMC Endowed Vice Chair for Research
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

BOOKHEIMER, Susan, Ph.D.
Joaquin Fuster Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Director, Staglin IMHRO MRI Laboratory
Director, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities    Research Center
Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

CAGGANA, Michele, Sc.D., FACMG
Deputy Director, Division of Genetics
Director, Newborn Screening Program
Head, Genetic Testing Quality Assurance Program
Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY

COUGHLIN, John P., M.D.
Pediatric Surgeon
Pediatric General Surgery
John Hopkins Outpatient Care
Tampa, FL

EGAN, Kathleen B., Ph.D.
Advocate for People with Disabilities
Vienna, VA 22180

GORDON, Catherine, M.D., M.Sc.
Adolescent Chief, Boston Children's Hospital
Robert P. Masland, Jr. Chair of Adolescent Medicine
Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School
Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Boston, MA

JAIN, Lucky., M.D.
George w. Brumley Jr. Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

LAVENDER, Missy D., MBA
CEO and Founder
Renalis
Chicago, IL

MATZUK, Martin M., M.D., Ph.D.
Robert L. Moody, Sr. Chair in Pathology and Immunology
Department of Pathology and Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

NEUBERGER, Carmen L., J.D.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, AZ

RESNICK, Adam C., Ph.D. 
Director
Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

SOHN, Annette, M.D. 
Director, TREAT Asia and Vice President,
Global Initiatives
TREAT Asia/amfAR – The Foundation for AIDS Research
Klongtoey, Bangkok
Thailand

TABIN, Clifford, Ph.D. 
George Jacob and Jacqueline Hazel Leder Professor and Chairman
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

THOMAS, Alyce, R.D.
Perinatal Nutrition Consultant
St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
Paterson, NJ

TITA, Alan Thevenet N., MD, MPH, Ph.D. 
Tenure Professor and Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
10270K Women and Infants Center
Birmingham, AL

WONG, Rebeca, Ph.D.
P.&S. Kempner Distinguished Professor
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health
University of Texas Medical Branch
Rebecca Sealy Building
Galveston, TX

WYNSHAW-BORIS, Anthony J., M.D., Ph.D.
JHJ MD ’34 Professor of Genetics and Chair
Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
Case Western Reserve University School of
Medicine
Biomedical Research Building 731
Cleveland, OH

NABMMR Liaison

ENGLISH, Arthur, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Emory University School of Medicine
Galveston, TX

Ex Officio Members

BUJAK, Barbara, Ph.D., P.T., D.P.T. MAJ, SP, US Army
Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Board
Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy
Acting Director, Joint Trauma Analysis an dPrevention of Injury in Combat (JTAPIC)
Ft Detrick, MD

DORN, Patricia, Ph.D.
Director of Rehabilitation Research and Development
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC

LOPATA, Aaron M., M.D., M.P.P.
Chief Medical Officer
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Resources
Rockville, MD