The Medical Advisory Board counsels HHMI leadership on scientific programs. The board includes accomplished scientists and leaders of biomedical research institutions, who advise on:
- long-range strategy for promoting biomedical research and science education;
- proposals for new research programs, investigator competitions, and grants programs;
- scientific achievements and future potential of current investigators, including the evaluation of whether an investigator's term of appointment should be renewed;
- review of candidates for HHMI research programs; and
- other matters concerning research programs and performance on which the president seeks counsel.
Members
- David Baltimore, PhD
President Emeritus and
Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology
California Institute of Technology - Mary C. Beckerle, PhD
CEO and Director
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah - J. Michael Bishop, MD
Director and University Professor, G.W. Hooper Foundation
University of California, San Francisco - Michael R. Botchan, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Dean of Biological Sciences
University of California, Berkeley - Gerald R. Fink, PhD
Member, Whitehead Institute
American Cancer Society Professor of Genetics
Herman and Margaret Sokol Professor
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Carol W. Greider, PhD
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Carol A. Gross, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
University of California San Francisco Medical Center - Peter S. Kim, PhD
Member, Stanford ChEM-H
Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry
Stanford University - Rowena G. Matthews, PhD
G. Robert Greenberg Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry
and Research Professor Emeritus
Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan - Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD
President
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School - Eric N. Olson, PhD
Professor & Chairman, Dept. of Molecular Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Bruce Stillman, PhD, FRS
President and CEO
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Craig B. Thompson, MD
President and CEO
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center