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

Initiative 2. Rapid Technology Integration

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

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)
   

Additional NIH Office of Strategic Coordination Representation:

• Tyler Best, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health
   
• Tony Casco
  Business Operations and Analysis Contact
  Program Analyst 
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
   
• 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
   

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
   
• David Balasundaram, Ph.D.
  Scientific Review Officer
  Division of Basic and Integrative Biological Sciences
  Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
   
• 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)
   
• 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)
   
• 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)
   
• Dan A. Gilchrist, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Computational Genomics and Data Science
  Division of Genome Sciences
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
   
• Joseph G. Gindhart, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Patricia Greenwel, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Deborah Hoshizaki, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
  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.
  Program Director
  Division of Cancer Biology, Physical Sciences-Oncology
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Eric Johnson Chavarria, Ph.D.
  AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Teresa Jones, Ph.D.
  Program Direction for Diabetes Complications
  Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• 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)
   
• Julie Kim
  Scientific Program Analyst
  Division of Genome Sciences
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
   
• 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)
   
• Jerry Li, M.D./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)
   
• Su-Yau Mao, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Arthritis Biology Program
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
   
• Viviana Perez Montes, Ph.D.
  Cell Biology Program
  Division of Aging Biology
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• Philipp Oberdoerffer, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• 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)
   
• Asif Rizwan, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Blood Science Branch
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• 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.
  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)
   
• Reiko Toyama, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
    
• 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)