Working Group Members
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.
- Christopher P. Austin, M.D.
Director
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P.
Director
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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 Coordinators:
- Laurie Nadler, Ph.D.
Chief, Neuropharmacology Program
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Karlie Sharma, Ph.D.
IDG Project Scientist, Resource Dissemination and Outreach Center (RDOC)
Program Officer
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Common Fund Program Leader:
- Douglas Sheeley, Sc.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:
- David Dzamashvili
Business Operations and Analysis Contact
Program Analyst
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Brionna Hair, Ph.D.
Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communications Contact
Health Science Policy Analyst
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
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.
- Mark Caprara, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Officer
Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
- Marc Charette, Ph.D.
Health Science Administrator
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Hemin Chin, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- Christine Colvis, Ph.D.
Program Officer, Resource Dissemination and Outreach Center (RDOC)
Director, Extramural Therapeutics Discovery & Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) - Colin Fletcher, Ph.D.
Program Director
Knock Out Mouse Program
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Zorina Galis, Ph.D.
Chief, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch (VBHB) DCVS/NHLBI
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Bobbie Gardner
Communications Coordinator
Office of Communications
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- Pascal Laeng, Ph.D.
Program Manager
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Chris Lindsey, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Contraception Research Branch (CRB)/Division of Extramural Research (DER)
National Intistute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Amy Lossie, Ph.D.
Program Director
Genetics, Epigenetics & Development Neuroscience Branch
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- R. Dwayne Lunsford, Ph.D.
Director, Microbiology Program
Dental Small Business Coordinator (SBIR/STTR)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- Mehdi Mesri, Ph.D.
IDG Project Scientist, TechDev/DRGC's
Program Director, Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research
NCI Office of the Director
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Enrique Michelotti, Ph.D.
Molecular Biology Program Director
Division of Neuroscience & Basic Behavioral Science
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Antonio B. Noronha, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Neuroscience & Behavior
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- Michael O'Neil, Ph.D.
Preclinical Drug Discovery Program Officer
Parasitology and International Programs Branch
Division of Microbiology and Infections Disease
National Institute of Allergy and Infections Disease (NIAID)
- Aaron Pawlyk, Ph.D.
Chief, Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch (OPPTB)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Susan Petanceska, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute on Aging (NIA
- Ajay Pillai, Ph.D.
IDG Project Scientist, Knowledge Management Center (KMC)
Program Director, Computational Science
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Joanna Roberts, M.P.P.
Scientific Analyst for the IDG Program
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- Ashley Xia, Ph.D.
Program Director
Common Fund Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK)
- Zuoyu Xu, Ph.D.
Program Officer, Therapeutics Division
Bacteriology and Mycology Branch
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
- Xin (Jean) Yuan, Ph.D.
Portfolio Analyst
Office of Portfolio Analysis
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Yong Yao, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Jean C. Zenklusen, M.S., Ph.D.
Program Officer, Knowledge Management Center (KMC)
Scientific Program Director
Office of Cancer Genomics
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
This page last reviewed on February 2, 2021