The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity is a panel experts that report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It is tasked with recommending policies on such questions as how to prevent published research in biotechnology from aiding terrorism, without slowing scientific progress. It is composed of non-voting ex officio and appointed voting members. The current Chair of the NSABB is Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., M.D..
As of May 2009, the ex officio members were:
Dept. of Commerce:
Jason Boehm, Ph.D., Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, National Institute of Standards and Technology Division Head
Department of Defense :
Tom Hopkins, Ph.D., Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Programs
Dept. of Energy:
David G. Thomassen, Ph.D., Chief Scientist Office of Biological & Environmental Research,
Department of Health and Human Services
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
Boris D. Lushniak, M.D., M.P.H. Chief Medical Officer, Office of Counterterrorism Policy and Planning, Food and Drug Administration
Janet K. A. Nicholson, Ph.D., Associate Director for Laboratory Science, National Center for Infectious Diseases,Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Mary Mazanec, M.D., J.D., Director, Office of Medicine, Science and Public Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response,
Department of Homeland Security
Elizabeth George, Ph.D. Division Head, Chemical and Biological Division, Science and Technology Directorate
Department of the Interior
Sue D. Haseltine, Ph.D. Associate Director for Biology, U.S. Geological Survey
Department of Justice
Edward You, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate
Department of State
Robert Mikulak, Ph.D., Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction
Department of Veterans Affairs
Brenda A. Cuccherini, Ph.D., M.P.H. Special Assistant to the Chief Research and Development Officer,Veterans Health Administration
Environmental Protection Agency,
Peter R. Jutro, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Homeland Security Research Center
Executive Office of the President
Diane C. DiEuliis, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Intelligence Community
Amanda Dion-Schultz, Ph.D., Office of the Chief Scientist
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
To Be Determined
National Science Foundation
Joanne Tornow, Ph.D. Division Director, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Caird E. Rexroad, Jr., Ph.D. Associate Administrator, Agricultural Research Service