Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee

Committee Roster

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: 3
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

CHAIR Glenn C. Telling, Ph.D. Expertise: Molecular Biology/Prion Disease Term: 07/23/2007 - 01/31/2009 Professor Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics University of Kentucky College of Medicine 332 Health Science Research Building Lexington, Kentucky 40536	*Executive Secretary* Donald Jehn Division of Scientific Advisors & Consultants Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HFM-71 1401 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-1448 TEL: (301) 827-1277 FAX: (301) 827-0294 E-mail: donald.jehn@fda.hhs.gov

Members
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 Bernardino Ghetti, M.D. Expertise: Neuropathology Term: 02/16/2006 - 01/31/2009 Distinguished Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division of Neuropathology Indiana University School of Medicine 635 Barnhill Drive, A138 Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5120 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 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 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	Susan F. Leitman, M.D. Expertise: Pathology/Blood Banking Term: 02/16/2006 - 01/31/2009 Associate Director for Operations Department of Transfusion Medicine National Institutes of Health Building 10, Room 1C-711 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 James W. Lillard, Jr., Ph.D. Expertise: Immunology Term 02/16/2006 - 01/31/2009 Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology University of Louisville Baxter II Room 304 580 S. Preston Street Louisville, Kentucky 40202 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 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
	Non-Voting Industry Representative Taryn Rogalski-Salter, Ph.D. Expertise: Biotechnology/Regulatory Policy Term: 02/16/2006 - 01/31/2009 Vice President & Global Head Global Regulatory CMC Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation One Health Plaza East Hanover, NJ 07936-1080