Team: Immediate Office of the Director (IMOD)

Functional Area: All OSC Activities

Programs: All Common Fund Programs

Dr. Douglas M. Sheeley is currently the Acting Director of the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC). This Office is a component of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) in the NIH Office of the Director and is responsible for management of the NIH Common Fund. Dr. Sheeley joined OSC in 2019 as a program leader and has served as OSC Deputy Director since 2022. As a Program Director and Senior Scientific Officer at the former National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and NIGMS (2000-2017), he led programs developing new technologies to catalyze scientific advances in structure determination, proteomics and metabolomics, and informatics, including several Common Fund programs. Dr. Sheeley served in multiple leadership roles at NCRR and NIGMS, and as the Deputy Director of NIDCR. Before coming to NIH, Dr. Sheeley was a researcher at Glaxo Wellcome Research & Development, where he gained an industry perspective on project management and the value of diverse multidisciplinary teams. He earned his doctoral degree in nutritional biochemistry from Harvard University and his BS in chemistry from Dickinson College. His primary research experience is as a bioanalytical chemist, with expertise in biomedical mass spectrometry and the structural analysis of both proteins and carbohydrates.

Team: Operations Team

Functional Area: Award Management and Tracking; Budget and Reporting; Program Evaluation and Analysis

Programs: Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS); Extracellular RNA Communication (ExRNA); Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST); Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE)

Angela Ambrosi joined OSC in December 2021 as a management analyst contractor, assisting with the management and implementation of Common Fund programs. Prior to joining the office, Angela was a program coordinator at the University of Maryland, College Park Graduate School for seven years. During this time, she oversaw the Graduate School Information Desk, managed official graduate school policy and operational documentation, and supported the management and implementation of graduate programs. Angela earned her M.P.A. from the University of Baltimore in 2019 where she studied public and nonprofit management.

Team: Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communications (SPEC)

Functional Area: Communication and Outreach; Program Evaluation and Analysis; Program Strategic Planning; Science Policy; Website Content

Programs: Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS); Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS); Extracellular RNA Communication (ExRNA); Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST); Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity

Sara Amolegbe joined the Office of Strategic Coordination in November 2022. Prior to joining the Common Fund, Amolegbe was a Health Specialist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), where she facilitated the communication of scientific accomplishments by NIEHS grantees and improved translation of scientific program findings to a broad audience. Prior to NIEHS, Amolegbe was an environmental health communications specialist, providing science communication, program analysis, and research support to government agencies including NIH and the Environmental Protection Agency. She has a Bachelor of Science in environmental health sciences and a Master of Science in Public Health in environmental sciences and engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Team: Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communications (SPEC)

Functional Area: Communication and Outreach; Program Evaluation and Analysis; Program Strategic Planning; Science Policy; Website Content

Programs: Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS); Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS); Extracellular RNA Communication (ExRNA); Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST)

Vanessa Barnes joined the Office of the Strategic Coordination as a Public Health Analyst in September 2023. Vanessa lends her prior health communication and data analysis skills to support the Common Fund’s mission. Prior to her current role she was a Pathways Intern at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, where she contributed to several workshops and manuscripts pertaining to cardiovascular disease, social determinants of health, precision medicine and planetary health. She has a Master of Science in Biomedical Science Policy and Advocacy from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Science from University of Maryland. At University of Maryland, she was a Global Public Health Scholar.

Team: Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communications (SPEC)

Functional Area: Communication and Outreach; Program Evaluation and Analysis; Program Strategic Planning; Science Policy; Website Content

Programs: 4D Nucleome (4DN); NIH Director's Early Independence Award (EIA); NIH Director's New Innovator Award (NIA); NIH Director's Pioneer Award (PA); NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (TRA); Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC)

Dr. Rebecca Black joined the Office of Strategic Coordination as a Health Science Policy Analyst in October 2022. She received her B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Johns Hopkins University in 2017 and her Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from MIT in 2022, where she used bioinformatics analyses to study corticosteroid effects on post-traumatic osteoarthritis in human ex vivo models of early disease progression and to identify potential disease biomarkers. At MIT, she served on the executive board of the MIT Science Policy Initiative, promoting the importance of scientific research and educating graduate researchers about the federal policy process.

Team: Operations Team

Functional Area: Award Management and Tracking; Budget and Reporting; Program Evaluation and Analysis

Programs: Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP); Human Virome Program; Somatic Mosaicism Across Human Tissues (SMaHT)

David Bollweg joined the Office of Strategic Coordination as a contractor program specialist in May 2016 and moved to a contractor management analyst position in 2018, before transitioning to a federal Program Analyst position in 2023. Prior to joining OSC, David attended Yale University and received his bachelor’s degree in the history of science, medicine, and public health. David went on to obtain a master’s degree in public administration and policy from American University. David’s past work has focused on process management, budget analysis, and chairing the OSC’s Process Committee. As a member of the Operations team, David’s responsibilities include award tracking and management, program evaluation and analysis, and budget reporting activities. Additionally, David coordinates major Operations Team process that occur as part of the yearly cycle of OSC’s scientific programs (e.g., the annual progress report process).

Team: Re-Engineering the Biomedical Workforce (RRE)

Functional Area: Team Management

Programs: Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS); Diversity Program Consortium (DPC): Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce; Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST); Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE); Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity; Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN)

Dr. Cheryl Anne Boyce joined the Office of Strategic Coordination in May of 2021 to lead the Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity program. Previously, she served as Chief of the Implementation Science Branch within the Center for Translation Research, and Implementation Science (CTRIS) at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Before joining NHLBI, she held scientific program and policy leadership positions at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH), NIH Immediate of the Director, and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. She completed doctoral studies in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and fellowships at the Children’s National Medical Center and University of Maryland School of Medicine, before she began her federal career as a Society for Research in Child Development/American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Executive Branch Policy Fellow.

Team: Operations Team

Functional Area: Budget and Reporting

Programs: All Common Fund Programs

George Bramhall is a contractor providing budget consulting services within the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC). These services include primary oversight of the NIH Common Fund appropriation during all phases of the budget cycle: execution, formulation, and presentation. Mr. Bramhall is a 1990 graduate of Bridgewater College, in VA, with a B.A. in business administration. He comes to the OSC with over 17 years of budgeting experience at the NIH. His NIH experience began as an accounting technician in the NIH Office of Financial Management, progressed as a budget analyst at both the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and ultimately as the budget officer for the NINDS from 2005-2006.

Team: Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communications (SPEC)

Functional Area: Communication and Outreach; Media Requests; Program Evaluation and Analysis; Program Strategic Planning; Science Policy; Social Media; Website Content

Programs: All Common Fund Programs

Dr. Rachel Britt is currently a Health Specialist and Communications Director in the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC). She helps to ensure awareness and maximum impact of NIH Common Fund programs through communication and evaluation. Dr. Britt joined OSC in 2013 as Science & Technology Policy Fellow through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Prior to her fellowship, she studied DNA repair processes in B-lymphocytes of the human immune system as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Southern California from 2010-2013. She began her studies of DNA repair as a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 2010.

Team: Division of Other Transactions Management (DOTM)

Functional Area: Other Transactions

Programs: Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS); Common Fund Data Ecosystem(CFDE)

Alexandria Burns joined the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) within the Division of Other Transactions Management (DOTM) as an Other Transaction Agreement Specialist in November 2022. Prior to joining DOTM, Alexandria served as a Grants Management Specialist for HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing where she managed Native American housing programs. Prior to that, she served as a Transportation Program Specialist and Program Analyst at the USDOT’s Federal Transit Administration where she managed and analyzed transit grant programs and coordinated oversight reviews. Alexandria brings over 9 years of federal government grants management experience. Alexandria received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Governors State University and Master in Public Administration (MPA) from Walden University.