Chairperson
Freda C. Lewis-Hall, M.D. (February 2017)
Chief Medical Officer
Pfizer
New York, New York
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
Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D. (February 2017)
Director, Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Duke University Medical Center
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke Pratt School of Engineering
Durham, North Carolina
Board Members
(Terms end 9/30 of designated year, unless otherwise noted.)
Margaret A. Anderson, M.A. (February 2017)
Executive Director
FasterCures
Center of the Milken Institute
Washington, D.C.
Robert J. Beall, Ph.D. (February 2017)
President and CEO
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Bethesda, Maryland
Jorge L. Contreras, J.D. (February 2017)
Associate Professor
S.J. Quinney College of Law
University of Utah
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
Louis J. DeGennaro, Ph.D. (February 2017)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
White Plains, New York
Daniel L. Hartman, M.D. (2019)
Director of Integrated Development
Global Health Discovery Program
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington
Eric D. Kodish, M.D. (February 2017)
F.J. O'Neill Professor
Director, Center for Ethics, Humanities and Spiritual Care
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Ankit A. Mahadevia, M.D., M.B.A. (February 2017)
Principal
Atlas Venture
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bernard H. Munos, M.B.A. (February 2017)
Founder
InnoThink Center for Research in Biomedical Innovation
Indianapolis, Indiana
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
Lilly Research Laboratories
Indianapolis, Indiana
Harry P. Selker, M.D. (2018)
Executive Director
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies
Tufts Medical Center
Dean
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Anantha Shekhar, M.D., Ph.D. (2018)
Director, Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Associate Dean for Translational Research
Raymond E. Houk Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Pharmacology and Neurobiology
Associate Vice President for Research for University Clinical Affairs
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Robert I. Tepper, M.D. (February 2017)
Partner
Third Rock Ventures, LLC
Boston, Massachusetts
Scott J. Weir, Pharm.D., Ph.D. (February 2017)
Director
Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation
University of Kansas Cancer Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Ex Officio Members
Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary
Washington, D.C.
National Institutes of Health
Director
Bethesda, Maryland
Food and Drug Administration
Commissioner
Silver Spring, Maryland
Representative for FDA Commissioner
Frank F. Weichold, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Critical Path and Regulatory Initiatives, ORSI
Office of the Chief Scientist/OC
FDA at White Oak
Silver Spring, Maryland
National Science Foundation
S. Rao Kosaraju, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations
Arlington, Virginia
Department of Defense
Terry M. Rauch, M.P.H.
Director of Research & Development
Policy & Oversight Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
U.S. Department of Defense
Falls Church, Virginia
Department of Veterans Affairs
David Atkins, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Health Services Research and Development
Washington, D.C.
Ad Hoc Members
Ronald J. Bartek
Co-Founder and Founding President
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA)
Arlington, Virginia
Katharine Ku, M.S.
Executive Director
Office of Technology Licensing and the Industrial Contracts Office
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Richard E. Kuntz, M.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Clinical and Regulatory Officer
Department of Neuromodulation
Medtronic, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Geoffrey Shiu Fei Ling, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Ellicott City, Maryland
Brad Margus
Chief Executive Officer
Cerevance, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
G. Lynn Marks, M.D.
Senior Vice President for Research and Development
Senior Clinical Advisor
GlaxoSmithKline
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Kalpana M. Merchant, Ph.D.
President and Chief Scientific Officer
TransThera Consulting Company
Portland, Oregon
Matthew Might, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Computing
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D.
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Office of the President and Dean
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Todd B. Sherer, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
New York, New York
Stephen P. Spielberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief
Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science
Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
Sharon F. Terry, M.A.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Genetic Alliance
Washington, D.C.
Paul G. Yock, M.D.
Martha Meier Weiland Professor
Departments of Bioengineering and Medicine Program in Biodesign
Stanford University
Stanford, California