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