Additional nominees to the SMRB Board are:

Jeremy Berg, Ph.D., director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Gail Cassell, Ph.D., vice president, Scientific Affairs and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar for Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly
Anthony Fauci, M.D., director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Dan Goldin, former NASA administrator
Richard Hodes, M.D., director, National Institute on Aging
Stephen Katz, M.D., director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Thomas Kelly, M.D., Ph.D., director, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Story Landis, Ph.D., director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
John E. Niederhuber, M.D., director, National Cancer Institute
Deborah Powell, M.D., dean and assistant vice president for clinical science, University of Minnesota Medical School
Griffin Rodgers, M.D., director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
William Roper, M.D., vice chair of health, former CDC and CMS head, University of North Carolina
Arthur Rubenstein, M.D., executive vice president, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System; dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Neurosciences and Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University
Lawrence Tabak, Ph.D., director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Harold Varmus, M.D., president, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Eugene Washington, M.D., executive vice chancellor, professor and chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; and professor, Epidemiology and Biostatics, University of California, San Francisco
Huda Zoghbi, M.D., professor, HHMI Investigator, Baylor College of Medicine

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