Professor Jorge Contreras has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils for a three-year term. The Council of Councils is a trans-NIH body with oversight responsibility for NIH-wide programs and initiatives. The Council of Councils consists of one member nominated by each of NIH’s twenty-seven Institutes and Centers. Contreras also serves on the Advisory Council of NIH’s Center for the Advancement of Translational Science (NCATS), which seeks to promote the deployment of basic biomedical discoveries in clinical and therapeutic solutions.”