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

Bond, Meredith, Ph.D. (06/15)
Dean 
College of Sciences and Health Professions 
Cleveland State University 
Cleveland, Ohio 44115 

Members

Anderson, Carolyn J., Ph.D. (06/15) 
Professor of Radiology 
Director, Molecular Imaging Laboratory 
University of Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

Axel, Leon, M.D., Ph.D. (06/15) 
Professor 
Department of Radiology 
New York University 
School of Medicine 
New York, New York 10016

Chiu, Wah, Ph.D. (06/15) 
Distinguished Service Professor 
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
National Center for Macromolecular Imaging 
Baylor College of Medicine 
Houston, Texas 77030

Craighead, Harold G., Ph.D. (06/15) 
Charles W. Lake, Jr. Professor of Engineering 
Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics 
Director, Nanobiotechnology Center 
School of Applied and Engineering Physics 
Cornell University 
Ithaca, New York 14853

Meade, Thomas J., Ph.D. (06/15)
Elieen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry,
Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology,
Neurobiology and Physiology, and Radiology
Director, Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois 60208

Moerner, William E., Ph.D. (06/14)
Harry S. Mosher Professor of Chemistry 
Department of Chemistry 
Stanford University 
Stanford, California 94305

Riederer, Stephen J., Ph.D. (06/14) 
Professor 
Mayo Clinic 
Rochester, Minnesota 55905 

Executive Secretary

Leapman, Richard, Ph.D.
Scientific Director 
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and 
Bioengineering 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892