Chairperson

Erica Brown, Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892

Members

Natalie G. Ahn, Ph.D. (Extended, May 2026)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry
​​University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0596

Eric Alani, Ph.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853 ​ 

​Christopher W. Seymour, M.D., M.Sc. (2026)
Associate Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor
Departments of Emergency Medicine & Clinical Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15261 

Donald K. Warne, M.D., Ph.D. (2026)
Provost Fellow
Indigenous Health Policy
Co-Director
Center for Indigenous Health
Professor of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD 21231

Ad Hoc Participants

Catherine D. Eichhorn, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor 
Department of Chemistry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588

John P. Kirwan, M.Sc., Ph.D., FACSM
George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Nutrition
Professor, Integrated Physiology and Molecular Medicine
Director, Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center, IDeA-CTR
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Kelly Lucas, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Gary Mo, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL 60612

Douglas B. Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer
MaineHealth
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME 04102

Executive Secretary

Ariel Zane, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Director for Extramural Activities
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892

Ex-Officio 

Ronald M. Przygodzki, M.D.
Director
Genomic Medicine
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Office of Research and Development (14RD)
Washington, DC 20420