Dr. Sahana Kukke joined the Catalytic Data Resources Team at the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) in 2023. Previously, she was a Program Director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). In that role, she managed a portfolio of research and training awards focused on Neural Engineering. She concurrently managed a portfolio of research awards and cooperative agreements on novel neurotechnology development in the NIH BRAIN Initiative. Before becoming a Program Director, Dr. Kukke was an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Catholic University of America where she taught undergraduate and graduate students, co-managed the Neuroscience Minor program, and directed the Neuromotor Control Lab. Her research experience is in human sensorimotor control and how it is affected by neurological disorders and injury, particularly in childhood. Dr. Kukke holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Stanford University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the NIH Clinical Center’s Rehabilitation Medicine Department and the NINDS Human Motor Control section.