NIH Working Group

This is the trans-NIH Working Group that oversees the development, implementation, communication, and assessment of the NIH Common Fund program.

Co-Chairs:

Co-Chairs are Institute or Center (IC) directors or IC senior staff who lead the Working Group and have the authority to approve major activities and funding actions.

• Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D.
  Director
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
• Dinah S. Singer, Ph.D.
  Deputy Director
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Leadership Team & Points of Contact:

Coordinators, Program Leaders, and Project Team Leaders serve as the day-to-day leadership for the program and the Working Group. Also included here are points of contact for areas of program management.

Working Group Coordinators:

• T. Kevin Howcroft, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Cancer Biology
  Cancer Immunology and Hematology Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Danilo A. Tagle, Ph.D.
  Associate Director for Special Initiatives
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Common Fund Program Leader:

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

Points of Contact:

• Angela Ambrosi, M.P.A.
  Business Operations and Analysis Contact
  Program/Management Analyst
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD)
• Sara Amolegbe, M.S.P.H
  Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communications Contact
  Health Science Policy Analyst
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD)
• Christine Happel, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Members:

The Working Group Members are staff from multiple NIH Institutes and Centers who provide input from their Institute or Center’s perspective.

• Alexandra Ainsztein, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• Preethi Chander, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Salivary Biology and Immunology Program
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
• Aniruddha Ganguly, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Cancer Diagnosis Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Daniel Gossett, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• Max Guo, Ph.D.
  Chief, Genetics and Cell Biology Branch
  Division of Aging Biology
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Nic Johnston, M.S.
  Scientific Program Analyst
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Lillian S. Kuo, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Cancer Biology
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Tania B. Lombo, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)
  Office of the Director (OD)
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• George A. McKie, D.V.M., Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Ocular Infection, Inflammation, and Immunology
  National Eye Institute (NEI)
• 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)
• Daniel Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
  Health Science Administrator
  Exposure, Response, and Technology Branch
  Division of Extramural Research and Training 
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Dobrila (Doda) Rudnicki, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS)
• Anna Sadusky, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (KUH)
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• John Satterlee, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Epigenetics, Model Organism Genetics, Functional Genomics
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Shurjo K. Sen, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Genome Sciences
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• Jessica Smith, Ph.D.
  Scientific Review Officer
  Cell Biology Integrated Review Group
  Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
• Pothur R. Srinivas, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Program Director
  Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)