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NIDDK Advisory Council: Members

Griffin P. Rodgers
Rodgers, Griffin P., M.D.
Chairperson
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Jamy D. Ard, M.D.
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
Birsic, Patricia
Member until Dec. 2027
Co-Founder, Executive Committee Member, The National Pancreas Foundation
Richard Blumberg, M.D.
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
Arthur Burnett II, M.D.
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
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Carethers, John, M.D.
Member until Dec. 2025
Adjunct Professor
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA 92093
Lilia Cervantes, M.D.
Cervantes, Lilia, M.D.
Member until Dec. 2026
Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, and General Internal Medicine
Director of Immigration Research
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
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D'Alessio, David A., M.D.
Ex-Officio
Professor and Director
Division of Endocrinology
Duke University Medical
Center
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Davis, Cindy, Ph.D.
Ex-Officio
National Program Leader
Human Nutrition Agriculture Research Service
USDA
Peng Ji, M.D., Ph.D
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
Neicey Johnson, J.D.
Johnson, Neicey, J.D.
Member until Dec. 2026
Chief Operations Officer
Association of Black Cardiologists
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Kruger, Davida, MSN, APRN-BC, BC-ADM
Member until Dec. 2025
Henry Ford Medical Center - NCO
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and
Mineral Disorders  
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Maher, Jacquelyn, M.D.
Member until Dec. 2025
Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, San Francisco General Hospital
Director UCSF Liver Center
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco 
Karl Malik, Ph.D.
Malik, Karl F., Ph.D.
Executive Secretary
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases 
Aylin Rodan, M.D., Ph.D.
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
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Scherer, Philipp E. Ph.D.
Member until June 2026
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Gifford O. Touchstone Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone
Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research
Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center
Interim Chair, Department of Cell Biology
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Seaquist, Elizabeth, M.D.
Member until Dec. 2025
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Professor of Medicine
Pennock Family Chair in Diabetes Research
University of Minnesota
Stewart, Ian J., M.D.
Ex-Officio
Professor of Medicine/Air Force Colonel
David Grant Medical Center
Clinical Investigation Facility
Hunter Wessells, M.D.
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 November 2024