Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC)

As a federal agency, NICHD receives advice from advisory committees, task forces, boards, and commissions to help it achieve its goals. Advice from these entities is guided by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) and must be both objective and accessible to the public.

The BSC advises the NICHD Scientific Director, the Division of Intramural Research, and the Division of Population Health Research on matters related to in-house research activities.

Chairperson:

Ursula Kaiser, M.D.
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Hypertension
George W. Thorn, MD Distinguished Chair in Endocrinology
Director, Brigham Research Institute
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital

07/01/19 - 06/30/24
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension

Carlos A. Bacino, M.D., FACMG
Professor
Vice Chair Clinical Affairs
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Genetics Service
Texas Children's Hospital

07/01/22-06/30/27
Molecular and Human Genetics, Pediatrics

David Beier, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Center for Developmental Biology
and Regenerative Medicine
Seattle Children’s Research Institute

07/01/21 - 06/30/26
Genomics

Mary C. Mullins, Ph.D.
Professor, Vice Chair
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Chair, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology Graduate Program
Assistant Dean for Junior Faculty Advancement
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine

07/01/20- 06/30/25
Developmental Biology

Errol R. Norwitz, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tufts University School of Medicine

07/01/19 - 06/30/24
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine

Emily Oken, M.D., M.P.H.
Alice Hamiliton Professor
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School

07/01/22-06/30/27
Internal Medicine & Pediatrics

Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

07/01/20 - 06/30/25
Neurobiology

Laura E. Riley, M.D.
Given Foundation Professor and Chair
Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine

07/01/22-06/30/27
Maternal Fetal Medicine and Infectious Disease

Yukiko Yamashita, Ph.D.
Member, Susan Lindquist Chair for Women in Science
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Professor, Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

07/01/22-6/30/27
Genomics

December 6, 2019 (PDF 313 KB)
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December 1, 2017 (PDF 155 KB)
June 2, 2017 (PDF 114 KB)
December 2nd, 2016 (PDF 62 KB)
June 3rd, 2016 (PDF 77 KB)
December 4th, 2015 (PDF 60 KB)
June 5th, 2015 (PDF 80 KB)
December 5th, 2014 (PDF 83 KB)

Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC)

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