Members

Erica Brown, Ph.D.
(Chairperson)
Acting Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
Website

Natalie G. Ahn, Ph.D. (Extended, November 2026)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry
​​University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0596 ​

​Eric Alani, Ph.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Sharon Amacher, Ph.D. (2028)
Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210

Jonathan Baker, Ph.D. (2027)
Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Vice President for Research
School of Medicine
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557

Julie Bastarache, M.D. (2027)
Director, Edge for Scholars
Professor of Medicine, Cell & Developmental Biology, Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN 37232-2650

Sudha Chakrapani, Ph.D. (2028)
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
John H. Hord Professor
Director, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH 44106

Melinda K. Duncan, Ph.D. (2029)
Associate Vice President for Research
Trustee's Distinguished Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Delaware 
Newark, DE 19716

Neil Garg, Ph.D. (2027)
Distinguished Professor and Kenneth N. Trueblood Chair
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Elizabeth Gavis, M.D., Ph.D. (2029)
Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences
Chair, Department of Molecular Biology
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University 
Princeton, NJ 08544

Brent L. Iverson, Ph.D. (2028)
Professor of Chemistry and Distinguished Teaching Professor
Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professor
Department of Chemistry
The University of Texas at Austin 
Austin, TX 78712

Laurie Kilpatrick, Ph.D. (2029)
Associate Dean, Research
Professor
Center for Inflammation and Lung Research
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Inflammation Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19140

L. Andrew Lee, Ph.D. (2028)
Chief Scientific Officer
IMCS, Inc.
Irmo, SC 29063

Gerald Marschke, Ph.D. (2029)
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
University of Albany, State University of New York
Albany, NY 12222

​Sarah Michel, Ph.D. (2027)
Dean & Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Baltimore, MD 21201

Lucy Erin O'Brien, Ph.D. (2028)
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology & Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305-5305​

Christopher W. Seymour, M.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine & Clinical Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15261​​

​​​​Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H. (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​ 

​Leyte Winfield, Ph.D. (2026)
​​Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 
Division Chair
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Spelman College 
​Atlanta, GA 30314-439

Executive Secretary

Ariel Zane, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Director for Extramural Activities
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200

Ex-Officio Members

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201
​Website

Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-0148
Website

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