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
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 Nov. 2020
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 Nov. 2020
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 Nov. 2020
National Board Chair and CEO
American Liver Foundation

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

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

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

November 2019