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
Theodore R. Holman, Ph.D. (2022)
Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
Annie M. Kennedy, B.S. (2024)
Chief of Policy, Advocacy and Patient Engagement
EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
Washington, D.C.
Matthias Kretzler, M.D. (2023)
Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Internal Medicine/Nephrology and Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Andrew W. Lo, Ph.D. (2022)
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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
Rajesh Ranganathan, Ph.D. (2024)
Vice President, Partnership and Portfolio Strategy
SunPharma Advanced Research Company, Ltd.
Princeton, New Jersey
Paula K. Shireman, M.D., M.B.A. (2024)
Executive Associate Dean
College of Medicine
Texas A&M University
Bryan, Texas
Marshall L. Summar, M.D. (2023)
Rare Disease Institute
Division of Genetics and Metabolism
Margaret O’Malley Professor of Genetic Medicine
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Annica M. Wayman, Ph.D. (2025)
Associate Dean, Shady Grove Affairs
Professor of the Practice, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Rockville, Maryland
Ex Officio Members
Department of Health and Human Services
Xavier Becerra, J.D.
Secretary
Washington, D.C.
National Institutes of Health
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Performing the Duties of the NIH Director
Bethesda, Maryland