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Arthritis Advisory Committee Roster

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. More info

Current Number of Vacancies = 3

Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Sharon A. Chung, MD, MAS
Expertise: Rheumatology
Term: 10/28/2021 – 9/30/2025
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine
Director, Clinical and Translational Medicine
Immune Tolerance Network
University of California, San Francisco
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-865,
Box 0500
San Francisco, California 94143

Designated Federal Officer
Jessica Seo, PharmD, MPH
Division of Advisory Committee and Consultant Management
Office of Executive Programs
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-0002
Phone: (301) 796-9001
Fax: (301) 847-8533
E-mail: AAC@fda.hhs.gov

Bryant R. England, MD, PhD
Expertise: Rheumatology
Term: 10/1/2023 – 9/30/2027
Associate Professor
Division of Rheumatology & Immunology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
986270 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska 68198

**Marek J. Honczarenko, MD, PhD
Expertise: Immunology, Rheumatology
Term: 11/1/2019 to 10/31/2027
Senior Vice President
Head of Development
SUN Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
2 Independence Way
Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman, MD, MPH
Expertise: Pediatric Rheumatology
Term: 10/1/2021 – 9/30/2025
Head, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
225 East Chicago Avenue, #50
Chicago, Illinois 60611

Martha C. Nason, PhD
Expertise: Biostatistics
Term: 10/1/2018 – 9/30/2026
Mathematical Statistician
Division of Clinical Research
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
5601 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20852

*Lawrence ‘rick’ Phillips, EdD
Expertise: Consumer Representative
Term: 10/1/2023 – 9/30/2027
Patient Advocate
Arthritis Foundation
Spondylitis Association of America
Global Healthy Living Foundation
17736 Crown Pointe Court
Noblesville, Indiana 46062

Andreas M. Reimold, MD
Expertise: Rheumatology
Term: 10/1/2022 – 9/30/2026
Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chief, Rheumatology Section
Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center
4500 S. Lancaster Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75216

J. Steuart Richards, MD
Expertise: Rheumatology
Term: 10/1/2017 – 9/30/2025
Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Division of Rheumatology
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
University Drive C (111-U)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240

Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH
Expertise: Rheumatology
Term: 10/1/2019 – 9/30/2026
Endowed Professor, Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Director, Gout Clinic, University of Alabama Health Sciences Foundation
Staff Physician, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Shelby 121
1720 2nd Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35294

*Consumer Representative
** Industry Representative, (non-voting)

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