Board of Scientific Counselors
* Nominee
| Elizabeth Bonney, MD, MPH, Acting Chair 7/1/17 – 6/30/22 Immunobiology, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Professor, Director of Research Division Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences University of Vermont College of Medicine |
| Kate G. Ackerman, MD 7/1/16 – 6/30/21 Developmental Biology, Genetics, and Pediatrics |
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Genetics University of Rochester Medical Center |
| Hugo J. Bellen, DVM, PhD* 7/1/19 – 6/30/24 Genetics, Neuroscience, Model Organisms |
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine |
| Serdar E. Bulun, MD 7/1/16 – 6/30/21 Obstetrics and Gynecology |
John J. Sciarra Professor and Chair Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chief, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology–Reproductive Biology Research Prentice Women's Hospital |
| Nancy Carrasco, MD* 7/1/19 – 6/30/24 Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology |
Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Vanderbilt School of Medicine |
| William T. Dauer, MD* 7/1/18 – 6/30/23 Neurodevelopment and Behavior, Rare Diseases and Genetics, Neurobiology |
Director, Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute Professor of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, and Neuroscience Lois C.A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Mobility Research UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| P. Ellen Grant, MD* 7/1/19 – 6/30/24 Newborn Medicine, Radiology |
Director, Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics Harvard Medical School |
| Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP 7/1/15 – 6/30/20 Neuroscience |
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology Co-Director, Penn Medicine Translational Neuroscience Center Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| Deborah L. Johnson, PhD 7/1/17 – 6/30/22 Molecular and Cellular Biology |
President and Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Symposia Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine |
| Ursula Kaiser, MD* 7/1/19 – 6/30/24 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension |
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension Co-Director, Brigham Research Institute Brigham and Women's Hospital Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| Kojo A. Mensa-Wilmot, PhD 7/1/16 – 6/30/21 Cellular Biology |
Professor and Head Department of Cellular Biology University of Georgia |
| Errol Norwitz, MD, PhD, MBA* 7/1/19 – 6/30/24 Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Louis E. Phaneuf Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Tufts University School of Medicine Chief Scientific Officer Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Tufts Medical Center |
| Eric Vilain, MD, PhD 7/1/15 – 6/30/20 Molecular and Human Genetics |
James A. Clark Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics Director, Center for Genetic Medicine Research Children’s Research Institute Children’s National Medical Center |
| Martha M. Werler, DSc 7/1/17 – 6/30/22 Epidemiology |
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health Boston University |
