Membership

The ACBSCT has up to 15 members, including the chair.

The HHS Secretary appoints our members. The appointed members, who are Special Government Employees, serve two-year terms. Each member may serve as many as three consecutive terms.

Members

  • Voting members

    We will announce new members in the future.

  • Ex-officio (non-voting members)

    Nancy L. DiFronzo, Ph.D.
    Program Director
    Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapeutics Branch
    Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    National Institutes of Health
    Department of Health and Human Services
    Bethesda, MD 20892

    Frank Holloman
    Senior Policy Advisor
    Division of Transplantation
    Health Resources and Services Administration
    Department of Health and Human Services
    Rockville, MD 20857

    Hanh M. Khuu, M.D.
    Medical Officer
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
    Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies
    Food and Drug Administration
    Department of Health and Human Services
    White Oak, MD 20993

    Executive Secretary

    Shelley Tims Grant
    Policy Advisor
    Division of Transplantation
    Health Resources and Services Administration

    General Counsel staff

    Mark McGinnis, J.D.
    Senior Attorney
    Office of the General Counsel
    Department of Health and Human Services

    Alexandra Slessarey, J.D.
    Senior Attorney
    Office of the General Counsel
    Department of Health and Human Services

Nominations for membership

We are accepting nominations for voting members to serve as Special Government Employees on ACBSCT. We accept new members on a continuous basis.

Am I eligible?

Advisory Council members include:

  • Representatives of marrow donor centers, marrow transplant centers, cord blood banks, and participating birthing hospitals
  • Recipients of bone marrow or cord blood transplants
  • People who need transplants and their family members
  • Family members of patients who have requested help finding an unrelated donor of bone marrow or cord blood
  • Experts in bone marrow and cord blood transplantation
  • Experts in tissue typing and matching, transplant outcome data analysis, and cord blood processing
  • People with backgrounds in the social sciences or bioethics
  • Basic scientists with expertise in the biology of adult stem cells
  • Hematology and transfusion medicine researchers with expertise in adult blood stem cells
  • Members of the general public 

Submit a nomination

Learn more about membership and the nomination process.

Questions about eligibility?

Email Shelley Tims Grant, M.H.S.A., Designated Federal Officer

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