Advisory Committees
Roster of the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee
Applying for Membership on FDA Advisory Committees
As part of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) ongoing efforts to recruit qualified experts with minimal conflicts of interest who are interested in serving on FDA advisory committees, FDA is requesting nominations for members to serve on its advisory committees.
Current Number of Vacancies Including Industry Rep: 6
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.
Chair
R. Nick Hogan, M.D.
Expertise: Ophthalmology/Pathology
Term: 03/02-2008 - 01/31/2012
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology, Pathology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas 75235-8895
Designated Federal Officer
William Freas, Ph.D. Acting Designated Federal Officer
Division of Scientific Advisors & Consultants
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA
1401 Rockville Pike (HFM-71)
Rockville, MD 20852-1448
TEL: (301) 827-1295
FAX: (301) 827-0294
E-mail: william.freas@fda.hhs.gov
Leila M. Barraj, D.Sc.
Expertise: Biostatistics, Statistician
Term; 04/13/2008 - 01/31/2011
Exponent, Inc.
1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20036
Michael D. Geschwind, MD, PhD
Expertise: Neurology
Term: 03/26/2006 - 01/31/2010
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Dept. of Neurology
UCSF Memory & Aging Center
350 Parnassus Ave., Suite 706
San Francisco, CA 94117
Janice H. Hamilton
Expertise: Consumer Advocate
Term: 03/02/2008 - 01/31/2011
Advocacy Director
Hemophilia Federation of America, Inc.
909 Beaujolais Parkway
Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
Silvia Kreindel, D.V.M., M.P.H.
Expertise: Veterinary Medicine/Epidemiology
Term; 2/14/2008 - 1/31/2011
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal Plant Inspection Services
National Center for Import Export
Regionalization and Evaluation Services
4700 River Road, Unit 38
Riverdale, Maryland 20737
Douglas C. Lee, Ph.D.
Expertise: Senior Director R&D: Pathogen Safety and Research
Term: 04/15/2009 - 01/31/2013
Talecris Biotherapeutics
1200 New Hope Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
Laura K. Manuelidis, M.D.
Expertise: Neuropathology
Term: 07/10/2006 - 01/31/2010
Professor and Head of Neurophathology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
James A. Mastrianni, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise: Neurology
Term: 07/10/2006 - 01/31/2010
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Chicago
Center for Comprehensive Care and Research of Memory Disorders
5543 Blackstone Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Stephan S. Monroe, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biological Science/Molecular Biology
Term: 07/14/2008-01/31/2012
Director
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop A-30
1600 Clifton Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Mark R. Powell, Ph.D.
Expertise: Risk Assessment
Term: 07/10/2006 - 01/31/2010
Risk Scientist
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Office of Risk Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis
1400 Indenpendence Avenue, S.W.
Room 4032 SAG (MS 3811)
Washington, D.C. 202050
Christopher M. Templin
Expertise: Public Policy Advocate for Hemophilia
Term: 07/06/2008 - 01/31/2010
Factor Health Services II, LLC.
1248 Buddies Place
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania 19508-1604
Curricula Vitae
- Leila M. Barraj, D.Sc. Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 44KB)
- Michael D. Geschwind, MD, PhD Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 45KB)
- Janice H. Hamilton Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 28KB)
- R. Nick Hogan, M.D. Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 96KB)
- Silvia Kreindel, D.V.M., M.P.H. Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 40KB)
- Laura K. Manuelidis, M.D. Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 72KB)
- James A. Mastrianni, M.D., Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 34KB)
- Stephan S. Monroe, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 85KB)
- Mark R. Powell, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 59KB)
- Christopher M. Templin Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 17KB)
- Douglas Casey Lee, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae (PDF - 146KB)
Contact Us
Consumer Affairs Branch (CBER)
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- (301) 827-1800
- ocod@fda.hhs.gov
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Office of Communication, Outreach and Development
Food and Drug Administration
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Rockville, MD 20852-1448

