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National Institutes of Health

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

2021 Annual Report of the Division of Intramural Research

Board of Scientific Counselors

* Nominee

Elizabeth Bonney, MD, MPH, 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
David R. Beier, MD, PhD*
7/1/21 – 6/30/26
Pediatrics, Genetics
Professor in Pediatrics and Director, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
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
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
Professor and Director, Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center
P. Ellen Grant, MD*
7/1/19 – 6/30/24
Newborn Medicine, Radiology
Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Director of Fetal and Neonatal Neuroimaging Research, 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, 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
Mary C. Mullins, PhD*
7/1/20 – 6/30/25
Developmental Biology
Department 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 School of Medicine
Sandra L. Schmid, PhD*
7/1/21 – 6/30/26
Biophysics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Model Organisms
Chief Scientific Officer, Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub
Martha M. Werler, DSc
7/1/17 – 6/30/22
Epidemiology
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University

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