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    Print**Applying for Membership on FDA Advisory Committees**

As part of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) ongoing efforts to recruit qualified experts with minimal conflicts of interest who are interested in serving on FDA advisory committees, FDA is requesting nominations for members to serve on its advisory committees.

Current Number of Vacancies: 8
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

***Chair*****Barbara B. Kowalcyk, PhD, MA**
Expertise: Food Safety, Biostatistics, Epidemiology
Term: 6/25/13 – 12/31/24
Associate Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health
The George Washington University
950 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20037

***Designated Federal Officer*****Rakesh Raghuwanshi, MPH**
Office of the Chief Scientist, Office of the Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
WO1, Rm. 3309
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Email: rakesh.raghuwanshi@fda.hhs.gov
Tel: 301-796-4769
Fax: 301-847-3536

**Cynthia A. Afshari, PhD DABT**
Expertise: Molecular Toxicology, Toxicology, Systems Biology
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/25
Global Head and Vice President, Nonclinical Safety
Janssen Research and Development LLC
3210 Merryfield Row
San Diego, CA 92121

**Anthony Bahinski, PhD, MBA, FAHA**
Expertise: Pharmacology, Toxicology, Bioengineering, Drug Safety
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/25
Chief Technology Officer 
Vivodyne, Inc.
3401 Grays Ferry Ave., Suite 117
Philadelphia, PA 19146

**Lisa K. Nolan, DVM, PhD**
Expertise: Food Safety, Veterinary Medicine
Term: 1/1/14 – 12/31/24
Professor and Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
501 DW Brooks Drive
Athens, GA 30602

**Theodore F. Reiss, MD, MBE**
Expertise: Translational Science, Clinical Medicine, Bioethics
Term: 9/9/14 – 12/31/25
Retired; Clinical Development Consultant in the Pharmaceutical Sciences
New Hope, PA

**Dojin Ryu, PhD**
Expertise: Food Science, Mycology, Toxicology
Term: 9/11/19 – 12/31/27
Chair, Dept. of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
University of Missouri College of Medicine
1406 Rollins St.
Columbia, MO 65211

**Minnie Sarwal, MD, DCH, FRCP, PhD**
Expertise: Transplant medicine, genomics, proteomics, immunology, nephrology and organ transplant
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/25
Professor of Surgery
Director, Translational Transplant Research
University of California San Francisco 
Division of Transplant Surgery
M983D, 513 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94107

**Laura L. Tosi, MD**
Expertise: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Women’s Musculoskeletal Health
Term: 9/9/14 – 12/31/25
Director, Bone Health Program
Children’s National Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
111 Michigan Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20010

**Connie Weaver, PhD**
Expertise: Nutrition, Food Science
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/25
Distinguished Research Professor 
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182

**Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, MD, PhD, EMBA**
Expertise: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology
Term: 1/1/15 – 12/31/25
Associate Dean and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Director of NIH Center of Excellence for Computational Drug Abuse Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
335 Sutherland Drive 
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

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                        2022 Meeting Materials, Science Board to the FDA
          Past Meeting Materials, Science Board to the FDA
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          Roster of the Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration
 
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