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NIDCD Board of Scientific Counselors Roster

The ending date for each member's term is given next to his or her name.

Chair

  • HANSEN, Marlan R., M.D. 6/30/2027

    Brian F. McCabe Distinguished Chair and DEO
    Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery
    University of Iowa-Carver College of Medicine
    Iowa City, IA

Board Members

  • SEGAL, Rosalind, M.D., Ph.D. 6/30/2026

    Professor
    Department of Neurobiology and Cancer Biology
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Boston, MA

  • SIMMONS, Dwayne D., Ph.D. 6/30/2027

    Professor and Chair
    Department of Biology and Department
    of Psychology and Neuroscience
    Baylor University
    Waco, TX

  • LU, Xiaowei, Ph.D. 6/30/2028

    Professor
    Department of Cell Biology
    School of Medicine
    University of Virginia
    Charlottesville, VA

  • GÉLÉOC, Gwenaelle, Ph.D. 6/30/2029

    Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-
    Head and Neck Surgery
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, MA

  • LUMPKIN, Ellen A., Ph.D. 6/30/2026

    Professor
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
    Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
    University of California, Berkeley
    Los Angeles, CA

  • HELLER, Stefan, Ph.D. 6/30/2028

    Edward and Amy Sewall Professor and
    Associate Chair for Research
    Department of Otolaryngology
    Head and Neck Surgery Divisions
    School of Medicine
    Stanford University
    Stanford, CA

  • CHENG, Alan G., M.D., FACS 6/30/2029

    Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor
    Director, Clinician Scientist Training Program
    Chief, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford, CA

Executive Secretary

  • CUNNINGHAM, Lisa, Ph.D.

    Scientific Director
    National Institute on Deafness and Other
    Communication Disorders
    National Institutes of Health
    Bethesda, MD

2024 Ad Hoc Consultants

  • FRIEDMAN, Rick A., M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Otolaryngology -
    Head and Neck Surgery
    UCSD School of Medicine
    La Jolla, CA

  • MUELLER, Ulrich, Ph.D.

    Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of
    Neuroscience and Biology
    Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
    Johns Hopkins University
    Baltimore, MD

  • MCINTOSH, J. Richard, Ph.D.

    Distinguished Professor Emeritus
    Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
    University of Colorado Boulder
    Boulder, CO

  • PIOTROWSKI, Tatjana, Ph.D.

    Investigator
    Stowers Institute of Medical Research
    Kansas City, MO

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