Working Group Members

Co-Chairs

• Josephine Briggs, M.D.
  Director
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   
• Thomas Insel, M.D.
  Director
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   

Working Group Coordinator

• Christina M. Brackna
  Public Health Analyst
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   

Members

• Lee Alekel, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   
• Rachel Ballard-Barbash, M.D., M.P.H.
  Associate Director, Applied Research Program
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Maureen Boyle, Ph.D.
  Health Education and Human Services (HEHS) Fellow
  Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Martin Brown, Ph.D.
  Chief, Health Services and Economics Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Robert Carter, M.D.
  Deputy Director
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
   
• David Chambers, D.Phil.
  Chief
  Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Redonna Chandler, Ph.D.
  Chief of the Services Research Branch
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• Paul Coates, Ph.D.
  Acting Director
  Office of Disease Prevention
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Elaine Collier, M.D.
  Senior Advisor to Director
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
   
• Alyssa Cotler, M.P.H.
  Director
  Office of Communications and Public Liaison
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   
• Robert Croyle, Ph.D.
  Director
  Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Dale Birkle Dreer, Ph.D.
  Chief, Office of Scientific Review
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   
• Paul Doria-Rose, D.V.M., Ph.D.
  Health Services and Economics Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Sarah Duffy, Ph.D.
  Health Economist
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• Judith Fradkin, M.D.
  Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Andrew Freedman, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Kimberly Gray, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
   
• Stephen C. Groft, Pharm.D.
  Director
  Office of Rare Diseases Research
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Emily Harris, Ph.D.
  Chief
  Translational Genetics and Genomics Program
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
   
• Richard Hodes, M.D.
  Director
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• Henrietta Hyatt-Knorr, M.A.
  Director
  Policy and Program Planning and Analysis
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Indira Jevaji, M.D., M.S.L.
  Senior Medical Officer,
  Office of Research on Women’s Health
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Laura Lee Johnson, Ph.D.
  Statistician
  Office of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   
• Robert Kaplan, Ph.D.
  Director
  Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Stephen Katz, M.D.
  Director
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
   
• Muin Khoury, M.D., Ph.D.
  Director
  Office of Public Health Genomics
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
   
• Walter Koroshetz, Ph.D.
  Deputy Director
  National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• Danuta Krotoski, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
   
• Michael Lauer, M.D.
  Director
  Divisions of Cardiovascular Sciences
  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• William Lawrence, M.D., M.S.
  Medical Officer
  Center for Outcomes and Evidence
  Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHQR)
   
• Karin Lohman, Ph.D.
  Director
  Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   
• Rochelle Long, Ph.D.
  Chief
  Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences Branch, DPPBC
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Germaine Buck Louis, Ph.D., M.S.
  Director
  Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
   
• Peter Lyster, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Joan McGowan,  Ph.D.
  Director
  Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
   
• Catherine Meyers, M.D.
  Director
  Office of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   
• Nancy Miller, Ph.D.
  Senior Science Policy Analyst
  Office of Science Policy Analysis
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Christine M. Mueller, D.O.
  Program Leader
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Richard Nahin, Ph.D.
  Senior Scientific Advisor
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
   
• Wendy Nilsen, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Jean Olson, M.D., M.P.H.
  Deputy Chief
  Epidemiology Branch
  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Amy Patterson, M.D.
  Associate Director
  Office Science Policy
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Ajay Pillai, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Computational Science
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
   
• Yaffa Rubinstein, Ph.D.
  Director
  Patient Resources for Clinical and Translational Research
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Denise Russo, Ph.D.
  Director
  Division of Extramural Activities
  National Institutes of Nursing Research (NINR)
   
• Peter Savage, Ph.D.
  Director
  Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications
  National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Susana Serrate-Sztein, M.D.
  Director
  Division of Skin and Rheumatic Diseases
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
   
• Azadeh Shoaibi, M.S., M.H.S.
  Lead Epidemiologist
  Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
   
• Jean Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H.
  Director
  Center for Outcomes and Evidence
  Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ)
   
• Robert Star, M.D.
  Director
  Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
  National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Richard Suzman, Ph.D.
  Associate Director
  Behavioral and Social Research Program
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• Stacey Vandor
  Planning Officer
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Philip Sung-En Wang, M.D., Dr.P.H.
  Deputy Director
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Barbara Wells, M.D.
  Program Director
  Cardiovascular Research Network
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Anne Zajicek, M.D.
  Chief
  Obstetric & Pediatric Pharmacology Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)