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 and the Division of Intramural 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 - 06/30/25
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Hypertension

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 and Vice Chair
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Chair, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Graduate Program
Assistant Dean for Junior Faculty Advancement
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

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

Jeffrey J. Neil, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

07/01/24 - 06/30/29
Neurology & Pediatric Neurology

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

07/01/19 - 06/30/25
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine

Emily Oken, M.D., M.P.H.
Alice Hamilton Professor
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
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 & Infectious Disease

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Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC)

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