NCATS Staff Profiles

Translation is a team sport. Click on the names below to learn more about NCATS staff members and their work in support of the Center’s mission.

Development of additional staff profiles is ongoing. New profiles will be added as they are completed.

NCATS Director

• Christopher P. Austin, M.D.

• Debbi M. Adelakun • Sabine C. Alexander • Tyler F. Beck, Ph.D. • Samuel A. Bozzette, M.D., Ph.D. • Senetra L. Brown • Elaine Collier, M.D. • Christine M. Colvis, Ph.D. • Christine M. Cutillo, M.M.C.i. • Jean Dehdashti, M.Sc., RAC

• Sean J. Finnegan, M.Mus. • Brittany M. Gibbons, M.P.H. • Valery M. Gordon, Ph.D., M.P.H. • Christine M. Happel, Ph.D. • Passley R. Hargrove-Grimes, Ph.D. • Samantha G. Jonson, M.P.S. • Enrique S. Lagos, M.S. • Lucie A. Low, Ph.D. • Mahtab Moghiminia

• Bobbie Ann Mount, Ph.D. • Steven T. Pittenger, Ph.D. • Julianna E. Romaniuk • Dobrila D. Rudnicki, Ph.D. • Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D. • Karlie R. Sharma, Ph.D. • G. Sitta Sittampalam, Ph.D. • Danilo A. Tagle, Ph.D., M.S. • Jamie Zigterman, M.P.H.

• Jane C. Atkinson, D.D.S. • Olga Brazhnik, Ph.D. • Monica L. Carter-Donerson, M.B.A. • Soju Chang, M.D., M.P.H., FACPM • Pablo Cure, M.D., M.P.H. • Gallya Gannot, D.M.D., Ph.D. • Kenneth R. Gersing, M.D.

• Irene B. Glowinski, Ph.D. • Rashmi Gopal-Srivastava, M.Sc., Ph.D. • Rebecca Katz, M.F.A. • Michael G. Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D. • Jamie Mihoko Doyle, Ph.D. • Joan Davis Nagel, M.D., M.P.H. • Eugene Passamani, M.D.

• Mary Purucker, M.D., Ph.D. • Erica K. Rosemond, Ph.D. • Mercedes Rubio, Ph.D. • Clare K. Schmitt, Ph.D. • Bernard Talbot, M.D., Ph.D. • David Wilde, M.D., Ph.D. • Xinzhi Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., FACE, FRSM

• Mahesh Aitha, Ph.D. • Dammika Nandanie Amugoda, M.S. • William F. Borschel, Ph.D. • Raul Rolando Calvo, M.S. • Lu Chen, Ph.D. • Yu “Robin” Chen, Ph.D. • Tao Deng, Ph.D. • Dorjbal Dorjsuren, Ph.D. • Patricia K. Dranchak, Ph.D. • Andrés E. Dulcey, Ph.D. • Dipannita Dutta, Ph.D. • Damien Y. Duveau, Ph.D., M.Sc. • Marc Ferrer, Ph.D. • Stephanie L. Ford-Scheimer, Ph.D., M.P.H. • David L. Gerhold, Ph.D. • Matthew D. Hall, Ph.D. • Sharie J. Haugabook, Ph.D. • Mark J. Henderson, Ph.D. • Xin Hu, Ph.D. • Wenwei Huang, Ph.D. • Ruili Huang, Ph.D. • Michael J. Iannotti, Ph.D. • James Inglese, Ph.D. • Sankalp Jain, Ph.D. • Jian-kang (Jack) Jiang, Ph.D. • Vukasin Jovanovic, Ph.D.

• Olive J. Jung • Atena Farkhondeh Kalat, Ph.D. • Stephen C. Kales, Ph.D. • Surendra Karavadhi, Ph.D. • David Kim, Ph.D. • Ann R. Knebel, Ph.D., RN • Jennifer L. Kouznetsova, M.S. • Laurence B. Lamy, Ph.D. • Li Liu, M.S. • Donald C. Lo, Ph.D. • Richa M. Lomash, Ph.D. • Diane K. Luci, M.S. • R. Dwayne Lunsford, Ph.D. • Claire Malley, M.S. • Natalia J. Martinez, Ph.D. • Juan Jose Marugan, Ph.D. • Ewy A. Mathé, Ph.D. • Lauren McGee • Bryan T. Mott, Ph.D. • Elizabeth A. Ottinger, Ph.D. • Samarjit Patnaik, Ph.D. • Andre M. Pilon, Ph.D. • Ganesha Rai, Ph.D. • Sandeep Rana, Ph.D. • Matthew Rice, Ph.D. • Anna J. Rossoshek, M.S., M.B.A.

• Philip E. Sanderson, Ph.D. • Timothy Sheils • Min Shen, Ph.D. • Paul Shinn • Anton Simeonov, Ph.D. • Ilyas Singeç, M.D., Ph.D. • Noel T. Southall, Ph.D. • Hongmao Sun, Ph.D. • Wei Sun, Ph.D. • Daniel C. Talley, Ph.D. • Gregory J. Tawa, Ph.D. • Pramod S. Terse, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., D.A.B.V.T. • Craig J. Thomas, Ph.D. • Carlos A. Tristan, Ph.D. • Kanny Wan, Ph.D. • Yuhong Wang • Menghang Xia, Ph.D. • Xin Xu, Ph.D. • Shyh-Ming Yang, Ph.D. • Adam S. Yasgar, B.Sc. • Wenjuan Ye, M.B. • Gergely Zahoránszky-Kőhalmi, Ph.D. • Alexey V. Zakharov, Ph.D. • Wei Zheng, Ph.D. • Hu Zhu, Ph.D.

• Zoe-Ann I. Copeland • MarySheyla K. Alvarez • Megan E. Cowles • Angie Cruz-Albertorio, M.B.A. • Esther E. Duque

• Bekah E. Geiger, M.S.W. • Andrew D. Kelly, M.B.A. • Keith R. Lamirande, M.B.A. • Christopher S. Maurer

• Peggy A. McClelland • Randall J. Redmond • James J. Taylor, M.P.A. • LaKeshia D. Wood, M.P.A.

• Nichol M. Cleveland, M.Ed. • Stacia H. Fleisher, M.P.P.

• Barbara J. Nelson, Ph.D.

• Matthew T. Zeback

• Lameese D. Akacem, Ph.D. • Steven I. Benowitz, M.A. • Sarah B. Berson, J.D. • Penny W. Burgoon, Ph.D. • Emily Carlson Marti, M.A. • Jessica M. Faupel-Badger, Ph.D., M.P.H.

• Bobbi Gardner • Brittany M. Haynes, Ph.D. • Marcus G. Hodges, Ph.D. • Shadab F. Hussain, Ph.D. • Sylvia L. Parsons • Prachi K. Patel

• Terrence E. Rudd, Jr., M.A. • Robert J. Schneider, Jr. • Stephen G. Seidel • Meredith D. Temple-O’Connor, Ph.D. • Amanda L. Vogel, Ph.D., M.P.H.

• Philip John (P.J.) Brooks, Ph.D. • Alice Chen Grady, M.D. • Tierra E. Clarke

• James E. Dickens • Anne R. Pariser, M.D. • Deanna I. Portero

• Meera A. Shah, M.P.H. • Eric Wk Sid, M.D., M.H.A. • Tiina K. Urv, Ph.D.

• Mayra A. Alvarez Lopez, M.S. • Laura L. Bailey Joell • Krishna “Balki” Balakrishnan, Ph.D., M.B.A.

• Christopher J. Dillon, M.S., M.B.A. • Rebecca A. Erwin-Cohen, Ph.D. • Ami D. Gadhia, J.D., LL.M., C.L.P.

• Lili M. Portilla, M.P.A. • Sury Vepa, Ph.D., J.D.