Chairperson      
Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D.      
Director      
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences      
National Institutes of Health      
Bethesda, Maryland

Executive Secretary      
Anna L. Ramsey-Ewing, Ph.D.      
Director      
Division of Extramural Activities      
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences      
National Institutes of Health      
Bethesda, Maryland

Council Members

*Pending appointment

(Terms end 10/31 of designated year, unless otherwise noted.)

Sergio A. Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D. (2025)      
Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
Founding Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Director, Community Engagement Program, UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center
School of Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Paul A. Harris, Ph.D. (2024)      
Director, Office of Research Informatics
Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics Engineering
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research          
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Kelly Marie McVearry, Ph.D., Ed.M. (2024)      
Chief Executive Officer
The Hypatia Project
Reston, Virginia

Robin J. Mermelstein, Ph.D. (2025)      
Co-Director, UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science 
Director, Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Keith J. Mueller, Ph.D. (2024)      
Gerhard Hartman Professor and Department Head
Department of Health Management and Policy
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Paula K. Shireman, M.D., M.B.A. (2024)      
Executive Associate Dean
College of Medicine
Texas A&M University
Bryan, Texas

Ex Officio Members

Department of Health and Human Services      
Xavier Becerra, J.D.      
Secretary      
Washington, D.C.

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