Dr. Judith Podskalny
DDDN
NUTRINL SCIENCES BRANCH
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 2DEM, Room 667
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20892-5450
Tel: 301-594-8876
Fax: 301-480-8300
Email: podskalnyj@mail.nih.gov
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Current Position:
Director, Career Development, Research Fellowship, and Digestive Disease Centers Programs
Concurrent Positions:
Director, Trans-NIDDKShort-term Training for Medical Students (T35) and Medical Student Research Training (MSRT) Programs
Current Portfolio/Responsibilities:
Manages DDDN’s portfolio of individual fellowships (F32) and Career Development
Awards (K01, K08, K23, K24, K25, K18, K99) in all areas of research supported by the
Division. Serves as program director for the Division’s R03 for K-awardees portfolio
and for education grants (R25). Also manages the minority supplemental slot program
for training grants within the Division and the Digestive Disease Centers (P30 and R24)
program. Serves as trans-DK program director for short-term training of medical
students (T35 portfolio) and for the Medical Student Research Training (MSRT)
program. Organizes, in conjunction with DEM’s training program director (TPD), a
“New Investigators’ Workshop” every 18 months for funded NIDDK K awardees to
attend once during the period of their K-award. Provides outreach by accepting
invitations to serve as faculty/speaker for relevant career development or funding
opportunity workshops (AGA, NASPGHAN, AASLD, etc.). As NIDDK’s “senior”
TPD, is responsible for maintaining training and career development pages of the
NIDDK website and for updating NIDDK’s training brochure.
Previous Training and Experience:
Ph.D. Genetics. George Washington University (1981)
Research Technician, Pediatric Metabolism Branch, NIDDK (1972-1974)
Biologist, Diabetes Branch, NIDDK (1974 – 1986)
Scientific Review Administrator, NIDDK Review Branch (1986 – 1991)
Program Director, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, NIDDK (1991–
present)
Committees/ Working Groups:
NIH Training Advisory Committee (TAC) (NIDDK representative)
NIH K-award 424 Transition working group
NIDDK Network of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) Executive Committee
(also Planning Committee and Oversight Committee for NMRI)
NIDDK Training Program Directors committee
NIDDK Evaluation Working Group (current Chair)
NIDDK Transition Process Committee
NIDDK Web Content sub-Committee
NIH Liaison to NASPGHAN Training Committee
Page last updated: April 19, 2010