Working Group Members

This is the trans-NIH Working Group that oversees the development, implementation, communication, and assessment of the Common Fund program.

Contact us: smaht@mail.nih.gov

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.

• Joshua Gordon, Ph.D.
  Director
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Eric Green, MD, Ph.D.
  Director
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
   
• Walter Koroshetz, MD
  Director
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• Roger Little, Ph.D.
  Deputy Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior (DNB)
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• Rick Woychick, Ph.D.
  IC Director
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Leadership Team and Points of Contact

Coordinators, Program Leaders, and Project Team Leaders serve as the day-to-day leadership for the program and Working Group.  Also included here are points of contact for areas of program management.

Common Fund Program Leader: 

• Richard Conroy. Ph.D., M.B.A.
  Program Leader
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health

Working Group Coordinator:

• Amy C. Lossie, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Genetics, Epigenetics, and Development Neuroscience Branch
  National Institute on Drug Abuse

Initiative Leaders: 

Initiative 1. Tissue Procurement Center

• Geetha Senthil, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Office of Genomics Research Coordination
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   

Initiative 2. Genome Characterization Centers

• Adam Felsenfeld, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Genome Sciences
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• Amy C. Lossie, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Genetics, Epigenetics, and Development Neuroscience Branch  
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Initiative 3. Tools and Technology Development

• Jill Morris, Ph.D
  Program Director
  Division of Neuroscience
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
   

Initiative 4. Data Coordination Center

• Amy C. Lossie, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Genetics, Epigenetics, and Development Neuroscience Branch  
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Initiative 5. Organizational Center

• Jill Morris, Ph.D
  Program Director
  Division of Neuroscience
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
   

Additional NIH Office of Strategic Coordination Representation:

• David Bollweg
  Management Analyst
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
   
• Brionna Hair, Ph.D
  Health Science Policy Analyst
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
   
• Dena C. Procaccini, M.A.
  Scientific Program Manager
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health

Members:

The Working Group Members are staff from multiple NIH Institutes and Centers who provide input from their Institute or Center's perspective

• Tuba Fehr Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
   
• Ian Fingerman Ph.D.
  Program Director
  DNA and Chromosome Aberrations Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Miri Gitik, Ph.D. 
  Genomics Research Branch
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Max Guo, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Adinistrator
  Division of Aging Biology
  National Institute of Aging (NIA)
   
• Kevin Howcroft, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Cancer Immunology, Hematology, and Etiology Branch
  National Cancer Institute
   
• Patricia Labosky, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Office of Strategic Coordination
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
   
• Kimberly McAllister, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Genes, Environment, and Health Branch
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
   
• Daniel Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
   
• Kathryn Stein, Ph.D.
  Director, Developmental Biology and Genetics Program
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
   
• Fred Tyson, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
   
• Tiina Urv, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
   
• Lu Wang, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Translational Genomics Research Branch
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
   
• Solita Chiayeng Wang, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Molecular Imaging Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Wendy Wang, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Cancer Biomarkers Research Group
  National Cancer Institute(NCI)
   
• Yan Wang, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Computational Genomics and Data Science
  Division of Extramural Research
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
   
• Alison Yao, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Neuroscience
  National Institute of Aging