Board on Life Sciences will conclude their service. Each member contributed 6 years of service to the board, furthering its mission to advance scientific understanding and innovation in the life sciences and biotechnology.

“As we bid farewell to five of our board members, we extend our deepest gratitude for their dedication and contributions to the National Academies,” said Kavita Berger, director of the Board on Life Sciences. “On behalf of the entire team, we wish them all the very best, thank them for their service and commitment, and look forward to working with them again.”

Each outgoing member served on a variety of committees and projects within the Division on Earth and Life Studies and for the broader National Academies. Below, the contributions of each of the outgoing members are listed.

Dominique Brossard Professor and Chair Department of Life Science Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison  

National Academies Service:

• Board on Life Sciences

• Committee on Facilitating Rapid and Actionable Responses to Social, Behavioral, and Economic-Related COVID Questions: The Societal Experts Action Network

• Advisory Committee for the Climate Communications Initiative

• Building Public Trust in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (PHEPR) Science: A Workshop

• Committee on Science Literacy and Public Perception of Science

• Committee on Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects

Gerald Epstein Contributing Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security  

National Academies Service:

• Board on Life Sciences

• Committee on Leveraging the Future Research and Development Ecosystem for the Intelligence Community

• Committee on Safeguarding the Bioeconomy: Finding Strategies for Understanding, Evaluating, and Protecting the Bioeconomy while Sustaining Innovation and Growth

• Committee on Science, Security and Prosperity in a Changing World

• Committee on Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures

  Robert Newman Executive Director, AmpHealth  

National Academies Service:

• Board on Life Sciences

• Committee on the Second Round of the One-Health Research Fellowship Program in Pakistan

• Toward Understanding the Interplay of Environmental Stressors, Infectious Disease, and Human Health: A Workshop

• Committee on One-Health Research Fellowships in Pakistan

• Susan Singer President and Professor of Biology, St. Olaf College  

National Academies Service:

• Board on Life Sciences

• Board on Science Education

• Roundtable on Systematic Change In Undergraduate STEM Education

• Committee on Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline Based Education Research

• Committee on Education on Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences

• Committee on a Leadership Summit to Effect Changes in Teaching and Learning

• Committee on Evidence on Selected Innovations in Undergraduate STEM Education

• Committee on High School Science Laboratories: Role and Vision

• Committee on Undergraduate Science Education

• Steering Committee on Criteria and Benchmarks for Increased Learning in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

David Walt Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering and Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School  

National Academies Service: NAE/NAM Member

• Board on Life Sciences

• Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats

• Bernard M. Gordon Prize x 3

• Committee on Strategies for Identifying and Addressing Vulnerabilities Posed by Synthetic Biology

• U.S. National Committee for Crystallography

• Committee on A Vision for the Future of Center-Based, Multidisciplinary Engineering Research

• Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology

• U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

• Committee on Assessing the Importance and Impact of Glycomics and Glycosciences

• Committee on Review of the Scientific Approaches used During the FBI's Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus anthracis Mailings

• Committee on Protecting Occupants of DOD Buildings from Chemical or Biological Release

• Committee on Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities

• Committee on Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors

• Committee on Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens

• Committee on Oceanic Carbon

• Panel on CO2