BSC Membership

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.

Chair

Timothy J. Ryan, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences & Professions, Ohio University
Term: 8/18/08 - 6/2/12

Designated Federal Officer

Vikas (Vik) Kapil, DO, MPH
Chief Medical Officer and Associate Director for Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Members

Thomas A. Arcury, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Director, Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Term: 5/28/10 – 6/2/13

Tina Bahadori, DSc
Managing Director Long Range, Research Initiative (LRI), American Chemistry Council
Term: 6/2/10 – 06/2/13

Darryl B. Barnett, PhD, DAAS
Associate Professor and U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Environmental Health Science
Term: 8/11/08 - 6/2/12

Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University, School of Public Health
Term: 8/14/08 - 6/2/12

Daniel E. Kass, MSPH
Deputy Commissioner. Division of Environmental Health New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Term: 2/24/11 – 06/2/14

Michelle C. Kegler, DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Health Education, Deputy Director, Emory Prevention Research Center, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Term: 9/3/08 - 6/2/12

Michael T. Kleinman, PhD
Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division, FRF 100 – School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Term: 2/22/11 – 06/2/14

Shannon P. Marquez, MEng, PhD
Executive Associate Dean for Academic & Faculty Affairs Chair, Department of Health Policy & Public Health Mayes College of Healthcare Business & Policy, University of the Sciences
Term: 2/21/11 – 06/2/14

G. Marie Swanson, PhD, MPH
Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Health, Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health, Associate Director for Population Science, Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine
Term: 06/10 – 06/2/13

Sacoby M. Wilson, M.S., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Families in Society, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina
Term: 2/27/11 - 06/2/14

Federal Experts

Kristina Thayer, Ph.D.
Director, National Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR), NIEHS/NTP

John A. Decker, CIH, RPh
Senior Scientist, Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Bonnie S. Richter, MPH, PhD
Senior Epidemiologist, Office of Health and Safety, U.S. Department of Energy

Hal Zenick, PhD
Director, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency