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.
- Gregory Germino, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Amir Tamiz, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Translational Research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Leadership Team & Points of Contact:
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.
Project Team Leaders:
- Patricia Greenwel, Ph.D.
SPARC1 - Anatomical and Functional Mapping (Component 1)
Program Director
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- David Saslowsky, Ph.D.
SPARC1 - Anatomical and Functional Mapping (Component 1)
Program Director
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Danilo A. Tagle, Ph.D.
SPARC3 - Translational Partnerships (Component 3)
Associate Director for Special Initiatives
Division of Discovery Science & Technology
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- Andrew Weitz, Ph.D.
SPARC4 - Data and Resource Center (Component 4)
Program Director for Special Initiatives
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Michael Wolfson, Ph.D.
SPARC2 - Next Generation Tools (Component 2)
Program Director
Division of Discovery Science & Technology
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Common Fund Program Manager:
- Felicia Qashu, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Health Science Administrator
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Points of Contact:
- Tony Casco
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)
- Kristina Faulk
OT Review Officer and Program Analyst
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)
- Kristina Faulk
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.- Olivier Berton, Ph.D.
Acting Branch Chief
Integrative Neuroscience Branch
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Julia Berzhanskaya, Ph.D.
Health Science Administrator
Division of Construction and Instruments (DCI)
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
Office of the Director
- Moria Fisher Bittmann, Ph.D.
Health Program Specialist
Channels, Synapses and Circuits Cluster
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Joe Bonner, Ph.D.
Program Officer
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Wen G. Chen, Ph.D.
Branch Chief and Program Director
Basic and Mechanistic Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Brad Cooke, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- James N. Coulombe, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Theresa Cruz, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Jessica Falcone, Ph.D.
Assistant Program Officer
Division of Discovery Science & Technology (DDST)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Marie Gill, M.S.
Health Program Specialist
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Daniel R. Gossett, Ph.D.
Health Specialist
Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Brooks A. Gross, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Translational Research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Emrin Horgusluoglu, Ph.D.
Program Director
Basic and Mechanistic Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Eric M. Hudak, Ph.D.
Scientific Project Manager
Division of Translational Research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Diane Joss, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Analyst
Basic and Mechanistic Research Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Nick Langhals, Ph.D.
Program Director
Translational Neural Devices Cluster
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Albert Lee, Ph.D.
Program Director
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Matthew McAuliffe, Ph.D.
Chief
Biomedical Imaging Research Services Section (BIRSS)
Division of Computational Bioscience
Center for Information Technology (CIT)
- Roger L. Miller, Ph.D.
Program Director
Neural Prosthesis Development
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- D.P. Mohapatra, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Michael Oshinsky, Ph.D.
Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Grace Peng, Ph.D.
Program Director
Mathematical Modeling, Simulation & Analysis
Division of Discovery Science & Technology (Bioengineering)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Andrew F. Rossi, Ph.D.
Program Chief
Executive Functions Program
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Terez Shea-Donohue, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Sidd Shenoy, Ph.D.
SPARC - Translational Partnerships (Component 3)
Scientific Program Analyst
Translational Neural Devices
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Victoria Spruance, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Edmund (Ned) Talley, Ph.D.
Program Director
Channels Synapses and Circuits Cluster
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Karen L. Teff, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Olga A. Tjurmina, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Heart Failure and Arrhythmias Branch
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Nasim W. Vahidi, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Analyst
Division of Translational Research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Rita Valentino, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Neuroscience and Behavior
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Ashley Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Yantian Zhang, Ph.D.
Program Director
Imaging Technology Development Branch
Cancer Imaging Program
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
This page last reviewed on May 18, 2023