Board of Scientific Counselors
* Nominee
| Elizabeth Bonney, MD, MPH, Acting Chair 7/1/17 – 6/30/22 Immunobiology, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology |
Professor and Head, Division of Reproductive Sciences, 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, School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| 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 |
Founding Director, Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center; Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Endowed Chair in Neonatology, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| 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 of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Dean, College of Science and Mathematics, Kennesaw State University |
| Mary C. Mullins, PhD* 7/1/20 – 6/30/25 Developmental Biology |
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| Errol Norwitz, MD, PhD, MBA* 7/1/19 – 6/30/24 Obstetrics and Gynecology |
President and CEO, Newton-Wellesley Hospital |
| Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, PhD* 7/1/20 – 6/30/25 Neurobiology |
Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Eric Vilain, MD, PhD 7/1/15 – 6/30/21 Molecular and Human Genetics |
A. James 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 |
