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

Brown, Tracey
Member until Nov. 2022
CEO
American Diabetes Association

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

Drummond, Iain, Ph.D.
Member until Nov. 2022
Professor and Director
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Ph.D.
Member until Nov. 2022
Professor of Nutrition & Associate Dean for Research
Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Guay-Woodford, Lisa., M.D.
Member until April 2021
Professor
Center for Translational Science
Children’s National Medical Center

Kahn, Barbara, M.D.
Member until Nov. 2021
George R. Minot Endowed Chair
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Klurfeld, David M., Ph.D.
Ex-Officio
National Program Leader, Human Nutrition
Human Nutrition Research Center
USDA-Agricultural Research Service

Knight, Richard
Member until April 2021
Vice President
American Association for Kidney Patients

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

Nealon, Thomas
Member until April 2021
National Board Chair and CEO
American Liver Foundation

Nelson, Mark T., Ph.D.
Member until Nov. 2023
University Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of Vermont

Peek, Richard, M.D.
Member until Nov. 2021
Professor
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University

Penson, David F., M.D., MPH
Member until Nov. 2023
Professor of Urology
Department of Orology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Pessin, Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Member until April 2021
Professor
Department of Endocrinology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Rooker, Ceciel
Member until Nov. 2023
President and Executive Director
International Foundation for
Gastrointestinal Disorders

Sakamoto, Kathleen M., M.D., Ph.D.
Member until Nov. 2023
Shelagh Galligan Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine

Snyder, Michael Ph.D.
Member until Nov. 2023
Chair of Genetics, Assoc. Chair for Research
Stanford University
Department of Genetics

Sokol, Ronald, M.D.
Member until Nov. 2021
Endowed Chair
Children's Hospital Colorado
University of Colorado, Denver

Stewart, Ian J., M.D.
Ex-Officio
Assistant Professor of Medicine/Air Force Major
David Grant Medical Center
Clinical Investigation Facility

Stiehl, Lorraine
Member until Nov. 2021
Consultant
Stiehlworks Consulting

Wu, Gary, M.D.
Member until Nov. 2022
Associate Chief of Research
Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology
Perlman School Of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Last Reviewed October 2020