Board of Scientific Counselors

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 NHGRI 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. 
Baylor College of Medicine Institute for Clinical and Translational Research 
Term ends 12/2026 

Katrina Dipple, M.D., Ph.D. 
Seattle Children’s Hospital 
Division of Genetic Medicine 
Term ends 6/2030 

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. 
The University of Michigan Medical Center Department of Pediatrics 
Genetics Division 
Term ends 6/2028 

Aaron Quinlan, Ph.D. 
University of Utah 
Utah Center for Genetic Discovery 
Term ends 6/2030 

Timothy Yu, M.D., Ph.D. 
Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Genetics and Genomics 
Term ends 6/2028 

Rudy Pozzatti, Ph.D. 
Recording Secretary