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OLPA Assignment List

The 110TH Congress
(As of January 2007)

The Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (OLPA) is headed by the Associate Director for Legislative Policy and Analysis, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Staff members include a Deputy Director, seven program analysts, and support personnel. OLPA program analysts are assigned responsibility for tracking legislation and issues that pertain to individual Institutes and Centers or that may have an impact across the entire NIH community. Listed below are the names of OLPA program analysts and their designated areas of responsibility.

(#) Temporarily Reassigned
(^) Temporarily Unassigned/Coverage Provided

IC/OFFICE/ISSUE Primary  

Clinical Center

Gemma Flamberg

 

Center for Information Technology

Lenka Fedorkova

 

Center for Scientific Review

Patricia Brandt

 

Fogarty International Center

Patricia Brandt

 

National Cancer Institute

Patricia Brandt

 

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Anne Houser

 

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Lauren Higgins

 

National Center for Research Resources

Lenka Fedorkova

 

National Eye Institute

Patricia Brandt

 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Anne Houser

 

National Human Genome Research Institute

Anne Houser

 

National Institute on Aging

Lauren Higgins

 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Lauren Higgins

 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Rosalind Gray

 

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Patricia Brandt

 

National Institute of Biomedical, Imaging and Bioengineering

Anne Houser

 

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Gemma Flamberg

 

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Lauren Higgins

 

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Anne Houser

 

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Lenka Fedorkova

 

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Lauren Higgins

 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Lauren Higgins

 

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Lauren Higgins

 

National Institute of Mental Health

Lauren Higgins

 

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Anne Houser

 

National Institute of Nursing Research

Lenka Fedorkova

 

National Library of Medicine

Anne Houser

 

Office of Administration
Office of Management Assessment—GAO, OIG; NPRM

Gemma Flamberg

 

Office of AIDS Research

Rosalind Gray

 

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (includes Social Work Research)

Lenka Fedorkova

 

Office of Biotechnology Activities

Gemma Flamberg

 

Office of Budget

Anne Houser

 

Office of Communications and Public Liaison

Patricia Brandt

 

Office of Community Liaison

Patricia Brandt

 

Office of Disease Prevention
(includes Office of Dietary Supplements)

 Patricia Brandt

 

Office of Equal Opportunity

Rosalind Gray

 

Office of Extramural Research

Anne Houser

 

Office of Human Resource Management/
Legislation

Patricia Brandt

 

Office of Human Resource Management/
Personnel

Rosalind Gray

 

Office of Intramural Research

Gemma Flamberg

 

Office of Laboratory and Animal Research

Lenka Fedorkova

 

Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship

Patricia Brandt

 

Office of Rare Diseases

Patricia Brandt

 

Office of Research Services

Lauren Higgins

 

Office of Research on Women's Health

Anne Houser / Lenka Fedorkova

 

Office of Science Education

Gemma Flamberg

 

Office of Science Policy

Gemma Flamberg

 

Office of Technology Transfer

Gemma Flamberg / Lenka Fedorkova

 

A-76 (Competitive Sourcing)

Patricia Brandt

 

Academic Health Centers...See Insurance Coverage of Clinical Trials

Patricia Brandt

 

AIDS

Rosalind Gray

 

Animal Research

Lenka Fedorkova

 

Appropriations

Anne Houser

 

Autism

Lauren Higgins

 

Bioethics (and Policy):
cloning, fetal tissue; gene therapy, human embryo, informed consent, protection of human subjects, stem cells, NBAC; T-NBC

Gemma Flamberg

 

Biotech/Tech Transfer:
patents, drug development, drug pricing, intellectual property rights, CRADAs

Gemma Flamberg

 

Biodefense

Rosalind Gray

 

Chief Information Officer Procurement ( CIOSP)... See OA

 

 

Clinical Research/Clinical Trials

Patti Brandt

 

Clinical Trials/Insurance Coverage

Patti Brandt

 

Cloning... See Bioethics

 

 

Confidentiality... See Medical Records/Privacy

 

 

Congressional Visits/Tours

Anne Houser (Appropriations) and Rosalind Gray (Other)

 

Contracts... See OER

 

 

Dietary Supplements... See ODP

   

Environment (NIEHS) (Superfund)

Lauren Higgins

 

Federal Regulations, Family Impact

Lauren Higgins

 

Fetal Tissue...See Bioethics

 

 

Freedom of Information (FOIA)...See Medical Records/Privacy

 

 

Government Accounting Office (GAO)...See Office of Administration/Office of Management Assessment

 

 

Gene Therapy...See Bioethics

 

 

Genetic Discrimination

Anne Houser

 

Genetic Therapy (RAC)

Gemma Flamberg

 

Government Performance Review (GPRA)... See Office of Science Policy

 Gemma Flamberg

 

Graduate School , NIH...See OIR

 

 

Gulf War Syndrome

Lauren Higgins

 

Homeland Security

Rosalind Gray

 

Human Embryo Research...See Bioethics

   

Human Subjects Protection

Gemma Flamberg

 

ICCVAM

Lenka Fedorkova

 

Informed Consent...See Bioethics

 

 

Insurance Coverage of Clinical Trials (Effect on Academic Health Centers and Access to Clinical Trials)

Patricia Brandt

 

Legislative Implementation

Patricia Brandt

 

Legislative Proposals

Patricia Brandt

 

Medical Records/Privacy:
FOIA, Patient Confidentiality, Privacy Act, Genetics Privacy

Lauren Higgins

 

National Bioethics Advisory Committee (NBAC)...See Bioethics

 

 

National Science & Technology Council (NSTC)...See OSP

 

 

NIH Foundation...See OIR

 

 

Nutrition...See ODP

   

Oversight

Gemma Flamberg

 

Pain Research

Lenka Fedorkova

 

Patients' Bill of Rights

Patricia Brandt

 

 

 

 

Personnel/OEO...See Office of Equal Opportunity

 

 

Personnel/Employee General Issues...See Office of Human Resource Management/Legislation

 

 

Personnel/Individual Issues...See Office of Human Resource Management/Personnel

 

 

Policy and Bioethics....See Bioethics

 

 

Prevention...See ODP

 

 

Privacy...See Medical Records/Privacy

 

 

Protection of Human Subjects. ..See Human Subjects Protection

 

 

Radiation—Exposure

Lauren Higgins

 

Radiation—Humans... See Human Subjects Protection

 

 

Reauthorization/Revitalization

Patricia Brandt

 

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...See OER

 

 

Social Work Research... See Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

 

 

Stem Cell Research. ..See Bioethics

 

 

Treasury Postal/General Government Appropriations

 Patricia Brandt

 

Tobacco

Patricia Brandt

 

Traumatic Brain Injury

Anne Houser

 

Trust Funds

Patricia Brandt

 

Vaccine Research

Rosalind Gray

 

Violence, Youth/School...See Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

 

 

 

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