DER Program Staff

Mark Guyer, Ph.D., Director
Bettie Graham, Ph.D., Associate Director
Jane Peterson, Ph.D., Associate Director

Extramural Programs Branch

The Division of Extramural Research
5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9305
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-9305
Phone: (301) 496-7531
Fax: (301) 480-2770

FedEx/UPS/Courier Delivery should use: Rockville, MD 20852

DER Program Directors

• Ajay, Ph.D., Cheminformatics; Interface of Computational Chemistry and Computational Biology
• Vivien Bonazzi, Ph.D., Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science, Knock-out Mouse Project
• Lisa Brooks, Ph.D., International HapMap Project; Genetic Variation; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science
• Elise Feingold, Ph.D., ENCODE Project; Mammalian Gene Collection; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science; Functional Genomics
• Adam Felsenfeld, Ph.D., Comparative Sequencing & Analysis; Medical Sequencing; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science
• Colin Fletcher, Ph.D., Knock-out Mouse Project
• Peter Good, Ph.D., ENCODE Project; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science; Computational Biology, The Cancer Genome Atlas
• Bettie Graham, Ph.D., Functional Genomics; Training; Minority Action Program
• Lucia Hindorff, Ph.D., M.P.H., Population Genomics
• Carson Loomis, Ph.D., Molecular Libraries
• Teri Manolio, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Advisor to the Director for Population Genomics
• Jean McEwen, J.D., Ph.D., Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Program and Centers of Excellence in ELSI Research
• Mark Moore, Ph.D., (Contractor), Knock-out Mouse Project
• Vivian Ota Wang, Ph.D., Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research: Complex Traits, Behavioral and Community Research; International HapMap Project
• Brad Ozenberger, Ph.D., Technology Development; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science, The Cancer Genome Atlas
• Jane Peterson, Ph.D., Comparative Sequencing, Human Microbiome Project, Knock-out Mouse Project, The Cancer Genome Atlas
• Erin Ramos, Ph.D., M.P.H., Population Genomics
• Jeff Schloss, Ph.D., Technology Development; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science
• Jeff Struewing, M.D., M.S., Population Genomics
• Gary Temple, Ph.D., Mammalian Gene Collection
• Elizabeth Thomson, R.N., M.S., D.N.Sc., C.G.C., F.A.A.N., Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research: Clinical Genetics and Research Ethics, The Cancer Genome Atlas
• Lu Wang, Ph.D., Human Microbiome Project; Large-Scale Sequencing Program

DER Senior Program Analysts

• Joy Boyer, Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research: Genetics and the Humanities
• Kris Wetterstrand, M.S., Comparative Sequencing; Human Microbiome Project; BAC Resource Program; Budget Analysis

DER Program Analysts

• Tsegahiwot Belachew, (Contractor), Human Microbiome Project; Knock-out Mouse Project
• Christopher Juenger, M.S., (Contractor), Comparative Sequencing; International HapMap Project
• Heather Junkins, M.S., (Contractor), Population Genomics
• Laura Liefer Dillon, M.S., (Contractor), ENCODE Project; BAC Resource Program
• Lisa McNeil, (Contractor), Population Genomics
• Anika Mirick, (Contractor), The Cancer Genome Atlas
• Christine Cutillo, (Contractor), Large-Scale Sequencing Program; Technology Development
• Cristen Robinson, (Contractor), Molecular Libraries; Chemical Genomics; Mammalian Gene Collection
• Christopher Wellington, (Contractor), Human Microbiome Project; Bioinformatics
• Julia Zhang, (Contractor), Large-Scale Sequencing Program

Committee Management

• Mary Nuss, NIAID, Committee Management Liaison

Administration

• Priscilla Crockett, Administrative Officer
• Comfort Browne, (Contractor), Executive Assistant to Director, DER

DER Scientific Administrative Analyst

• Anna Rossoshek, M.S., M.B.A., Scientific Administrative Analyst

Extramural Support

• Carolyn Taylor, Supervisor (DEAS)
• Glory Baldwin, Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Program)
• Ernsley Charles, Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Grants)
• Mia Diggs, Program Assistant (Contractor, Program)
• Gwendolyn Dudley, Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Program)
• Nancy Espinal, Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Program)
• Sade Harley, Part-Time Student (DEAS, Program)
• Carmen Perera, Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Grants)
• Diane Williams-Bey, Grants Clerk (DEAS, Review)

Scientific Review Branch

The Division of Extramural Research
5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9306
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-9306
Phone: (301) 402-0838
Fax: (301) 435-1580

FedEx/UPS/Courier Delivery should use: Rockville, MD 20852

• Kenji Nakamura Ph.D., Co-Director, Scientific Review Administrator
• Rudy Pozzatti, Ph.D., Co-Director, Scientific Review Administrator
• Jerry Roberts, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator for CIDR
• Pam Sellman, Program Assistant (DEAS)

Grants Administration Branch

The Division of Extramural Research
5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9306
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-9306
Phone: (301) 402-0733
Fax: (301) 402-1951

FedEx/UPS/Courier Delivery should use: Rockville, MD 20852

• Cheryl Chick, Chief
• Monika Christman, Lead Grants Management Specialist
• Diane Patterson, Grants Management Specialist
• Victoria Bishton, Grants Management Specialist
• Debbie Chen, Grants Management Specialist
• Ephraim Johnson, Grants Management Specialist
• Zephaun Harvey, Grants Management Specialist

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Last Updated: August 6, 2008