The National Institutes of Health announced the appointment of seven individuals to the NIH Council of Councils on August 28, 2023, including Barbara Kelley, Executive Director of HLAA. The council was established to advise the NIH Director on policies and activities of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), including making recommendations on research that represents important areas of emerging scientific opportunities, rising public health challenges, or knowledge gaps that deserve special emphasis or would otherwise benefit from strategic planning and coordination.
The council is composed of 27 members nominated by the NIH Institutes and Centers (IC) and offices within the Office of the Director (OD). Council members bring knowledge of their individual IC and OD offices’ missions and operations, not as official representatives, but to provide advice beyond the research agenda of any individual IC. “I welcome these distinguished individuals to the Council of Councils,” said Acting DPCPSI Director, and Council of Councils Chair, Robert W. Eisinger, Ph.D., “We look forward to gaining from their scientific knowledge and expertise in planning and conducting the diverse activities of the division.”
The following new members will serve on the council through Oct. 31, 2028: • Monica Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., University of California, San Francisco • Rafael A. Irizarry, Ph.D., Harvard Univ., Boston, MA • Barbara Kelley, Hearing Loss Association of America, Bethesda, MD • Jean A. King, Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA • Michael I. Kotlikoff, V.M.D., Ph.D., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY • Jennifer J. Manly, Ph.D., Columbia Univ., NYC, NY • Lauren Silvis, J.D., Tempus, Inc., Washington, DC.
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