CFDE Team
This is the team that oversees the development, implementation, communication, and assessment of the Common Fund program.
Leadership Team & Points of Contact:
The Program Leader and Project Team Leaders serve as the day to day leadership for the program. Also included here are points of contact for areas of program management.
Common Fund Program Leader:
- George Papanicolaou, Ph.D.
CFDE Program Officer
Program Manager
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Project Team Leaders:
- Chris Kinsinger, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Catalytic Data Resources
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Anthony (Tony) Kirilusha
CFDE Program Officer
Program Leader
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Haluk Resat, Ph.D.
CFDE Program Officer
Program Manager
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)
- Kristin (Christy) Kano, Ph.D.
CFDE Coordinator and Project Manager
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Karen Kellton
Program Analyst
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
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 and from their role as technical leads for CFDE or Common Fund programs engaged with CFDE.- Valerie Cotton, B.Sc.
Technical lead: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Program
Kids First Program Manager
Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Ishwar Chandramouliswaran
Subject Matter Expert
Lead, FAIR Data and Resources
Office of Data Science Strategy
Office of the Director
- Tanja Davidsen, Ph.D.
Technical lead: CFDE Coordinating Center
Biomedical Informatics Specialist
Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Jyoti Dayal, M.S.
Technical lead: GTEx
Program Director
Division of Genomic Medicine
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Valentina Di Francesco
Subject Matter Expert
Director
Office of Genomic Data Science
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Susan Gregurick, Ph.D.
Subject Matter Expert
Director
Office of Data Science Strategy
Office of the Director
- Sean Hanlon, Ph.D.
Technical Lead: 4DN
Acting Deputy Director
Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Christine Happel, Ph.D.
Technical lead: ExRNA
Scientific Program Analyst
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- T. Kevin Howcroft, Ph.D.
Technical lead: SenNet
Program Director
Division of Cancer Biology
Cancer Immunology and Hematology Branch
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Chamelli Jhappan, Ph.D.
Technical lead: SenNet
Program Director
Division of Cancer Biology
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Ajay Pillai, Ph.D.
Technical lead: LINCS and IDG
Program Director
Division of Genome Sciences
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Rebecca Rosen, Ph.D.
Technical lead: CFDE Coordinating Center
Director
Office of Data Science and Sharing
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Shurjo K. Sen, Ph.D.
Technical lead: Bridge2AI
Program Director
Division of Genome Sciences
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Douglas M. Sheeley, Sc.D.
Technical lead: Glycosciences
Deputy Director
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Pothur R. Srinivas, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Technical lead: Metabolomics
Deputy Associate Director
Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Ashley Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
Technical lead: SPARC
Program Director
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
This page last reviewed on November 29, 2022