External Scientific Advisory Committee

The External Scientific Advisory Committee will be composed of scientists with expertise and experience relevant to the mission of the NEIDL. The Scientific Advisory Committee will review programs for scientific merit, quality and relevance to the NEIDL’s mission. Members include Directors (or their designee) of the Regional Centers of Excellence in Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biodefense, the Boston Public Health Commission, scientists with particular expertise in research involving animals, and physician-scientists with expertise in translational and/or clinical research and are appointed by the Director of the NEIDL with the approval of the Executive Committee.

The members of the External Scientific Advisory Committee are:

  • Donna Ambrosino
    Director, Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories
    Anita Barry
    Director, Communicable Disease Control, Boston Public Health Commission
    Duane Gubler
    Director, APITMID/ Tropical Medicine, University of Hawaii-Manoa
    Yoshihiro Kawaoka
    Professor, Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin- Madison
    Keith Mansfield
    New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School
    Fred Sparling
    RCE PI, Region 3