Roster of the Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration

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: 8
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Chair
Barbara B. Kowalcyk, PhD, MA
Expertise: Food Safety, Biostatistics, Epidemiology
Term: 6/25/13 – 12/31/22
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
213 Parker Food Science Building
2015 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210

Designated Federal Officer
Rakesh Raghuwanshi, MPH
Office of the Chief Scientist, Office of the Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
WO1, Rm. 3309
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 301-796-4769
Fax: 301-847-3536

Cynthia A. Afshari, PhD DABT
Expertise: Molecular Toxicology, Toxicology, Systems Biology
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/22
Global Head and Vice President, Nonclinical Safety
Janssen Research and Development LLC
3210 Merryfield Row
San Diego, CA 92121

Richard Linton, PhD
Expertise: Food Safety, Food Microbiology, Food Science
Term: 9/11/19 – 12/31/2023
President, Kansas State University
110 Anderson Hall
919 Mid-Campus Dr., N
Manhattan, KS 66506-0110

Anthony Bahinski, PhD, MBA, FAHA
Expertise: Pharmacology, Toxicology, Bioengineering, Drug Safety
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/22
Chief Technology Officer
Vivodyne, Inc.
3401 Grays Ferry Ave., Suite 117
Philadelphia, PA 19146

Lisa K. Nolan, DVM, PhD
Expertise: Food Safety, Veterinary Medicine
Term: 1/1/14 – 12/31/22
Professor and Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
501 DW Brooks Drive
Athens, GA 30602

Kathryn Boor, PhD
Expertise: Food Safety, Food Microbiology, Food Science
Term: 9/11/19 – 12/31/2023
Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Professor, Department of Food Science
Cornell Univeristy
260 Roberts Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

Theodore F. Reiss, MD, MBE
Expertise: Translational Science, Clinical Medicine, Bioethics
Term: 9/9/14 – 12/31/22
Executive Vice President and CMO
Repertoire Immune Medicines
One Kendall Square Bldg 1400 West 5th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139

Annalisa Jenkins, MBBS, FRCP
Expertise: Drug Development, Medical Affairs
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/22
CEO, Annalisa Jenkins, LLC
P.O. Box 1152
Princeton, NJ 08542

Dojin Ryu, PhD
Expertise: Food Science, Mycology, Toxicology
Term: 9/11/19 – 12/31/23
Professor, School of Food Science
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Dr. MS 2312
Moscow, ID 83844

Minnie Sarwal, MD, DCH, FRCP, PhD
Expertise: Transplant medicine, genomics, proteomics, immunology, nephrology and organ transplant
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/22
Professor of Surgery
Director, Translational Transplant Research
University of California San Francisco
Division of Transplant Surgery
M983D, 513 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94107

Laura L. Tosi, MD
Expertise: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Women’s Musculoskeletal Health
Term: 9/9/14 – 12/31/22
Director, Bone Health Program
Children’s National Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
111 Michigan Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20010

Connie Weaver, PhD
Expertise: Nutrition, Food Science
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/22
Distinguished Research Professor
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182

Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, MD, PhD, EMBA
Expertise: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/22
Associate Dean and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Director of NIH Center of Excellence for Computational Drug Abuse Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
335 Sutherland Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15261