*Francine D. Berman, Ph.D. (08)
Director, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093

Edwin S. Flores, Ph.D., J.D. (09)
Managing Partner
Chalker Flores, LLP
Dallas, TX 75234

Mariano Garcia-Blanco, M.D., Ph.D. (11)
Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
and Microbiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC 27710

Howard H. Garrison, Ph.D. (11)
Deputy Executive Director of Policy
Director, Office of Public Affairs
Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology
Bethesda, MD 20814

Kathleen M. Giacomini, Ph.D. (08)
Professor and Chairman
Department of Biopharmaceutical Science
University of California, San Francisco
School of Pharmacy
San Francisco, CA 94143-2911

Clifford W. Houston, Ph.D. (10)
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Vice President for
Educational Outreach
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX 77555-0133

Brian W. Matthews, Ph.D., D.Sc. (08)
Professor of Physics
Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Oregon
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Eugene, OR 97403

*Steven L. McKnight, Ph.D. (10)
Professor and Chairman
Department of Biochemistry
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX 75390-9152

W. James Nelson, Ph.D. (10)
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305-5345

#Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Ph.D. (11)
Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Utah School of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Salt Lake City, UT 84132-3401

Lisa Staiano-Coico, Ph.D. (08)
Provost
Office of the Provost
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Paula Stephan, Ph.D. (09)
Professor
Department of Economics
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303

Virginia A. Zakian, Ph.D. (09)
Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

Ad Hoc Participants

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Ph.D.
T.Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Berkeley, CA 94720-1460

Randall T. Moon, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Director, Institute for Stem Cell
and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Seattle, WA 98195-7750

Executive Secretary

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

Ex-Officio

*The Honorable Michael Leavitt
Secretary
Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201

Jeffrey Mason, Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Biophysics
Department of Cellular Pathology and Genetics
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Rockville, MD 20850

Timothy O'Leary, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC 20420

*Elias Zerhouni, M.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892