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.
IC/OFFICE/ISSUE |
Primary |
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Clinical Center |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Center for Information Technology |
Lenka Fedorkova |
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Center for Scientific Review |
Patricia Brandt |
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Fogarty International Center |
Patricia Brandt |
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National Cancer Institute |
Patricia Brandt |
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
Anne Houser |
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National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Center for Research Resources |
Lenka Fedorkova |
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National Eye Institute |
Patricia Brandt |
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Anne Houser |
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National Human Genome Research Institute |
Anne Houser |
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National Institute on Aging |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
Rosalind Gray |
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases |
Patricia Brandt |
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National Institute of Biomedical, Imaging and Bioengineering |
Anne Houser |
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
Gemma Flamberg |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders |
Anne Houser |
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National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
Lenka Fedorkova |
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Institute of Mental Health |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
Anne Houser |
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National Institute of Nursing Research |
Lenka Fedorkova |
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National Library of Medicine |
Anne Houser |
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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 |
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Office of Budget |
Anne Houser |
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Office of Communications and Public Liaison |
Patricia Brandt |
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Office of Community Liaison |
Patricia Brandt |
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Office of Disease Prevention
(includes Office of Dietary Supplements) |
Patricia Brandt |
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Office of Equal Opportunity |
Rosalind Gray |
|
Office of Extramural Research |
Anne Houser |
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Office of Human Resource Management/
Legislation |
Patricia Brandt |
|
Office of Human Resource Management/
Personnel |
Rosalind Gray |
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Office of Intramural Research |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Office of Laboratory and Animal Research |
Lenka Fedorkova |
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Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship |
Patricia Brandt |
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Office of Rare Diseases |
Patricia Brandt |
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Office of Research Services |
Lauren Higgins |
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Office of Research on Women's Health |
Anne Houser / Lenka Fedorkova |
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Office of Science Education |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Office of Science Policy |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Office of Technology Transfer |
Gemma Flamberg / Lenka Fedorkova |
|
A-76 (Competitive Sourcing) |
Patricia Brandt |
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Academic Health Centers...See Insurance Coverage of Clinical Trials |
Patricia Brandt |
|
AIDS |
Rosalind Gray |
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Animal Research |
Lenka Fedorkova |
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Appropriations |
Anne Houser |
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Autism |
Lauren Higgins |
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Bioethics (and Policy):
cloning, fetal tissue; gene therapy, human embryo, informed consent, protection of human subjects, stem cells, NBAC; T-NBC |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Biotech/Tech Transfer:
patents, drug development, drug pricing, intellectual property rights, CRADAs |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Biodefense |
Rosalind Gray |
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Chief Information Officer Procurement ( CIOSP)... See OA |
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Clinical Research/Clinical Trials |
Patti Brandt |
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Clinical Trials/Insurance Coverage |
Patti Brandt |
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Cloning... See Bioethics |
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Confidentiality... See Medical Records/Privacy |
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Congressional Visits/Tours |
Anne Houser (Appropriations) and Rosalind Gray (Other) |
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Contracts... See OER |
|
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Dietary Supplements... See ODP |
|
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Environment (NIEHS) (Superfund) |
Lauren Higgins |
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Federal Regulations, Family Impact |
Lauren Higgins |
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Fetal Tissue...See Bioethics |
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Freedom of Information (FOIA)...See Medical Records/Privacy |
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Government Accounting Office (GAO)...See Office of Administration/Office of Management Assessment |
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Gene Therapy...See Bioethics |
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Genetic Discrimination |
Anne Houser |
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Genetic Therapy (RAC) |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Government Performance Review (GPRA)... See Office of Science Policy |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Graduate School , NIH...See OIR |
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Gulf War Syndrome |
Lauren Higgins |
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Homeland Security |
Rosalind Gray |
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Human Embryo Research...See Bioethics |
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Human Subjects Protection |
Gemma Flamberg |
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ICCVAM |
Lenka Fedorkova |
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Informed Consent...See Bioethics |
|
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Insurance Coverage of Clinical Trials (Effect on Academic Health Centers and Access to Clinical Trials) |
Patricia Brandt |
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Legislative Implementation |
Patricia Brandt |
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Legislative Proposals |
Patricia Brandt |
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Medical Records/Privacy:
FOIA, Patient Confidentiality, Privacy Act, Genetics Privacy |
Lauren Higgins |
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National Bioethics Advisory Committee (NBAC)...See Bioethics |
|
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National Science & Technology Council (NSTC)...See OSP |
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NIH Foundation...See OIR |
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Nutrition...See ODP |
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Oversight |
Gemma Flamberg |
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Pain Research |
Lenka Fedorkova |
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Patients' Bill of Rights |
Patricia Brandt |
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Personnel/OEO...See Office of Equal Opportunity |
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Personnel/Employee General Issues...See Office of Human Resource Management/Legislation |
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Personnel/Individual Issues...See Office of Human Resource Management/Personnel |
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Policy and Bioethics....See Bioethics |
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Prevention...See ODP |
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Privacy...See Medical Records/Privacy |
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Protection of Human Subjects. ..See Human Subjects Protection |
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Radiation—Exposure |
Lauren Higgins |
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Radiation—Humans... See Human Subjects Protection |
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Reauthorization/Revitalization |
Patricia Brandt |
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...See OER |
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Social Work Research... See Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research |
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Stem Cell Research. ..See Bioethics |
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Treasury Postal/General Government Appropriations |
Patricia Brandt |
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Tobacco |
Patricia Brandt |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
Anne Houser |
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Trust Funds |
Patricia Brandt |
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Vaccine Research |
Rosalind Gray |
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Violence, Youth/School...See Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research |
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