NIH Working Group

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

Contact us: [email protected].

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.

• Gary Gibbons, M.D.
  Director
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 
• Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D.
  Deputy 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)

Leadership Team and Points of Contact

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

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 (OD), National Institutes of Health

Working Group Coordinator:

• Zorina Galis, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Vascular Biology and Hypertension
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Initiative Leaders: 

Initiative 1. Transformative Technology Development

• Pothur Srinivas, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
  National Cancer Institute (NCI) 

Initiative 2. Rapid Technology Integration

• Jerry Li, M.D., Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Structural Biology and Molecular Applications Branch 
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Initiative 3. Human Tissue Mapping

• Zorina Galis, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Vascular Biology and Hypertension
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 
• Richard Conroy, Ph.D., M.B.A.
  Program Leader
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health

Initiative 4. Data Coordination, Integration, and Analysis

• Ajay Pillai, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Computational Science
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• Zorina Galis, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Vascular Biology and Hypertension
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Initiative 5. Demonstration Projects

• Ajay Pillai, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Computational Science
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Additional NIH Office of Strategic Coordination Representation:

• David Bollweg
  Business Operations and Analysis Contact
  Management  Analyst 
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health 
• Dena C. Procaccini, M.A.
  Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communications Contact 
  Scientific Program Manager
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health

Other Working Group Members

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

• Bishow Adhikari, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Heart Failure and Arrhythmias Branch
  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Brian Bai Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Blood Science Branch
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Lawrence Baizer, Ph.D. 
  Program Director
  Division of Lung Diseases
  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 
• Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D.
  Acting Director
  Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Francesca Bosetti, Pharm. D., Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Neural Environment Cluster Group
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) 
• Katarzyna Bourcier, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Immuno-oncology Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Marishka Brown, Ph.D.
  Program Director, Sleep Disorders
  National Center on Sleep Disorders, Research Division of Lung Diseases
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Eric Brunskill, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Robert Carter, M.D.
  Deputy Director
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• Marc Charette, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Ricardo Cibotti, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Skin Immunology and Diseases, Skin Microbiome Program
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• 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)
• James Gao, Ph.D.
  Informatics and Data Science
  National Eye Institute (NEI)
• Dan A. Gilchrist, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Computational Genomics and Data Science
  Division of Genome Sciences
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• Patricia Greenwel, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Lucy Hsu, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Shannon Hughes, Ph.D.
  Deputy Director
  Division of Cancer Biology
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Cashell Jaquish, Ph.D.
  Program Director 
  Genetic Epidemiology
  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Halonna Kelly, Ph.D.
  Scientific Program Analyst
  Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Lillian S. Kuo, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Cancer Immunology, Hematology, and Etiology Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Timothy LaVaute, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• Sara Lin, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Lung Biology and Disease Branch 
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Su-Yau Mao, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Arthritis Biology Program
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• Sofia Martin
  Scientific Program Analyst
  Division of Genome Sciences
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• Daniel Miller, Ph.D. 
  Program Director
  Division of Neuroscience
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• Viviana Perez Montes, Ph.D.
  Cell Biology Program
  Division of Aging Biology
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Jill Morris, Ph.D. 
  Program Director 
  Division of Neuroscience
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• Stefanie Nelson, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Genomic Epidemiology Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Asif Rizwan, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Blood Science Branch
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• John Satterlee, Ph.D.
  DNB Coordinator for Trans-NIH Programs and Activities
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• 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)
• Susan Taymans, Ph.D.
  Branch Director
  Fertility and Infertility Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development(NICHD)
• Candace Tingen, PhD
  Program Officer
  Gynecologic Health and Disease Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• Reiko Toyama, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• Wendy Wang, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Cancer Biomarkers Research Group
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Dan Xi, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Yong Yao, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)