Members

Chair

Andrea Hayes Dixon, M.D.* (06/30/2026)
Dean of the College of Medicine
Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Members

Gilda A. Barabino, Ph.D.* (06/30/2029)
President and Professor
Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts

Allison Brashear, M.D.* (06/30/2029)
Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Lisa A. Cassis, Ph.D.* (06/30/2027)
Vice President for Research
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Michael F. Chiang, M.D. (06/30/2029)
Director, National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., D.Sc. (06/30/2029)
Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D. (06/30/2029)
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Mark Herzberg, D.D.S., Ph.D.* (06/30/2028)
Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

James E. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D.* (06/30/2026)
President and CEO
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee

Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D. (06/30/2029)
Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H. (06/30/2029)
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D. (06/30/2029)
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D. (06/30/2029) 
Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Elba E. Serrano, Ph.D.* (06/30/2028)
Regent’s Professor of Biology
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A. (06/30/2029)
Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Nora D. Volkow, M.D. (06/30/2029)
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.* (06/30/2027)
Dean and Vice President for Health Affairs, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota

*Pending Appointment
Date in parenthesis indicates term end date. 

Designated Federal Official

Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Principal Deputy Director
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Ex Officio Member

Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland