Board of Scientific Counselors
* Nominee
| Jerome F. Strauss, III, MD, PhD, Chair 7/1/2009 – 6/30/2016 Obstetrics, Gynecology & Genetics |
Dean, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, VCU Health System, Richmond, VA |
| Rita J. Balice-Gordon, PhD 7/1/2013 - 6/30/2018 Neuroscience |
Vice-President and Head, Integrative Neuroscience and Circuitry, Neuroscience Research Unit Pfizer, Inc., Cambridge, MA |
| Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, PhD 7/1/2013 – 6/30/2018 Developmental Psychology & Behavioral Science |
Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| P. Michael Conn, Ph.D.* 7/1/2015 – 6/30/2018 Cell & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, & Endocrinology |
Senior Vice President for Research, Associate Provost, Professor of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology/Biochemistry Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX |
| 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 |
| Frances E. Jensen, M.D.* 7/1/2015 – 6/30/2020 Neuroscience |
Professor and Chair, Neurology Department Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 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 – 6/30/2016 Cell & Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology |
Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY |
| Scott A. Rivkees, MD 7/1/2015 – 6/30/2020 Pediatric Endocrinology |
Professor, Nemours Eminent Scholar and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida Physician in Chief, Shands Hospital for Children Gainesville, FL |
| Yoel Sadovsky, MD 7/1/2014 – 6/30/2019 Reproductive Biology, Obstetrics, & Gynecology |
Director, Magee-Womens Research Institute, Elsie Hilliard Chair of Women's Health, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 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 |
| Susan S. Taylor, PhD 7/1/2014 – 6/30/2019 Structural Biology & Molecular Biochemistry |
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Professor of Pharmacology University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA |
| Eric Vilain, M.D., Ph.D.* 7/1/2015 – 6/30/2020 Molecular & Human Genetics |
Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Pediatrics, & Urology Chief, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics University of California, Los Angeles |
| Michelle A. Williams, ScD 7/1/2011 – 6/30/2016 Epidemiolology |
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA |
