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 2007-2008 Chair is Dr. Renee LeBoeuf.

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
Robert R. Wolfe, Ph.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Professor, Department of Geriatrics
Director, Center for Translational
Research on Aging & Longevity
Little Rock, AK 72205
Karen Reue, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
11301 Wilshire Blvd.
Building 113 Room 312
Phone: 310-478-3711 #42171
Fax: 310-268-4981
Joanne K. Kelleher, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering
Room 66-401
Cambridge, MA 02139
Matthew D. Breyer, M.D.
Eli Lilly Co.

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