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Office of Biodefense Research Affairs (OBRA) - DMID

Name Phone # E-mail
Dr. Michael Kurilla
Director
301-402-4197       

mkurilla@niaid.nih.gov

Deborah Katz
Deputy Director
301-402-8539

dkatz@niaid.nih.gov

Dr. William Angus
Regional Centers of Excellence
Program Officer
301-402-2148 angusw@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. Susan Garges
Regional Centers of Excellence
Program Officer
301-402-8584 sgarges@niaid.nih.gov
Patricia Gottdiener
Biodefense Clinical Research
Project Manager
301-451-3029 gottdienerp@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. Rona Hirschberg
Regional Centers of Excellence
Senior Program Officer
301-402-8602 rhirschberg@niaid.nih.gov
Carol Ostrye
Biodefense Clinical Research
Project Manager
301-402-8421 costrye@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. Michael Schaefer
Regional Centers of Excellence
Program Officer
301-451-3758 mschaefer@niaid.nih.gov

Kimberly Stemple
Health Specialist/Program Manager

301-451-3251 kstemple@niaid.nih.gov

OBRA - Biodefense Drug Development Section

Name Phone # E-mail
Dr. Katherine Taylor
Chief
Drug Development
Section
301-402-4197 kataylor@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. John Bogdan
Drug Development
Program Officer
301-402-7372 jbogdan@niaid.nih.gov

Dr. Ping Chen
Drug Development
Program Officer
301-451-3756 chenpi@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. Helen Schiltz
Drug Development
Program Officer
301-451-3245 hschiltz@niaid.nih.gov
Beth Spinelli
Drug Development
Program Officer
301-402-2130 spinellb@niaid.nih.gov

OBRA - Biodefense Research Resources Section

Name Phone # E-mail

Dr. Judith Hewitt
Chief
Biodefense Drug

Development Section

301-402-4197 jhewitt@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. Kenneth Cremer
Research Resources
Program Officer
301-402-8590 kcremer@niaid.nih.gov

Dr. Kristin DeBord
Research Resources
Program Officer
301-402-8554 debordk@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. Tracey MacGill
Research Resources
Program Officer
301-435-2866 macgillt@niaid.nh.gov
Pier A. Minor
Extramural Program Assistant
301-451-6809 minorp@mail.nih.gov
Dr. Blaire Osborn
Research Resources
Program Officer
301-451-3253 osbornbl@niaid.nih.gov
Susan Peacock
Research Resources
Program Officer
301-451-5093 peacocksusan@niaid.nih.gov

OBRA - Biodefense Vaccine and Other Biologicals Product Development Section

Name Phone # E-mail
Dr. Edwin Nuzum
Chief
Product Development Section
301-402-8603 enuzum@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. Martin Crumrine
Product Development
Program Officer
301-402-8418 mhcrumrine@niaid.nih.gov
Sonia Gales
Product Development
Project Manager
301-451-6737 galesso@niaid.nih.gov
Marlene Hammer
Product Development
Program Officer
301-451-6756 hammerma@niaid.nih.gov
Freyja Lynn
Product Development
Project Manager
301-451-6811 lynnf@niaid.nih.gov
Dr. Gopa Raychaudhuri
Product Development
Program Officer
301-435-2875 raychaudhurig@niaid.nih.gov
Nancy Wilkie
Product Development
Program Officer
301-451-6755 wilkien@niaid.nih.gov

OBRA - Extramural Biodefense Facilities Section

Name Phone # E-mail

Nancy Boyd
Chief
Extramural Biodefense
Facilities Section

301-402-8585

nboyd@niaid.nih.gov

Bintu Bayoh
Extramural Program Assistant
301-435-2732 bayohb@mail.nih.gov
Babak “Bob” Farahpour
Biocontainment Facilities
Program Officer
301-402-2214 farahpob@niaid.nih.gov
Janyce Hedetniemi
Community Relations Advisor
(Consultant)
301-35-9392 jhedetniemi@niaid.nih.gov
Jean Patrice “Fred” Khoshbin
Biocontainment Facilities
Program Officer
301-435-9179 khoshbif@niaid.nih.gov
Ambrose (Buck) Lewis
Biocontainment Facilities
Program Officer
301-402-8587 alewis@niaid.nih.gov
Gary Zackowitz
Biocontainment Facilities
Program Officer
301-451-3513 gzackowitz@niaid.nih.gov

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