BSC Membership
As directed by the June 14, 2019, Executive Order on Evaluating and Improving the Utility of Federal Advisory Committees (EO 13875), CDC has ended the term of this committee. The information on this page is no longer being updated.
The key role of the members of the Board of Scientific Counselors (“Board”), NCEH/ATSDR is to provide advice and guidance to the Secretary, HHS, the Director, CDC and the Director, NCEH/ATSDR. Their advice and guidance is with regard to program goals, objectives, strategies, and priorities to fulfill the agencies’ mission to protect and promote people’s health.
The BSC consists of 16 voting members and four non-voting federal expert members. NCEH/ATSDR recruits nominees through announcements they publish in the Federal Register, and through recommendations from BSC members and CDC partners and staff. The Department of Health and Human Services selects the BSC members who then serve up to four years. Federal expert members serve as representatives from four federal agencies:
- Department of Energy
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Environmental Protection Agency
In addition, for the Board to effectively carry out its functions, the Secretary can also select additional officials of the United States Government if necessary.
Occasionally the BSC may establish subcommittees with the approval of the Secretary, HHS, or designee. The BSC will notify the Department Committee Management Officer of the establishment of each subcommittee, and will provide information on its name, membership, function, and estimated frequency of meetings.
Function: Provides advice and guidance to the Secretary, HHS; the Director, CDC; and the Director, NCEH/ATSDR, regarding program goals, objectives, strategies, and priorities in fulfillment of the agencies’ mission to protect and promote people’s health. The Board also provides guidance that will assist NCEH/ATSDR staff in ensuring scientific quality, timeliness, utility, and dissemination of results.
CHAIR
Melissa J. Perry ScD, MHS
Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology
Professor and Chair of Environmental and Occupational Health, and
Professor of Epidemiology
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
The George Washington University
Term: 2/3/14 – 6/02/19
Designated Federal Officer
William Cibulas, PhD, MS
Deputy Associate Director for Science, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Members
Babafemi A. Adesanya, Ph.D.
Corporate Environmental Risk Management
Term: Immediately – 6/3/2021
Kenneth Aldous, PhD
Wadsworth School of Laboratory Sciences
Term: 6/3/2016- 6/2/2020
Paloma Beamer, PhD
President-Elect International Society of Exposure Science
Associate Professor
Environmental Health Sciences
Term: 11/27/2018 – 06/02/2022
Aaron Bernstein, MD MPH
Harvard School of Public Health
Term: 6/3/2016- 6/2/2020
Darryl Brown, PhD MPA
Drexel University School of Public Health
Term: 6/2/2015 – 6/2/2019
Suzanne Condon, MSM
Private Contractor
Term: 6/2/2015 – 6/2/2019
Roberta Grant, PhD
Independent Consultant
Term: 6/2/2015 – 6/2/2019
Daniel Hryhorczuk, MD, MPH
Professor Emeritus
Center for Global Health
Term: 11/28/2018 – 6/2/2022
Joyce M. Martin, MA JD
JM Environmental Health Consulting
Term: 6/3/2016- 6/2/2020
Ralph McCullers, MPA
Compliance and Enforcement Division Clark County Department of Air Quality
Term: 6/3/2016- 6/2/2020
John Meeker, ScD, CIH
University of Michigan
Term: 9/7/2016 – 6/2/2020
Devon Payne-Sturges, DrPH MPH
Unversity of Maryland
Term: 6/2/2015 – 6/2/2019
Joan B. Rose, PhD
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research
Michigan State University
Term: 12/2/2018 – 6/2/2022
Marilyn C. Underwood, Ph.D.
Contra Costa County Health Services Department
Term: 08/03/2018 – 06/02/2021
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH
Executive Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network
Term: 4/27/2015 – 6/2/2021
Federal Experts
Wayne E. Cascio, MD, FACC, FAHA
Director, Environmental Public Health Division
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
Office of Research and Development, US EPA
EPA Human Studies Facility
Ruth M. Lunn, DrPH
Director, Office of the Report on Carcinogens, Division of the National Toxicology Program, NIEHS/NIH
Paul J. Middendorf, PhD, CIH
Deputy Associate Director for Science
CDC/NIOSH/OD/ADSO
Joey Y. Zhou, PhD
Senior Epidemiologist
U.S. Department of Energy