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Board of Scientific Counselors

* Nominee

Ursula Kaiser, M.D.
07/01/19 - 06/30/25
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Hypertension
George W. Thorn, MD Distinguished Chair in Endocrinology
Director, Brigham Research Institute
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Carlos A. Bacino, M.D., FACMG
07/01/22-03/25/25
Molecular and Human Genetics, Pediatrics
Professor
Vice Chair Clinical Affairs
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Genetics Service
Texas Children's Hospital
David Beier, M.D., Ph.D.
07/01/21 - 06/30/26
Genomics
Director
Center for Developmental Biology
and Regenerative Medicine
Seattle Children's Research Institute
Mary C. Mullins, Ph.D.
07/01/20- 06/30/25
Developmental Biology
Professor, Vice Chair
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Chair, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology Graduate Program
Assistant Dean for Junior Faculty Advancement
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Jeffrey J. Neil, M.D., Ph.D.
07/01/24 - 06/30/29
Neurology, Pediatric Neurology
Professor of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Errol R. Norwitz, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
07/01/19 - 06/30/25
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Emily Oken, M.D., MPH
07/01/22-06/30/27
Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Alice Hamiliton Professor
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D.
07/01/20 - 06/30/25
Neurobiology
Professor
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Laura E. Riley, M.D.
07/01/22-06/30/27
Maternal Fetal Medicine and Infectious Disease
Given Foundation Professor and Chair
Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine
Yukiko Yamashita, Ph.D.
07/01/22-03/25/25
Genomics & Developmental Biology
Member, Susan Lindquist Chair for Women in Science
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Professor, Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology