Endocrinologic and Metabolic 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.
Chairperson
Cecilia C. Low Wang, MD
Expertise: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Term: 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2025
Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Clinician-Scientist, CPC Clinical Research
Director, Glucose Management Team, University of Colorado Hospital
MS8016, RC-1 South 7103
Aurora, Colorado 80045
Designated Federal Officer
LaToya Bonner, PharmD
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) 847-8540
E-mail: EMDAC@fda.hhs.gov
Michael Blaha, MD, MPH
Expertise: Cardiology, Lipidology, Epidemiology
Term: 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2024
Professor, Cardiology and Epidemiology
Director of Clinical Research
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease
Blalock 524D1
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
Elizabeth Chrischilles, PhD, MS
Expertise: Pharmacoepidemiology, Comparative Effectiveness Research
Term: 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2023
Department Head and Pomerantz Chair
Department of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
The University of Iowa
145 N. Riverside Drive, Room S441A CPHB
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Matthew T. Drake, MD, PhD
Expertise: Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, Nutrition
Term: 07/01/2022 – 6/30/2026
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chair, Metabolic Bone Disease Core Group
Division of Endocrinology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
200 First Street SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55905
Robert Alan Greevy, Jr., PhD
Expertise: Biostatistics, Pharmacoepidemiology
Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Director, Health Services Research Biostatistics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2525 West End Avenue
Biostatistics, Suite/Room 11121A
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Rita R. Kalyani, MD, MHS
Expertise: Endocrinology, Diabetes
Term: 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2024
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Diabetes Management Service for Total Pancreatectomy Islet Auto Transplant Program
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1830 East Monument Street, Suite 333
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
**Gary Meininger, MD
Expertise: Endocrinology
Term: 11/1/2019 – 10/31/2023
Senior Vice President
Head of Clinical Development for Vertex Cell and
Genetic Therapies
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
50 Northern Avenue, Vertex One, Office 13091
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Connie Newman, MD
Expertise: Endocrinology, Diabetes, Lipids
Term: 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2023
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
NYU Langone School of Medicine
435 East 30th Street, Room 616
New York, New York 10016
Thomas Wang, MD
Expertise: Cardiology
Term: 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2026
Professor and Chair of Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Donald W. Seldin Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, Texas 75390
Jack A. Yanovski, MD, PhD
Expertise: Pediatric Endocrinology
Term: 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2023
Chief, Section on Growth and Obesity
Division of Intramural Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Hatfield Clinical Research Center
10 Center Drive, Building 10
Room 1-3330, MSC 1103
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
* Consumer Representative (vacant)
** Industry Representative (non-voting)
Updated: February 3, 2023