CSR Advisory Council
![Advisory](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/Advisory_EDIT2.jpg)
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).
![Dr. Noni Byrnes](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/09082022/csr_director.jpg)
Ex-Officio and Chairperson
Director • Center for Scientific Review
Noni.Byrnes@nih.gov
![Dr. Bruce Reed](/sites/default/files/PUB-Bruce_Reed_dd3.jpg)
Executive Secretary
Deputy Director • Center for Scientific Review
bruce.reed@nih.gov
![Dr. Karen Anderson](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/DrKarenAnderson.png)
3/2023 to 12/2026
Professor, Biodesign Institute • School of Life Sciences • Arizona State University
karen.anderson.1@asu.edu
![Dr. Anton Bennett](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/03282022/new/A_Bennett.jpg)
9/2022 to 12/2025
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Comparative Medicine • School of Medicine • Yale University
anton.bennett@yale.edu
![Dr. Leopoldo J. Cabassa](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/DrLeopoldoCabassa.jpg)
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
![Dr. Matthew Carpenter](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/DrMatthewCarpenter.jpg)
1/2022 to 12/2024
Professor • Medical University of South Carolina
carpente@musc.edu
![Dr. Jonathan Epstein](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/MDJonathanAEpstein.png)
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
![Dr. Donna Ginther](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/DrDonnaGinther1.jpg)
2/2024 to 12/2027
Roy A. Roberts & Regents Distinguished Professor of Economics • Director, Center for Economic and Business Analysis • Institute for Policy and Social Research • University of Kansas
![Dr. Christine P. Hendon](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/DrChristineHendon.jpg)
1/2022 to 12/2025
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering • Columbia University
cpf2115@columbia.edu
![Dr. Michelle C. Janelsins-Benton](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/DrJanelsins.jpg)
9/2021 to 12/2024
Professor, Division of Supportive Care in Cancer, Department of Surgery • University of Rochester
Michelle_Janelsins@urmc.rochester.edu
![Dr. Narasimhan Rajaram](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/small-version/nrajaram.jpg)
9/2021 to 12/2024
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering • University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
nrajaram@uark.edu
![Dr. Lynn Yee](/sites/default/files/CSRAC-photos/MDLynnYee.png)
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