Working Group Members

Co-Chairs:

• Gary Gibbons, M.D.
  Director
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D.
  Director
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
   
• Robert Star, M.D.
  Director
  Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Working Group Coordinators: 

• Zorina Galis, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Vascular Biology and Hypertension
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Deborah K. Hoshizaki, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Common Fund Program Leader:

• Richard Conroy. Ph.D., M.B.A.
  Program Leader
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Members:

• David Balasundaram, Ph.D.
  Scientific Review Officer
  Division of Basic and Integrative Biological Sciences
  Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
   
• Jenna Baker, Ph.D.
  Program Manager
  Illuminating the Druggable Genome
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D.
  Chief
  Functional Neurogenomics Program
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Francesca Bosetti, Pharm. D., Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Stroke in the Neural Environment Cluster
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• Katarzyna Bourcier, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Autoimmune & Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Section
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
   
• Robert Carter, M.D.
  Deputy Director
  National Institute of Arthiritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
   
• Tony Casco
  Operations Team Program Analyst
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Elizabeth Church, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Pathogenesis and Basic Research
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
   
• Jennifer Couch, Ph.D.
  Chief
  Structural Biology and Molecular Applications Branch
  Division of Cancer Biology
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Sarah Dunsmore, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Joseph G. Gindhart, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Patricia Greenwel, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Basic Neurogastroenterology; Gastrointestinal Development, Epithelial Biology, Stem Cell Biology
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D.
  Alternate for Roderic Pettigrew
  Deputy Director
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
   
• Shannon Hughes, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Cancer Biology, Physical Sciences-Oncology
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Halonna Kelly, Ph.D.
  Scientific Program Analyst
  Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
   
• J. Randy Knowlton, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Cancer Biology
  Structural Biology and Molecular Applications Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Lillian S. Kuo, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Division of AIDS
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
   
• Jerry Li, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Structural Biology and Molecular Applications Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Sara Lin, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Lung Biology and Disease Branch
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Margaret Ochocinska, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Translational Blood Science and Resources Branch
  Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Aaron Pawlyk, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Ajay Pillai, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Computational Science
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
   
• Ipolia Ramadan, Ph.D.
  Health Program Specialist
  Neural Environment
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• Krystyna Rys-Sikora, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• John Satterlee, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• Tonya Scott
  Scientific Program Analyst
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Salvatore Sechi, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Kentner Singleton, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Basic Immunology Branch
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
   
• Jessica Smith, Ph.D.
  Scientific Program Analyst
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Pothur Srinivas, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Reiko Toyama, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
   
• José M. Velázquez, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Cell Biology Program
  Division of Aging Biology
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• Yong Yao, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Common Fund Program Managers:

• Patricia Labosky, Ph.D.
  Program Leader
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Ananda Roy, Ph.D.
  Program Leader
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)