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NIBIB Board of Scientific Counselors

The Board, through periodic review, advises the Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, NIBIB, on the quality of the intramural research programs and the research of tenured and tenure-track scientists of the Division.

Structure

The Board consists of eight members, including the chair, who are approved by the Deputy Director for Intramural Research at NIH. Members are scientists with outstanding scientific credentials in the research areas relevant to the Institute and are drawn from outside the NIH to serve overlapping terms of up to five years.

Function

The Board advises the Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, NIBIB, on the quality of the intramural research programs and the research of tenured and tenure-track scientists of the Division, through periodic reviews. The recommendations of the Board are addressed to the Scientific Director and sent to the Director, NIBIB, the Deputy Director for Intramural Research, and the Director, NIH.

Authority

Established January 25, 1991, by the Director, NIH, under Section 402(b)(6) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(b)(6)), as amended. The Board of Scientific Counselors is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).


Roster

Chairperson

Leon Axel, MD, PhD (06/25)
Professor
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine 
New York University 
New York  

Members

Treena Lynne Arinzeh, PhD, MSE (06/28) 
Professor 
Department of Biomedical Engineering 
New Jersey Institute of Technology 
Newark, NJ

Katherine W. Ferrara, PhD, MS (06/27) 
Professor 
Department of Radiology 
Stanford University 
Palo Alto, CA

Carolyn Larabell, PhD (06/25) 
Professor 
Department of Anatomy 
University of California San Francisco 
Faculty Scientist 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 
San Francisco, CA

Thomas Meade PhD, MS (06/25) 
Eileen M. Foell Professor 
Department of Chemistry 
Northwestern University  
Evanston, IL

Peter T. So, Ph.D. (06/26)
Professor 
Department of Mechanical and Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Cambridge, MA

Lawrence L Wald, PhD (06/26)
Professor  
Department of Radiology 
Massachusetts General Hospital  
Charlestown, MA

Executive Secretary

Leapman, Richard, Ph.D.
Scientific Director 
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and 
Bioengineering 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland