This is the trans-NIH Working Group that oversees the development, implementation, communication, and assessment of the 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.
- Walter Koroshetz
Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Joni Rutter, Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
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 Coordinator:
- PJ Brooks, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- Tim LaVaute, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Common Fund Program Leader:
- Felicia Qashu, Ph.D.
Program Leader
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
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
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Sonynka Ngosso, M.S., M.B.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 (NIH)
- Deanna Portero
Working Group Point of Contact
Management Analyst
Office of Rare Diseases Research
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Members:
The Working Group Members are staff from multiple NIH Institutes and Centers who provide input from their Institute or Center’s perspective.
- Tatjana Atanasijevic, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Analyst
Division of Applied Science & Technology (Bioimaging)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Olivier Blondel, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Chris Boshoff, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager
Division of Translational Research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Eric Brunskill, Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Bonnie Burgess-Beusse, Ph.D.
Program Director
Translational and Basic Liver Disease Research Program
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Emily Carifi, Ph.D.
Program Director
Muscle Disorders & Therapies Program
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- Tom Cheever, Ph.D
Program Director
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Colin Fletcher, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Genome Sciences
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Sean Garin
Scientific Program Analyst
Division of Genome Sciences
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Allison Gillaspy, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
Translational Blood Science and Resources Branch
National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Daniel Gossett, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Patricia Greenwel, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Linda M. Griffith, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Officer
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Min He, Ph.D.
Special Assistant
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Julie Panepinto, M.D., MSPH
Acting Director
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Subhashini Jagu, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager
National Cancer Institute
- Chamelli Jhappan, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Cancer Biology
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Marrah Lachowiz-Scroggins, Ph.D.
Program Director
Airway Biology & Disease Branch
Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- J. Jerry Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Cancer Biology
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Guoying Liu, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Applied Science & Technology (Bioimaging)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
- Nicole Lockhart, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Genomics and Society
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- James Luo, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Oleg Mirochnitchenko, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Comparative Medicine
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Kyung Moon, Ph.D.
Program Officer
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Nasrin Nabavi, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Lisa A. Neuhold, Ph.D.
Program Director
Fundamental Retinal Processes Program
National Eye Institute (NEI)
- Jiaqi O'Reilly, Ph.D.
Health Program Specialist
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- 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)
- David Panchision, Ph.D.
Chief, Developmental Neurobiology Program
Division of Neuroscience & Basic Behavioral Science
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Aaron Pawlyk, Ph.D.
Chief, Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch
Division of Extramural Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Betty Poon, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of AIDS
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Pankaj Qasba, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- David Rampulla, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Discovery Science & Technology
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Ryan Richardson, Ph.D.
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
NIH BRAIN Initiative
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- John Satterlee, Ph.D.
Program Director
Genetics, Epigenetics, and Developmental Neuroscience Branch
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Grace Shen, Ph.D.
Program Director
National Eye Institute (NEI)
- Daniel Shaughnessy
Health Scientist Administrator
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Rahul Thakar, Ph.D.
Program Director
Advanced Technology and Surgery Branch
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Program Director
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- George Zubal, Ph.D
Program Director
Division of Applied Science & Technology (Bioimaging)
Nuclear Medicine
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)