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The Board of Scientific Counselors previews and evaluates the intramural research programs of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and provides periodic technical and scientific peer review of the work of our research investigators.
The Board of Scientific Counselors previews and evaluates the intramural research programs of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and provides periodic technical and scientific peer review of the work of individual investigators in the Division of Intramural Research (DIR).
Board members meet, at the call of the chair, throughout the year, for the purpose of site visits to individual research branches and at least once a year for the full board meeting at which they present their evaluations.
The Board of Scientific Counselors previews and evaluates the intramural research programs of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and provides periodic technical and scientific peer review of the work of individual investigators in the Division of Intramural Research (DIR).
Board members meet, at the call of the chair, throughout the year, for the purpose of site visits to individual research branches and at least once a year for the full board meeting at which they present their evaluations.
Christopher Amos, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Term ends 12/2026
Audrey Gasch, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Center for Genomic Science Innovation
Term ends 6/2028
Pui-Yan Kwok, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Term ends 6/2029
Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Genetics
Term ends 12/2026
Donna Martin, M.D., Ph.D. (current Board Chair)
The University of Michigan Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics, Genetics Division
Term ends 6/2028
Katrina Dipple, M.D., Ph.D.
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Division of Genetic Medicine
Term ends 6/2030
Aaron Quinlan, Ph.D.
University of Utah
Utah Center for Genetic Discovery
Term ends 6/2030
Rudy Pozzatti, Ph.D.
Recording Secretary
Last updated: June 10, 2026