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IACC Members 2011 - 2014

Chair

  • Thomas R. Insel, M.D. Director National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland

Federal Members

  • James F. Battey, M.D., Ph.D. Director National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
  • Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D. Director National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program National Institutes of Health Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
  • Coleen Boyle, Ph.D., M.S. Hyg. Director National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia
  • Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
  • Tiffany R. Farchione, M.D. Medical Officer Division of Psychiatry Products Center for Drug Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D. Director Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
  • Laura Kavanagh, M.P.P. Director Division of Research, Training and Education Maternal and Child Health Health Resources and Service Administration Rockville, Maryland
  • Donna M. Kimbark, Ph.D. Program Manager Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs U.S. Department of Defense Frederick, Maryland
  • Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D. Deputy Director National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
  • Sharon Lewis Senior Advisor on Disability Policy U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Principal Deputy Administrator Administration for Community Living Washington, DC
  • John P. O'Brien, M.A. Senior Policy Analyst Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Baltimore, Maryland
  • Linda K. Smith Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Department Liaison for Early Childhood Development Administration for Children and Families Washington, DC
  • Michael K. Yudin Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Office of Special Education and Rehabiliative Services U.S. Department of Education Washington, DC

Public Members

  • Idil Abdull Parent Co-Founder Somali American Autism Foundation Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • James Ball, Ed.D., B.C.B.A.-D. President and CEO JB Autism Consulting Executive Chair, Board of Directors Autism Society Cranbury, New Jersey
  • Anshu Batra, M.D. Parent Developmental Pediatrician Our Special Kids Los Angeles, California
  • Noah Britton, M.A. Self Advocate Adjunct Professor of Psychology Bunker Hill Community College Salem, Massachusetts
  • Sally Burton-Hoyle, Ed.D. Family Member Associate Professor Department of Special Education Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Matthew J. Carey, Ph.D. Parent Contributor, Left Brain Right Brain Blog San Jose, California
  • Jose F. Cordero, M.D., M.P.H. Dean University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Public Health Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
  • Jan M. Crandy Parent Case Manager Nevada State Autism Treatment Assistance Program Chair Nevada Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina
  • David S. Mandell, Sc.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Lyn Redwood, R.N., M.S.N. Parent Co-Founder, Vice President and Board Member Coalition for SafeMinds Tyrone, Georgia
  • Scott Michael Robertson, Ph.D. Self Advocate Co-founder and Vice Chair of Development Autistic Self Advocacy Network University Park, Pennsylvania
  • John Elder Robison Self Advocate, Parent and Author Amherst, Massachusetts
  • Alison Tepper Singer, M.B.A. Parent and Family Member Founder and President Autism Science Foundation New York, New York

IACC Alternates

  • Silvana Borges, M.D. (Representing Tiffany R. Farchione, M.D.) Acting Team Leader U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Division of Psychiatry Products Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Josie Briggs, M.D. (Representing Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.) Director National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
  • Judith A. Cooper, Ph.D. (Representing James F. Battey, M.D., Ph.D.) Deputy Director National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Director Division of Scientific Programs National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
  • Alice Kau, Ph.D. (Representing Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D.) Health Scientist Administrator Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
  • Cindy Lawler, Ph.D. (Representing Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D.) Chief Genes, Environment and Health Branch National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institutes of Health Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
  • Shantel E. Meek, Ph.D. (Representing Linda K. Smith) Policy Advisor Early Childhood Development Administration for Children and Families Washington, DC
  • Shui-Lin (Stan) Niu, Ph.D. (Representing Donna M. Kimbark, Ph.D.) Science Officer Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs U.S. Department of Defense Fredrick, Maryland
  • Cathy Rice, Ph.D. (Representing Coleen Boyle, Ph.D., M.S. Hyg.) Behavioral Scientist Developmental Psychologist Prevention Research Branch National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia
  • Lawrence J. Wexler, Ed.D. (Representing Michael K. Yudin) Director Research to Practice Division U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Washington, DC
 
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