NIDDK Advisory Council: Members

The NIDDK Advisory Council members are appointed to 4-year terms. The Council membership consists of 18 voting members, including 12 health or science experts and 6 members of the public. Each Council member also serves on one of three Council subcommittees – Digestive Diseases and Nutrition; Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases; and, Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases. Six non-voting, ex-officio members act as liaisons with higher level agencies, including the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and representatives from the Department of Defense, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Rodgers, Griffin P., M.D.
Chairperson
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Ard, Jamy D., M.D.
Member until Dec. 2026
Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Prevention, and Internal Medicine
Vice Dean for Clinical Research
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Birsic, Patricia
Member until Dec. 2027
Co-Founder, Executive Committee Member, The National Pancreas Foundation

Blumberg, Richard, M.D.
Member until Dec. 2026
Professor of Medicine
Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Jerry S. Trier, MD, Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Burnett II, Arthur, M.D., M.B.A.
Member until Dec. 2027
Patrick C. Walsh Distinguished Professor of Urology and Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Carethers, John, M.D.
Member until Nov. 2026
Adjunct Professor
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA 92093

Cervantes, Lilia, M.D.
Member until Dec. 2027
Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, and General Internal Medicine
Director of Immigration Research
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus

D'Alessio, David A., M.D.
Ex-Officio
Professor and Director
Division of Endocrinology
Duke University Medical
Center

Davis, Cindy, Ph.D.
Ex-Officio
National Program Leader
Human Nutrition Agriculture Research Service
USDA

Ji, Peng, M.D., Ph.D.
Member until Dec. 2027
Mary A. Fleming Research Professor of Pathology
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Pathology
Chief Pathology Officer
Silver Family Blood Cancer Institute
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Johnson, Neicey, J.D.
Member until Dec. 2026
Chief Operations Officer
Association of Black Cardiologists

Kruger, Davida, MSN, APRN-BC, BC-ADM
Member until Nov. 2026
Henry Ford Medical Center - NCO
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and
Mineral Disorders

Maher, Jacquelyn, M.D.
Member until Nov. 2026
Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, San Francisco General Hospital
Director UCSF Liver Center
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Malik, Karl F., Ph.D.
Executive Secretary
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases

Rodan, Aylin, M.D., Ph.D.
Member until Dec. 2026
Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
The University of Utah

Seaquist, Elizabeth, M.D.
Member until Nov. 2026
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Professor of Medicine
Pennock Family Chair in Diabetes Research
University of Minnesota

Wessells, Hunter, M.D.
Member until Dec. 2027
Professor of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Affiliate member of UW Medicine's Diabetes Research Center and Nutrition and Obesity Research Center
President of UW Physicians, the faculty practice plan for UW Medicine

Last Reviewed July 2026