National Steering Committee
The National Steering Committee consists of Center Directors, NIDDK staff, and external advisors. It meets once a year in September to provide guidance and oversight.

The 2009-2010 Chair is Dr. Craig Malloy.

External Advisors
Joseph Nadeau, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor of Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
Department of Genetics
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-4955
Phone: 216-368-0306
Thomas W. Gettys, Ph.D.
Professor & Chief
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Division of Experimental Obesity
6400 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-763-3165
Fax: 225-763-0274
Streamson Chua, Ph.D.
Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Chemical Engineering
Room 66-401
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Belfer Suite 701
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 430-2986
Fax: (718) 430-8557
Karen Reue, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor, Department of Human Genetics
11301 Wilshire Blvd.
Building 113 Room 312
Phone: 310-478-3711 #42171
Fax: 310-268-4981
Matthew D. Breyer, M.D.
Eli Lilly & Company - Lilly Research Laboratories
Biotechnology Discovery Research
355 E. Merrill St.
Indianapolis, IN 46225
Phone: 317-655-6783
Fax: 317-277-2934

NIH Personnel
Maren Laughlin, Ph.D.
NIDDK, NIH
6707 Democracy Blvd., Rm 787, MSC 5460
Bethesda, MD 20892-5460
Phone: 301-594-8802
Fax: 301-480-3503
Kristin Abraham, Ph.D.
NIDDK, NIH
6707 Democracy Blvd., Rm 795, MSC 5460
Bethesda, MD 20892-5460
Phone: 301-451-8048
Fax: 301-480-3503
Cristina Rabadan-Diehl, Ph.D.
NHLBI, NIH
Phone: 301-435-0550
Fax: 301-480-2858

MMPC Affiliates
Joanne K. Kelleher, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
Lee Kaplan, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114