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Board of Scientific Counselors

Louis J. Muglia, MD, PhD, Chair
7/1/2008 – 6/30/2013
Molecular Endocrinology
Professor, Department of Pediatrics University of Cincinnati Co-Director, Perinatal Institute Division of Neonatology Director, Center for Preterm Birth Research Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Rita J. Balice-Gordon, PhD*
7/1/2013 - 6/30/2018
Neuroscience
Professor, Department of Neuroscience University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, PhD*
7/1/2013 – 6/30/2018
Developmental Psychology/Behavioral Science
Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education, Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons Co-director, National Center for Children and Families Co-director, Institute for Child and Family Policy Columbia University, New York, NY
Barry M. Gumbiner, PhD
7/1/2009 – 6/30/2014
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
7/1/2010 – 6/30/2015
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
7/1/2011 – 6/30/2016
Signal Transduction
Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
James R. Lupski, MD, PhD, DSc (Hon)
7/1/2009 – 6/30/2014
Genetics
Cullen Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Antonios G. Mikos, PhD*
7/1/2013 – 6/30/2018
Bioengineering/Biophysics
Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Director, Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering Director, J.W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX
Tarun B. Patel, PhD
7/1/2010 – 6/30/2015
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
7/1/2010 – 6/30/2015
Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lilianna "Lila" Solnica-Krezel, PhD*
7/1/2012 – 6/30/2017
Developmental Biology
Professor and Head, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Joan Steitz, PhD
7/1/2011 – 6/30/2016
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Jerome F. Strauss, III, MD, PhD
7/1/2009 – 6/30/2014
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Genetics
Dean, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, VCU Health System, Richmond, VA
Richard C. "Mort" Wasserman, MD, MPH
7/1/2010 – 6/30/2015
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
7/1/2011 – 6/30/2016
Epidemiolology
Professor and Chair Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA

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