Natalie joined the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) as a Health Science Policy Analyst in August 2023. She brings experience from multiple federal agencies on behavioral and mental health research. Natalie earned her Master of Science degree in Clinical-Counseling Psychology from Radford University in 2013. After graduation she worked as an animal assisted therapy specialist in Northern Virginia before starting federal service. In 2015, she joined the Department of Veterans Affairs as a research coordinator for the VISN 5 Mental Illness Research Education Center (MIRECC).

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.

Yuping Burr joined the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC)-Division of Other Transactions Management (DOTM) as an Other Transactions Agreement Specialist in August 2022. Prior to joining OSC, Yuping worked at Department of Commerce (DOC)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Grants Management Specialist and Grants Officer. There she managed a complex portfolio of research programs to universities, non-profit entities and for-profit small businesses.

David Dzamashvili joined the Common Fund in the Office of Strategic Coordination as a program analyst contractor in February 2020. Prior to joining the Common Fund, Mr. Dzamashvili worked with The World Bank Group’s BPSPS (Budget, Performance Review and Strategic Planning). He brings years of experience in the financial industry. David received a Master’s in Financial Management and a Master’s in World Economy and International Relations.

Dr. Kano joined the Office of Strategic Coordination in 2021, where she helps integrate data from multiple Common Fund programs with the Common Fund Data Ecosystem. Previously, Dr. Kano worked as a program manager with the Department of Veterans Affairs where she provided strategic program management support to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Innovation Ecosystem. In that role, she managed a large and complex support team and worked closely with program leadership to shape and execute strategic priorities. Christy received her Ph.D.

Karen Kellton joined the Common Fund in the Office of Strategic Coordination as a contractor Executive Assistant to the Director in March 2019 before transitioning to a federal Program Specialist position within the Office Management Team in September 2021 and moved to be the Program Specialist for the Catalytic Data Resources Team in August 2022. Before joining our office, Karen worked at the NIH Center for Scientific Review since 2016 as an administrative assistant, doing program management support, administrative operations, meeting logistics, and application tracking/processing.

Dr. Kinsinger joined the Office of Strategic Coordination in 2020, where he helps integrate data from multiple Common Fund programs with the Common Fund Data Ecosystem. Previously, Dr. Kinsinger worked as a Program Director of the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) in the National Cancer Institute, where he led operations for data management and biospecimen processing for the proteogenomic characterization program. In this role, he oversaw development of the CPTAC Data Coordinating Center and the Proteomic Data Commons, a node of the Cancer Research Data Commons.

Dr. Anthony (Tony) Kirilusha joined the Catalytic Data Resources Team at the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) in 2022. He helps to integrate data from multiple OSC programs into the Common Fund Data Ecosystem and manages the HIVE component of the HuBMAP program. Tony also serves as a member of the steering committee for the NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability Program (NCPI). Previously, he was a program director at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).