Dr. Christopher Mullins : NIDDK

Dr. Christopher Mullins

DKUHD
DIVISION KIDNEY, UROLOGIC, & HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 2DEM, Room 637
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20892
Tel: 301-451-4902
Fax: 301-480-3510
Email: MullinsC@extra.niddk.nih.gov

Current Position:
NIDDK Director of Basic Cell Biology Programs in Urologic and Kidney Disease

Current Portfolio/Responsibilities:

            Program Director for Basic Cell Biology Programs in Urology (KCM UCB)

            • Program Director for Basic Cell Biology Programs in Kidney (KCM KCB)

            • Program Director for Urology Small Business Programs (Basic Science) (KCM USB)

            • Co-scientific and administrative development/oversight of the NIDDK Strategic Plan for Clinical and Basic Research in Prostate Disease and member of the Planning Group for the follow-up Strategic Prostate Clinical and Basic Science Meeting.

            • Scientific and administrative development/oversight for the NIDDK Translational Initiative on Interstitial Cystitis Biomarker Screening/Validation: APF Validation Project (Phase I and II).

            • Scientific and administrative development/oversight for the Basic and Translational Science and Pilot Clinical Trial Ancillary Studies Program for the Interstitial Cystitis Clinical Research Network (ICCRN) and the Chronic Prostatitis Clinical Research Network (CPCRN).

            • Program Officer for The Medical Therapy of Prostatic Symptoms (MTOPS) Prostate Samples Analysis Consortium (MPSA) (RFA-02-017) and the follow-up MPSA U01 Supplement Program for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Biomarker Discovery.

            • Scientific and administrative development/oversight of the MTOPS Archived Biosample/Data Utilization and MTOPS End-of Study Planning Group.

            • Scientific and administrative development/oversight of the NIDDK/Roche Biomarker Discovery Project for the ICCRN Treatment Refractory Interstitial Cystitis Cohort Receiving Immunomodulation Drug Therapy.



Previous Training and Experience:

            • National Research Council Advanced-Level Associate. 2000-2002. Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

            • National Research Council Associate. 1997-2000. Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

            • Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology. Awarded 1997. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.

            • M.S., Biology (specialization in Molecular Genetics). Awarded 1993. Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

            • B.A., Biology. Awarded 1989. Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.



Committees/ Working Groups:

KUH:

            • Urology basic science representative to the NIDDK Advancing Urologic Science and Career Development effort.

            • NIDDK Urology basic science representative/co-organizer to the Trans-NIH Planning Committee on Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome Clinical and Basic Science.

            • Chair of the DKUH, NIDDK Conference and Workshop Grant (R13) Science and Administrative Policy Evaluation Committee.

            • Representative to the DKUH, NIDDK Program Project Grant (P01) Science and Administration Policy Evaluation Committee.

            • Urology basic science representative to the NIDDK Urology Interagency Coordinating Committee (IACC).

            • Urology basic science program representative to the DKUH, NIDDK Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Committee.

 

Thans-NIDDK:

            • DKUH representative to the NIDDK Extramural Policy and Procedure Oversight Committee (EPPOC).

 

Trans-NIH:

• NIDDK representative to the Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force (TNNT) and the TNNT Governance Working Group.


Other Activities:

• Member of American Foundation for Urology Diseases (AFUD)/American Urological Association (AUA) Research Scholars Program Study Section.

• NIDDK representative to the American Urological Association (AUA) Research Council.

• NIDDK representative to the American Foundation for Urological Disease (AFUD) Bladder Health Council.

Page last updated: September 01, 2007

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