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Roster of the Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies 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: 3

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

The names listed below are advisory committee members who have active appointments required to participate in committee meetings, including an unexpired appointment as a Special Government Employee where applicable.  

Christopher K. Breuer, MD
Expertise: General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery
Term: 06/07/2018-03/31/2026
Director of Tissue Engineering Program and Surgical Research
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine
Nationwide Children’s Hospital  
Columbus, OH 43215
Anne-Virginie Eggimann, MSc *
Expertise: Industry Representative
Term: 07/18/2024-03/31/2028
Chief Regulatory Officer
Tessera Therapeutics, Inc.
Somerville, MA 02143
Melissa A. Greenwald, MD, CAPT USPHS (Ret.) +
Expertise: Alternate Industry Representative
Term: 07/18/2024-03/31/2028
Medical, Scientific, and Regulatory Consultant
MA Greenwald Consulting, LLC
Chicago, IL 60640
Wendy B. London, PhD
Expertise: Biostatistics, Clinical Trial Design, Oncology
Term: 04/01/2023-03/31/2027
Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02215
Troy Lund, PhD, MD
Expertise: Gene Therapy, Biomedical Sciences, Stem Cell Biology
Term: 08/30/2024-03/31/2028
Associate Professor 
Associate Director Metabolic Program 
Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Fellowship Director 
Leukodystrophy Center of Excellence 
Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 
University of Minnesota Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Sean J. Morrison, PhD
Expertise: Stem Cell Biology
Term: 06/07/2018-03/31/2026
Director
Children’s Medical Center Research Institute
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX 75390
Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Expertise: Virology and Immunology
Term: 04/01/2022-03/31/2026
Director, Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology 
Senior Vice President, Gladstone Institutes
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94158
Nirali N. Shah, MD, MHSc
Expertise: Hematology and Oncology 
Term: 02/04/2022-03/31/2026
Head, Hematologic Malignancies Section
Pediatric Oncology Branch
Lasker Clinical Research Scholar
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD 20892
Evan Y. Snyder, MD, PhD
Expertise: Neurobiology, Cell Biology, Pediatric
Neurology
Term: 08/30/2024-03/31/2028
Director, Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine 
Professor, Human Genetics Program 
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 
La Jolla, CA 92037
Cynthia J. Tifft, MD, PhD
Expertise: Gene Therapy, Pediatrics, Lysosomal
Storage Disorders
Term: 08/30/2024-03/31/2028
Deputy Clinical Director and Senior Clinician
Director, Pediatric Undiagnosed Diseases Program
National Human Genome Research Institute 
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
Gil I. Wolfe, MD, FAAN
Expertise: Neurology
Term: 02/04/2022-03/31/2026
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Neurology Chief of Service, Kaleida Health
Dept. of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo/SUNY
Buffalo, NY 14202
 
Designated Federal Officer
LCDR Cicely Reese, Pharm.D.
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD 20993
E-mail: CBERCTGTAC@fda.hhs.gov
* Chairperson
** Consumer Representative
*** Industry Representative
~ Alternate Industry Representative
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