NCATS Staff Profiles

NCATS Director

• Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D.

Office of the Director

• Sabine C. Alexander • Senetra L. Brown • Christine M. Cutillo, M.M.C.i.

• Sean J. Finnegan, M.Mus. • Brittany M. Gibbons, M.P.H. • Mahtab Moghiminia

• Clare K. Schmitt, Ph.D. • Laura (Hope) Shapiro • G. Sitta Sittampalam, Ph.D.

Division of Clinical Innovation

• Guadalupe (Lupe) V. Aquino • Audie A. Atienza, Ph.D. • Jane C. Atkinson, D.D.S. • Heather L. Baker • Patrick H. Brown, Ph.D. • Monica L. Carter-Donerson, M.B.A. • Soju Chang, M.D., M.P.H., FACPM • Jennie L. Conroy, Ph.D. • Pablo Cure, M.D., M.P.H. • Sarah E. Dunsmore, Ph.D. • Stephanie H. Ezequiel, M.P.S.

• Sanae ElShourbagy Ferreira, Ph.D., M.A. • Josh Fessel, M.D., Ph.D. • Gallya Gannot, D.M.D., Ph.D. • Kenneth R. Gersing, M.D. • Rashmi Gopal-Srivastava, M.Sc., Ph.D. • Christopher M. Hartshorn, Ph.D. • Rebecca Katz, M.F.A. • Munziba T. Khan, M.P.H., M.S.H.S. • Michael G. Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D. • Andrew N. Louden, Ph.D., M.S.

• Jamie Mihoko Doyle, Ph.D. • Leonie Misquitta, Ph.D. • Joan Davis Nagel, M.D., M.P.H. • Thomas C. Radman, Ph.D. • Erica K. Rosemond, Ph.D. • Melissa Sinkiewicz, D.O., FAAPMR • Yolanda F. Vallejo, Ph.D. • Andie Vaught, M.P.H. • Salina P. Waddy, M.D., FAHA • David Wilde, M.D., Ph.D.

Division of Extramural Activities

• Jing Chen, Ph.D. • Jennifer J. Cho • Nichol M. Cleveland, M.Ed. • Elizabeth E. Conklin, M.B.A. • Erin A. Davis, M.B.A. • Zulema Eldridge, M.A. • Steve Elsberg • Stacey A. Fakinlede • Stacia H. Fleisher, M.P.P. • Neena A. Gohil, M.Comm.

• Victor M. Henriquez, Ph.D. • Ashli N. Holloway, M.S. • Alumit Ishai, Ph.D. • Gregory P. Jarosik, Ph.D. • Jeannette L. Johnson, Ph.D. • Leslie Le • Katie L. Matthews, MBA • Antonette D. Neal • Shannon Oden

• Tim Page • Anna L. Ramsey-Ewing, Ph.D. • Rachel R. Ratz, Global M.A. • Jose F. Ruiz, Ph.D. • Jori Contee Staten • Gloria F. Velez • Tiangay F. Waines, MBA • Imoni M. Williams, J.D. • Matthew T. Zeback

Division of Preclinical Innovation

• Yong-Mo Ahn, Ph.D. • Mahesh Aitha, Ph.D. • Dammika Nandanie Amugoda, M.S. • Djawed Bennouna, Pharm.D., M.Sc., Ph.D. • William F. Borschel, Ph.D. • Raul Rolando Calvo, M.S. • Haley A. Chatelaine, Ph.D. • Anu Dalal, Ph.D. • Marissa E. Davies • Tao Deng, Ph.D. • Dorjbal Dorjsuren, Ph.D. • Patricia K. Dranchak, Ph.D. • Andrés E. Dulcey, Ph.D. • Tara D. Eicher, M.S. • Marc Ferrer, Ph.D. • Stephanie L. Ford-Scheimer, Ph.D., M.P.H. • Michael H. Forde, M.S.P.H. • David L. Gerhold, Ph.D. • Matthew D. Hall, Ph.D. • Quinlin M. Hanson, Ph.D. • Sharie J. Haugabook, Ph.D. • Elena M. Hausmann • Mark J. Henderson, Ph.D. • Xin Hu, Ph.D. • Wenwei Huang, Ph.D. • Ruili Huang, Ph.D. • James Inglese, Ph.D. • Isabella (Bella) Jacobsen • Sankalp Jain, Ph.D. • Yogita D. Jethmalani, Ph.D. • Dirgha Raj Joshi, Ph.D. • Vukasin Jovanovic, Ph.D.

• Olive J. Jung • Atena Farkhondeh Kalat, Ph.D., M.Sc. • Stephen C. Kales, Ph.D. • Surendra Karavadhi, Ph.D. • Rintaro Kato • Colin B. Kelly • David W. Kim, Ph.D. • Ann R. Knebel, Ph.D., RN • Jennifer L. Kouznetsova, M.S. • Emily M. Lee, Ph.D. • Shuaizhang Li, Ph.D. • Gyutae Lim, Ph.D. • Yu-Chih Lin, Ph.D. • Li Liu, M.S. • Richa M. Lomash, Ph.D. • Claire Malley, M.S. • Venkata R. Mangalampalli, Ph.D. • Natalia J. Martinez, Ph.D. • Juan Jose Marugan, Ph.D. • Ewy A. Mathé, Ph.D. • Angelica Medina, Ph.D. • Patrick J. Morris, Ph.D. • Stephanie B. Mounaud, PMP • Elizabeth A. Ottinger, Ph.D. • Samarjit Patnaik, Ph.D. • Andre M. Pilon, Ph.D. • Tej Poudel, Ph.D. • Cara L. Purdy, CCRC • Ganesha Rai, Ph.D. • Monika Rajput, Ph.D. • Sandeep Rana, Ph.D.

• Michael H. Ronzetti • Anna J. Rossoshek, M.S., M.B.A. • Philip E. Sanderson, Ph.D. • Jaleal S Sanjak, Ph.D. • Timothy Sheils • Min Shen, Ph.D. • Anton M. Simeonov, Ph.D. • Rodica Stan, Ph.D. • Wei Sun, Ph.D. • Hongmao Sun, Ph.D. • Daniel C. Talley, Ph.D. • Gregory J. Tawa, Ph.D. • Pramod S. Terse, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., D.A.B.V.T. • Craig J. Thomas, Ph.D. • Carlos A. Tristan, Ph.D. • Yuhong Wang • Kelli M. Wilson, Ph.D. • Edward Wu, Ph.D. • Menghang Xia, Ph.D. • Miao Xu, Ph.D. • Xin Xu, Ph.D. • Shyh-Ming Yang, Ph.D. • Adam S. Yasgar • Wenjuan Ye, M.B. • Gergely Zahoránszky-Kőhalmi, Ph.D. • Alexey V. Zakharov, Ph.D. • Hoda Zarkoob, Ph.D., M.Sc. • Wenyu Zeng • Qi Zhang, Ph.D. • Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D. • Hu Zhu, Ph.D.

Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation

• Philip J. (P.J.) Brooks, Ph.D. • Alice Chen Grady, M.D. • Tierra E. Clarke • James E. Dickens

• Linda D. Ho, M.S.P.P. • Joanne M. Lumsden, Ph.D. • Deanna I. Portero • Meera A. Shah, M.P.H.

• Eric W.K. Sid, M.D., M.H.A. • Ainslie Tisdale • Tiina K. Urv, Ph.D. • Yanji Xu, Ph.D., M.S.

Office of Administrative Management

• Zoe-Ann I. Copeland • MarySheyla K. Alvarez • Louis V. Choporis, M.A.Ed. • Angie Cruz-Albertorio, M.B.A. • Esther E. Duque • Jessica M. Freilino

• Krisann Freilino • Bekah E. Geiger, M.S.W. • Andrew D. Kelly, M.B.A. • Stuart G. Kern, J.D. • Keith R. Lamirande, M.B.A. • Christopher S. Maurer

• Peggy A. McClelland • Megan E. Moretz • Julianna E. Romaniuk • Ericka Y. Shipp, M.A. • James J. Taylor, M.P.A. • LaKeshia D. Wood, M.P.A.

Office of Drug Development Partnership Programs

• Tyler F. Beck, Ph.D. • Christine M. Colvis, Ph.D.

• Kihwa Kang, Ph.D. • Abir N. Malik, M.S.

• Steven T. Pittenger, Ph.D. • Karlie R. Sharma, Ph.D.

Office of Policy, Communications and Education

• Jennifer M. Beierlein, Ph.D. • Steven I. Benowitz, M.A. • Penny W. Burgoon, Ph.D. • Emily Carlson Marti, M.A. • Emily J. Davis, Ph.D. • Nicole J. Garbarini, Ph.D.

• Bobbi Gardner • Marcus G. Hodges, Ph.D. • Megan P. Jackson, M.A. • Enrique S. Lagos, M.S., M.B.A. • Prachi K. Patel • Terrence E. Rudd, Jr., M.A.

• Robert J. Schneider, Jr. • Stephen G. Seidel • Angela A. Steadman, M.P.S. • Meredith D. Temple-O’Connor, Ph.D. • Amanda L. Vogel, Ph.D., M.P.H. • Jessica C. Walrath, Ph.D.

Office of Special Initiatives

• Leah Tolosa Croucher, Ph.D. • Sean R. Gardner • Christine M. Happel, Ph.D.

• Passley Hargrove-Grimes, Ph.D. • Chariz P. Johnstone, Ph.D. • Dmitriy V. Krepkiy, Ph.D.

• Dobrila D. Rudnicki, Ph.D. • Danilo A. Tagle, Ph.D., M.S.

Office of Strategic Alliances

• Mayra A. Alvarez Lopez, M.S. • Laura L. Bailey Joell • Krishna (Balki) Balakrishnan, Ph.D., M.B.A.

• Christopher J. Dillon, M.S., M.B.A. • Rebecca A. Erwin-Cohen, Ph.D. • Ami D. Gadhia, J.D., LL.M., C.L.P.

• Jasmine Kalsi, M.S. • Meena U. Rajagopal, Ph.D. • Sury Vepa, Ph.D., J.D.

Office of Translational Medicine

• Samuel A. Bozzette, M.D., Ph.D.

• Elaine Collier, M.D.