Advisory Council Roster

(Terms end 12/31 of the designated year)

Members

Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D.
(Chairperson)
Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
Website

Natalie G. Ahn, Ph.D. (2025)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry
​​University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0596
Website​​

​Eric Alani, Ph.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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​Ron G. King, Ph.D., M.B.A. (Extended, June 2025)​ ​Adjunct Professor
Translational Genomics Department
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089
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​Terri Goss Kinzy, Ph.D. (Extended, June 2025)
Professor Emerita of Biochemistry
​and Molecular Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ 08854
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David H. Mathews, M.D., Ph.D. (Extended, June 2025)​
Lynne E. Maquat Distinguished Professor of RNA Biology
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York 14642
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Lesilee Rose, Ph.D. (2025)
Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
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Christopher W. Seymour, M.D., M.Sc. (2026)
Associate Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine & Clinical Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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​​Jeffrey Sun, J.D., Ph.D. (2025)
Professor & Distinguished University Scholar
Associate Dean for Innovation & Strategic Partnerships
​College of Education & Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292​
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​​​​Donald Warne, Ph.D. (2026)
Provost Fellow
Indigenous Health Policy Co-Director
Center for Indigenous Health
Professor of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD 21231​
​ Website​ ​

​Leyte Winfield, Ph.D. (2026)
​​Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Division Chair
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Spelman College
​Atlanta, GA 30314-4395
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Executive Secretary

Erica Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Extramural Activities
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892

Ex-Officio Members

Dorothy Fink, M.D.​
​ ​​​Acting ​​​​Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201
​Website

Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-0148
Website

Ronald M. Przygodzki, M.D.
Director
Genomic Medicine
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC 20420

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