51ÊÓƵ

Chair

Andrea Hayes Dixon, M.D. (06/30/2026)
Dean of the College of Medicine
Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Members

• Gilda A. Barabino, Ph.D. (06/30/2029)
  President and Professor
  Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts

• Allison Brashear, M.D. (06/30/2029)
  Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

• Lisa A. Cassis, Ph.D. (06/30/2027)
  Vice President for Research
  University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

• Michael F. Chiang, M.D. (06/30/2029)
  Director, National Eye Institute
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., D.Sc. (06/30/2029)
  Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D. (06/30/2029)
  Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Mark Herzberg, D.D.S., Ph.D. (06/30/2028)
  Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• James E. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D. (06/30/2026)
  President and CEO
  Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee

• Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D. (06/30/2029)
  Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H. (06/30/2029)
  Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D. (06/30/2029)
  Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D. (06/30/2029) 
  Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Elba E. Serrano, Ph.D. (06/30/2028)
  Regent’s Professor of Biology
  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico

• Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A. (06/30/2029)
  Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Nora D. Volkow, M.D. (06/30/2029)
  Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

• Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H. (06/30/2027)
  Dean and Vice President for Health Affairs, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Date in parenthesis indicates term end date. 

Designated Federal Official

Matthew J. Memoli, M.D., M.S.
Acting 51ÊÓƵ Director
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland