Chairperson
G. Lynn Marks, M.D.
Senior Research and Development Advisor
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, HHS (CTR)
Washington, D.C.
Executive Secretary
Anna L. Ramsey-Ewing, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Grants Management and Scientific Review
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Vice Chairperson
Ronald J. Bartek, M.A.
Co-Founder and Founding President
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance
Arlington, Virginia
Board Members
(Terms end 9/30 of designated year, unless otherwise noted.)
Daniel L. Hartman, M.D. (2019)
Director of Integrated Development
Global Health Discovery Program
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington
Katharine Ku, M.S. (2020)
Executive Director
Office of Technology Licensing and the Industrial Contracts Office
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Brad Margus (2020)
Chief Executive Officer
Cerevance, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Kalpana M. Merchant, Ph.D. (2020)
President and Chief Scientific Officer
TransThera Consulting Company
Portland, Oregon
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. (2020)
President and Dean
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Megan O’Boyle (2019)
Principal Investigator
Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Data Network
Arlington, Virginia
Alan Palkowitz, Ph.D. (2019)
Vice President of Discovery Chemistry Research and Technologies
Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
Harry P. Selker, M.D., M.S.P.H. (2018)
Dean
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Tufts University School of Medicine
Executive Director
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Anantha Shekhar, M.D., Ph.D. (2018)
Director
Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Associate Vice President of Research for University Clinical Affairs
Distinguished Professor, Indiana University
Executive Associate Dean for Research Affairs
August M. Watanabe Professor of Medical Research
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurobiology and of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Executive Vice President for Research
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Indiana
Todd B. Sherer, Ph.D. (2020)
Chief Executive Officer
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
New York, New York
Stephen P. Spielberg, M.D., Ph.D.(2020)
Retired Pediatrician and Clinical Pharmacologist
Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science
Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
Sharon F. Terry, M.A. (2020)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Genetic Alliance
Washington, D.C.
Ex Officio Members
National Institutes of Health
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Bethesda, Maryland
Food and Drug Administration
Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
Commissioner
Silver Spring, Maryland
National Science Foundation
Vacant
Department of Defense
Terry M. Rauch, Ph.D.
Director of Research & Development
Policy & Oversight Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
Defense Health Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia
Department of Veterans Affairs
Rachel Ramoni, D.M.D., Sc.D.
Chief Research and Development Officer
Office of Research and Development
Washington, D.C.