NIH Working Group

The Regulatory Science Program has transitioned from Common Fund support. The Working Group member list reflects the membership at the end of the program. For more information please visit https://commonfund.nih.gov/regulatoryscience.

Co-Chair:

• Christopher P. Austin, M.D.
  Director
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Working Group Coordinators:

• Lucie Low, M.Sc., Ph.D.
  Tissue Chip Program Manager
  National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
• Danilo Tagle, Ph.D.
  Associate Director for Special Initiatives
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Common Fund Program Leader:

• Mary Ellen Perry, 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)

Members:

• Nathan M. Appel, Ph.D.
  Director, Toxicology Program
  Division of Pharmacotherapies and Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Guillermo Arreaza-Rubin, M.D. 
  Program Director
  Clinical Immunology of Diabetes
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• David Balshaw, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Center for Risk and Integrated Sciences
  Division of Extramural Research and Training
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Lisa Begg, Dr.P.H., R.N.
  Director Research Programs
  Office of Research on Women's Health
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Jill Carrington, Ph.D. 
  Program Director
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Myrtle Davis, DVM, Ph.D.
  Chief
  Toxicology and Pharmacology Branch, DCTD
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Michael Flessner, M.D., Ph.D.
  Director
  Kidney Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Nancy Freeman, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• Holli Hamilton, M.D., M.P.H.
  Senior Medical Officer
  Division of Extramural Research
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
• Gabriel Hidalgo, MBA
  Division Coordinator
  Office of Grants Management
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
• Rosemarie Hunziker, Ph.D. 
  Program Director
  Division of Discovery Science and Technology
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
• Lyric Jorgenson, Ph.D.
  Office of Science Policy Analysis
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Christine Kelley, Ph.D.
  Director
  Division of Discovery Science and Technology
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
• Jennie Larkin, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Sara Lin, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Lung Biology and Disease Branch
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Christine Livingston, Ph.D.
  Scientific Review Officer
  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• Nadya Lumelsky, Ph.D. 
  Director
  Tissue Engineering and Dental and Craniofacial Regenerative Medicine Research Program
  Integrative Biology and Infectious Disease Branch
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
• Martha S. Lundberg, Ph.D.
  Program Director, Tissue Engineering
  Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Aron Marquitz, Ph.D.
  Health Specialist
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director
  National Institutes of Health
• Glen McGugan, Ph.D.
  Program Officer, Parasite Biology
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Matthew McMahon, Ph.D.
  Senior Advisor for Translational Research
  Office of the Director
  National Eye Institute (NEI)
• Leah Miller, Ph.D., M.B.A.
  Research Program 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)
• Melody Mills, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Enteric and Hepatic Diseases Branch
  Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Richard T. Okita, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• Thomas Palker, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• David M. Panchision, Ph.D.
  Program Chief
  Development Neurobiology Program
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM)
• Aaron Pawlyk, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Leslie Reinlib, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Exposure, Response, and Technology Branch
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Sheryl Sato, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
  National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Jose Serrano, M.D., Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
  National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Douglas M. Sheeley, Sc.D.
  Senior Scientific Officer
  Division of Biomedical Technology, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• Lillian Shum, Ph.D.
  Director
  Division of Extramural Research
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
• Brian Sorg, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Cancer Diagnosis Program
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Robert Star, M.D.
  Director
  Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
  National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Margaret Sutherland, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Neurodegeneration Cluster
  National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS)
• James V. Tricoli, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Diagnostic Biomarkers and Technology Branch
  Cancer Diagnosis Program
  Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Hung Tseng, Ph.D. 
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Division of Skin and Rheumatic Diseases
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• Lois A. Tully, Ph.D. 
  Program Director
  Division of Extramural Activities
  National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
• Fei Wang, Ph.D. 
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• Anne Zajicek, M.D., Pharm.D.
  Acting Chief
  Obstetric & Pediatric Pharmacology Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)