Members

Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D.
(Chairperson)
Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
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Natalie G. Ahn, Ph.D. (2025)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry
​​University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0596 
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​Eric Alani, Ph.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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​Terri Goss Kinzy, Ph.D. (Extended, October 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, October 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
Gradie R. & Mary D. Rowntree Endowed Chair in Educational Administration
Director, SKILLS Collaborative
​College of Education & Human Development 
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292​
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​​​​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​ 
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​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

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201
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Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-0148
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Ronald M. Przygodzki, M.D.
Director
Genomic Medicine
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC 20420