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Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory 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. More information (2/27/2007)

Current Number of Vacancies = 0
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Chairperson

Thomas J. Montine, MD, PhD
Expertise: Neuropathology
Term: 12/1/2021 – 1/31/2026
Chair, Department of Pathology
Stanford Medicine Endowed Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive, Suite L235
Stanford, California 94305

Designated Federal Officer 
Jessica Seo, PharmD, MPH
Division of Advisory Committee and Consultant Management
Office of Executive Programs
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-0002
Phone: (301) 796-9001 Fax: (301) 847-8533
E-mail: [email protected]

G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS
Expertise: Pharmacoepidemiology/Internal Medicine
Term: 2/1/2020 – 1/31/2023
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness
615 N. Wolfe Street, W6035
Baltimore, Maryland 21205

Robert C. Alexander, MD
Expertise: Psychiatry
Term: 12/1/2021 – 1/31/2026
Chief Scientific Officer Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
901 E. Willetta Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85006

Liana G. Apostolova, MD, MSc, FAAN
Expertise: Neurology
Term: 12/1/2021 – 1/31/2026
Distinguished Professor in Neurology
Barbara and Peer Baekgaard Chair in
Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Professor in Radiology and Medical and
Molecular Genetics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana Alzheimer's Disease Center
355 W 16th Street, Suite 4019
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Merit E. Cudkowicz, MD
Expertise: Neurology
Term: 12/1/2021 – 1/31/2023
Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School
Director Sean M. Healey & AMG
Center for ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street, WACC 720
Boston, Massachusetts 02114

**Michael Gold, MS, MD
Expertise: Neurology
Term: 3/30/2020 – 10/31/2023
Vice-President, Neurosciences Development
AbbVie
1 N. Waukegan Road
North Chicago, Illinois 60064 

*Dawndra Jones, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Expertise: Consumer Representative
Term: 11/30/2018 – 1/31/2023
Chief Nursing Officer, VP Patient Care Services
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
McKeesport Hospital
1500 Fifth Avenue
McKeesport, Pennsylvania 15132

Richard J. Kryscio, PhD
Expertise: Biostatistics
Term: 4/21/2016 – 1/31/2024
Professor, Statistics and Biostatistics
University of Kentucky
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Room 230
800 South Limestone Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40536

Michelle M. Mielke, PhD
Expertise: Epidemiology, Neurology
Term: 2/1/2020 – 1/31/2024
Professor of Epidemiology and Neurology
Department of Health Sciences
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street, SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55905

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA
Expertise: Stroke Neurology
Term: 2/1/2021 – 1/31/2025
Associate Dean and Professor of Neurology
San Francisco VA Health Care System
4150 Clement Street
San Francisco, California 94121

 

 

*Consumer Representative (vacant)
**Industry Representative (non-voting)

Updated December 14, 2021

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