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Roster of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products 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: 1

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

Chair
Hana El Sahly, M.D.
Expertise: Vaccines, Infectious Diseases
Term: 02/01/2022-01/31/2026
Professor
Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Department of Medicine 
Section of Infectious Diseases 
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX 77030
Hayley Altman-Gans, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Term: 06/21/2019-01/31/2023
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 94305
Paula Annunziato, M.D. ***
Expertise: Industry Representative
Term: 02/01/2020-01/31/2024
Vice President and Therapeutic Area Head
Vaccines Clinical Research
Merck
North Wales, PA 19454
Adam C. Berger, Ph.D.
Term: 02/01/2022-01/31/2026
Expertise: Global Health/Genetics 
Director, Division of Clinical and Healthcare Research Policy
Office of Science Policy
Office of the Director
National Instituters of Health 
Bethesda, MD 20892
Henry H. Bernstein, D.O., MHCM, FAAP
Expertise: Pediatrics 
Term: 02/01/2022-01/31/2026
Professor of Pediatrics
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Department of Pediatrics 
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Archana Chatterjee, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise: Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Term: 06/21/2019-01/31/2023
Dean Chicago Medical School
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and 
Science 
North Chicago, IL 60064
CAPT Amanda Cohn, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatrics, Vaccines
Term: 02/01/2020-01/31/2024
Chief Medical Officer
National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA 30333
Holly Janes, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biostatistics
Term: 06/1/2019-01/31/2023
Associate Member
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Division of Public Health Sciences
Seattle, WA 98109
David Kim, M.D., M.S., M.H.A.
Expertise: Pediatrics, Vaccines
Term: 02/01/2022-01/31/2025
CAPT, U.S. Public Health Services 
Director, Division of Vaccines 
Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy 
Office of Assistant Secretary for Health 
U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services
Washington, DC 20024
Arnold Monto, M.D.
Expertise: Epidemiology
Term: 02/01/2022-01/31/2026
Thomas Francis Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Health
Professor of Epidemiology 
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Paul Offit, M.D.
Expertise: Infectious Diseases
Term: 02/01/2022-01/31/2025
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Abramson Research Building
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Steven Pergam, M.D.
Expertise: Infectious Diseases
Term: 02/01/2020-01/31/2024
Medical Director
Infection Prevention
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle, WA 98109
Jay Portnoy, M.D.
Expertise: Consumer Representative
Term: 09/01/2022-08/31/2025
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director of Telemedicine
Section of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO 64108
Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise: Immunology and infectious Diseases
Term: 02/01/2022-01/31/2026
Editor-in-Chief
New England Journal of Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Department of Immunology and 
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Associate Physician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA 02115
Andrea Shane, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Expertise: Pediatric & Infectious Diseases 
Term: 02/01/2022-01/31/2026
Professor of Pediatrics 
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA 30322
Gregg Sylvester, M.D., M.P.H. +
Expertise: Alternate Industry Representative
Term: 2/01/2020-01/31/2024
Vice President
Medical Affairs
Seqirus Inc.
Summit, NJ 07901
**Consumer Representative
***Industry Representative
+ Alternate Industry Representative
DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICER
Sussan Paydar, Ph.D.
Division of Scientific Advisors & Consultants
Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research
Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD 20993
E-mail: VRBPAC@fda.hhs.gov
COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Lashawn Marks
Division of Scientific Advisors & Consultants
Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research
Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD  20993
E-mail: VRBPAC@fda.hhs.gov
DIRECTOR
Prabhakara Atreya, Ph.D.
Division of Scientific Advisors & Consultants
Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research
Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD 20993
E-mail: VRBPAC@fda.hhs.gov
 

 

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