Working Group Members

Co-Chair

• Patricia A. Grady, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
  Director
  National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
   

Working Group Coordinator

• Melissa W. Riddle, Ph.D.
  Chief, Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Branch
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
   

Members

• Deborah Applebaum-Bowden, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Program in Basic and Early Translational Research
  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Richard Baird, Ph.D.
  Director
  Division of Interdisciplinary Training
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
   
• David Balshaw, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Emerging Technologies
  Center for Risk and Integrated Sciences
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
   
• Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D.
  Chief
  Functional Neurogenomics Program
  National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Oliver Blondel, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Neil Buckholtz, Ph.D.
  Chief
  Dementias of Aging Branch
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• Jennifer Couch, Ph.D.
  Chief
  Structural Biology and Molecular Applications Branch
  Division of Cancer Biology
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Olga Epifano, Ph.D.
  Deputy Coordinator of the NIH Common Fund IRC program
  National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
   
• Valerie Florance, Ph.D.
  Deputy Director
  Extramural Programs
  National Library of Medicine (NLM)
   
• Rosemary Hunziker, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Discovery Science and Technology
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
   
• James Hyde, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Sonia Jakowlew, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Cancer Cell Biology Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Rosalind King, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
   
• J. Randy Knowlton, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Cancer Biology
  Structural Biology and Molecular Applications Branch
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Charisee Lamar, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Program Director
  Reproductive Sciences Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
   
• Maren Laughlin, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Thomas Lehner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Chief
  Genomics Research Branch
  Associate Director, Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Lijuan Liu, Ph.D.
  Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• 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)
   
• Minda Lynch , Ph.D.
  Chief
  Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Research Branch
  Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• John Matochik , Ph.D.
  Division of Neuroscience & Behavior
  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
   
• Douglas Meinecke, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Clinical Neuroscience Research Branch
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Thomas Miller, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Office of Translational Research
  National Institute on Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• David Owens, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  National Institute on Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• Ajay Pillai, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Computational Science
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
   
• Larry Refalo, Ph.D.
  Division of Neuroscience
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• Robert Riddle, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Neurogenetics Cluster
  National Institute on Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• Julia Rowland, Ph.D.
  Director
  Office of Cancer Survivorship
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Judith Rumsey, Ph.D.
  Brain Imaging Clinical Research
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Steve Scholnick, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Translational Genomics Research Branch
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
   
• Felipe Sierra, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Biology of Aging Program
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• Laurence Stanford, Ph.D.
  Deputy Director
  Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• John Thomas, Ph.D.
  Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Tiina Urv, Ph.D.
  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Branch
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
   
• Susan Volman, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• Janna Wehrle, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
   
• Cora Lee Wetherington, Ph.D.
  Chair
  Behavioral and Cognitive Science Research Branch
  Division of Basic Neuroscience & Behavioral Research
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)