LEON E. ROSENBERG^{* †} (Chair), Professor,

Department of Molecular Biology, and Woodwork Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

JOHN ALDERETE, Professor,

Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

KENNETH B. CHANCE, Dean and Professor of Endodontics,

Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry

CARON CHESS, Director,

Center for Environmental Communication, Cook College, Reuters University

PURNELL CHOPPIN,^{* †} President,

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

JAMES W. CURRAN,^* Dean and Professor of Epidemiology,

The Rollin's School of Public Health, Emory University

DAVID CUTLER, Professor,

Department of Economics, Littauer Center, Harvard University

SUE DONALDSON,^* Professor and Dean,

School of Nursing and Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

BARUCH FISCHHOFF,^* University Professor,

Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

SID GILMAN,^* William J. Herdman Professor and Chair,

Department of Neurology, University of Michigan

ROBERT L. HILL,^{* †} James B. Duke Professor,

Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center

RALPH HORWITZ,^{* †} Chair and Professor,

Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine

THOMAS KELLY,^† Boury Professor and Chairman,

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University

ANNE PETERSEN, Senior Vice President,

Programs, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

SUSAN C. SCRIMSHAW,^* Dean and Professor of Community Health Sciences,

School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago

ROGER UNGER,^† Professor of Internal Medicine,

Center for Diabetes Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

MYRL WEINBERG, President,

National Health Council

LINDA S. WILSON,^* President,

Radcliffe College

ADAM YARMOLINSKY,^* Regents Professor of Public Policy

in the University of Maryland System