National Institute of
General Medical Sciences

Chairperson

Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892

Members

Natalie G. Ahn, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309​

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

Angela Byars-Winston, Ph.D. 
Professor
Department of Medicine
Institute for Diversity Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53715

​Ron G. King, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Adjunct Professor
Translational Genomics Department
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Professor Emerita of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ 08854

David H. Mathews, M.D., Ph.D.
Lynne E. Maquat Distinguished Professor of RNA Biology
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York 14642

Lesilee Rose, Ph.D. 
Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616

​ Christopher W. Seymour, M.D., M.Sc.
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​

​ Jeffrey Sun, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Distinguished University Scholar
Associate Dean for Innovation & Strategic Partnerships
College of Education & Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292

Wendy Young, Ph.D.
President
BioPharma Discovery
San Mateo, CA 94402

Ad Hoc Participants

Sharon Amacher, Ph.D. ​​​
Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210

Jessica Kramer, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84102​​

Sarah L. J. Michel, Ph.D.
Dean & Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Baltimore, MD 21201​

Kurt Warnhoff, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist
Principal Investigator
Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group
Sanford Research
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Leyte Winfield, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Division Chair
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA 30314​​​

Executive Secretary

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

Ex-Officio Members

Ronald M. Przygodzki, M.D. 
Director
Genomic Medicine
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Washington, DC 20420