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

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

D'Alessio, David A., M.D.
Ex-Officio
Professor and Director
Division of Endocrinology
Duke University Medical
Center

Davis, Cindy, Ph.D.
Ex-Officio
National Program Leader
Human Nutrition Agriculture Research Service
USDA

Drummond, Iain, Ph.D.
Member until June 2023
Professor and Director
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

Edwards, Dawn P.
Member until Dec. 2024
Patient Advocate and Educator
The Rogosin Institute
NxStage Medical Company

Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Ph.D.
Member until June 2023
Professor of Nutrition & Associate Dean for Research
Gillings School of Global Public Health,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Haire-Joshu, Debra, Ph.D.
Member until Dec. 2023
Joyce Wood Professor
Washington University in St. Louis

Kruger, Davida, MSN, APRN-BC, BC-ADM
Member until Dec. 2025
Henry Ford Medical Center - NCO
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and
Mineral Disorders

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

Malik, Karl F., Ph.D.
Executive Secretary
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases

Nelson, Mark T., Ph.D.
Member until Dec. 2023
University Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of Vermont

Norris, Keith C. M.D.
Member until Dec. 2024
Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine and
Health Services Research
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Penson, David F., M.D., MPH
Member until Dec. 2023
Professor of Urology
Department of Orology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Rooker, Ceciel
Member until Dec. 2023
President and Executive Director
International Foundation for
Gastrointestinal Disorders

Safer, Ricky
Member until Dec. 2024
Founder and CEO of PSC Partners Seeking a Cure

Sakamoto, Kathleen M., M.D., Ph.D.
Member until Dec. 2023
Shelagh Galligan Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine

Scherer, Philipp E. Ph.D.
Member until Dec. 2024
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

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

Snyder, Michael Ph.D.
Member until June 2023
Chair of Genetics, Assoc. Chair for Research
Stanford University
Department of Genetics

Stewart, Ian J., M.D.
Ex-Officio
Assistant Professor of Medicine/Air Force Major
David Grant Medical Center
Clinical Investigation Facility

Wu, Gary, M.D.
Member until June 2023
Associate Chief of Research
Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology
Perlman School Of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania