Joseph G. Perpich, a psychiatrist and lawyer, is President of JGPerpich, LLC, an educational and professional services company that promotes collaborative research and training programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The company develops and employs an array of digital tools available to foster on-line community networks for these purposes. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Perpich has held key leadership positions in biomedical research and education across multiple sectors, including philanthropy, industry, and government. Dr. Perpich was Vice President for Grants and Special Programs (1987-2000) at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), where he created and managed the $100 million annual grants program for science education and international biomedical research. Prior to his appointment at HHMI, he was vice president for planning and business development at two biotechnology companies. Dr. Perpich also served as the Associate Director for Program Planning and Evaluation at NIH (1976 to 1981), where he directed government-wide activities related to recombinant DNA research and regulatory policies. From 1974 to 1976 he served at the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences (IOM/NAS), where he developed a program in legal and medical ethics.

Dr. Perpich is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). At the same time, Dr. Perpich studied law at Georgetown University and received his J.D. in 1974. Among his many honors are elections as Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), as well as membership in the Cosmos Club. Dr. Perpich has served on numerous committees and boards, including currently chairing the AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility and serving as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Greenwall Foundation and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the National Library of Medicine, NIH.