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Board of Scientific Counselors

* Nominee

Louis J. Muglia, MD, PhD, Chair
7/1/08 - 6/30/13
Molecular Endocrinology
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics Co-Director, Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatalogy Director, Center for Preterm Birth Research Cincinnati Children's Hopsital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH
 
Thomas W. Boyce, MD
7/1/07 - 6/30/13
Developmental Psychobiology/Behavioral Science
Professor, Graduate Studies and Medicine, Sunny Hill Health Centre BC Leadership Chair in Child Development College for Interdisciplinary Studies and Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, BC Canada
 
Richard Friedman, PhD
7/1/09 - 6/30/14
Developmental Immunobiology
Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuczon, AZ
 
Barry M. Gumbiner, PhD
7/1/09 - 6/30/14
Molecular cell and Developmental Biology
Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
 
Barbara L. Hempstead, MD, PhD
7/1/10 - 6/30/15
Neuroscience, Molecular Physiology
O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine and Co-Chief Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
 
Laurinda Jaffe, PhD
7/1/11 - 6/30/16
Signal Transduction
Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
 
Daniel Johnston, PhD
7/1/07 - 6/30/13
Neuroscience
Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Professor of Neurobiology and Director, Center for Learning and Memory Director, Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
 
James R. Lupski, MD, PhD, DSc (hon)
7/1/09 - 6/30/14
Genetics
Cullen Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
 
Tarun B. Patel, PhD
7/1/10 - 6/30/15
Cell & Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
 
Lucia B. Rothman-Denes, PhD
7/1/10 - 6/30/15
Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 
Lilianna "Lila" Solnica-Krezel, PhD*
7/1/12 - 6/30/17
Developmental Biology
Professor and Head, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
 
Joan Steitz, PhD
7/1/11 - 6/30/16
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
 
Jerome F. Strauss, III, MD, PhD
7/1/09 - 6/30/14
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Genetics
Dean, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, VCU Health System, Richmond, VA
 
Richard "Mort" C. Wasserman, MD, MPH
7/1/10 - 6/30/15
Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Director, Pediatric Research Office Settings (PROS), American Academy of Pediatrics, Burlington, VT
 
Michelle A. Williams, DSc
7/1/11 - 6/30/16
Epidemiolology
Professor and Chair Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA