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

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

Elmquist, Joel K., Ph.D., DVM
Member until Nov. 2019
Professor
The University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center

Guay-Woodford, Lisa., M.D.
Member until Nov. 2020
Professor
Center for Translational Science
Children’s National Medical Center

Heller, Caren A., MBA, M.D.
Member until Nov. 2019
Chief Scientific Officer
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America

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

Knight, Richard
Member until Nov. 2020
Vice President
American Association for Kidney Patients

Lange, Paul H., M.D.
Member until Nov. 2019
Professor and Chair
Department of Urology
University of Washington School of Medicine

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

Nealon, Thomas
Member until Nov. 2020
National Board Chair and CEO
American Liver Foundation

Pessin, Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Member until Nov. 2020
Professor,
Department of Endocrinology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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

Torok-Storb, Beverly, Ph.D.
Member until Nov. 2019
Clinical Research Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center