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

Jonathan Himmelfarb, M.D. (2027)
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Center for Kidney Disease Innovation
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York

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

Ex Officio Members

Department of Health and Human Services
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary
Washington, D.C.

National Institutes of Health      
Jayanta "Jay" Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Bethesda, Maryland