CSR Advisory Council

The CSR Advisory Council (CSRAC) was established in 2011 to provide advice to the Director of the Center for Scientific Review on matters related to planning, execution, conduct, support, review, evaluation, and receipt and referral of grant applications at CSR (CSRAC charter).

Ex-Officio and Chairperson
Director • Center for Scientific Review
Noni.Byrnes@nih.gov

Executive Secretary
Deputy Director • Center for Scientific Review
bruce.reed@nih.gov

3/2023 to 12/2026
Professor, Biodesign Institute • School of Life Sciences • Arizona State University
karen.anderson.1@asu.edu

9/2022 to 12/2025
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Comparative Medicine • School of Medicine • Yale University
anton.bennett@yale.edu

1/2022 to 12/2025
Professor, Director of the PhD Social Work Program • Co-Director of the Center for Mental Health Services Research, Brown School of Social Work • Washington University in St. Louis
LJCABASSA@WUSTL.EDU

1/2022 to 12/2024
Professor • Medical University of South Carolina
carpente@musc.edu

6/2023 to 12/2026
Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer • Department of Cell and Developmental Biology • Perelman School of Medicine • School of Medicine • University of Pennsylvania

1/2022 to 12/2025
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering • Columbia University
cpf2115@columbia.edu

9/2021 to 12/2024
Associate Professor, Division of Supportive Care in Cancer, Department of Surgery • University of Rochester
Michelle_Janelsins@urmc.rochester.edu

9/2021 to 12/2024
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering • University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
nrajaram@uark.edu

9/2019 to 12/2023
Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences • University of California, San Diego
evilla@ucsd.edu

2/2023 to 12/2026
Associate Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology • Feinberg School of Medicine • Northwestern University
lynn.yee@northwestern.edu