Consortium Members

Consortium Leadership:

• Gary H. Gibbons, M.D.
  Director
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D. (Co-Chair)
  Director
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D.
  Director
  National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
   
• Hannah Valantine, M.D. (Co-Chair)
  NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Program Lead:

• Alison Gammie, Ph.D.
  Director
  Training, Workforce Development and Diversity
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Program Officers:

• Mercedes Rubio, Ph.D.
  NRMN Program Officer
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Michael Sesma, Ph.D.
  CEC Program Officer
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Anissa J. Brown, Ph.D.
  BUILD Program Officer
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Luis Cubano, Ph.D.
  BUILD Program Officer
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Richard Okita, Ph.D.
  BUILD Program Officer
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Desirée Salazar, Ph.D.
  BUILD Program Officer
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Project Scientists:

• Diane Adger-Johnson 
  Project Scientist for Xavier University and CSU-Northridge
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
   
• Nelson Aguila, DVM
  Project Scientist for Portland State University and Morgan State University
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• David Banks, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN
  Project Scientist for University of Detroit-Mercy and The University of Texas-El Paso
  National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
   
• Kenneth Gibbs, Ph.D.
  Project Scientist for CEC
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Kathy Etz, Ph.D.
  Project Scientist for University of Alaska-Fairbanks
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• James Hyde, Ph.D.
  Project Scientist for CSU-Long Beach and San Francisco State University
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK)
   
• Rob Rivers, Ph.D.
  Project Scientist for University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Morgan State University
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK)
   
• Darren Sledjeski, Ph.D.
  Project Scientist for NRMN
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Grants Management Coordinators:
 

• Jennifer Lynch
  Grants Management Specialist
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Justin Rosenzweig
  Grants Management Specialist
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Communications:

• Christa Reynolds
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
  
   

Program Advisors:

• Rada Dagher, Ph.D., MPH
  National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
   
• Beda Jean-Francois, Ph.D.
  National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
   
• Shiva Singh, Ph.D.
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)