DER Program Staff

Mark Guyer, Ph.D., Director
Bettie Graham, Ph.D., Associate Director
Jane Peterson, Ph.D., Associate Director

Extramural Programs Branch

The Division of Extramural Research
5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9305
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-9305
Phone: (301) 496-7531
Fax: (301) 480-2770

FedEx/UPS/Courier Delivery should use: Rockville, MD 20852

DER Program Directors

• Ajay Pillai, Ph.D. , Cheminformatics; Interface of Computational Chemistry and Computational Biology; Molecular Libraries; Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS)
• Vivien Bonazzi, Ph.D. , Computational Biology; Bioinformatics, Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science; Knock-out Mouse Project
• Lisa Brooks, Ph.D. , Genetic Variation, 1000 Genomes Project, HapMap Project, Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science
• Elise Feingold, Ph.D., ENCODE Project; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science; Functional Genomics
• Adam Felsenfeld, Ph.D., Comparative Sequencing & Analysis; Medical Sequencing; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science; Proteomics
• Colin Fletcher, Ph.D., Knock-out Mouse Project; Knock-out Mouse Phenotyping Project
• Tina Gatlin, Ph.D., Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS); Protein Capture
• Peter Good, Ph.D. , ENCODE Project; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science; Computational Biology; The Cancer Genome Atlas
• Bettie Graham, Ph.D. , Functional Genomics; Training; Minority Action Program
• Lucia Hindorff, Ph.D., M.P.H., Population Genomics
• Rongling Li, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Population Genomics
• Carson Loomis, Ph.D., Molecular Libraries
• Teri Manolio, M.D., Ph.D. , Director, Office of Population Genomics, Senior Advisor to the Director for Population Genomics
• Jean McEwen, J.D., Ph.D. , Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program; Human Microbiome Project (HMP); 1000 Genomes Project
• Enrique Michelotti, Ph.D., Molecular Libraries
• Mark Moore, Ph.D., (Contractor), Knock-out Mouse Project; Knock-out Mouse Phenotyping Project
• Vivian Ota Wang, Ph.D. , Data Access Committees
• Brad Ozenberger, Ph.D., The Cancer Genome Atlas; Medical Sequencing; Technology Development
• Michael Pazin, Ph.D., ENCODE Project; modENCODE Project; Functional Genomics
• Jane Peterson, Ph.D., Comparative Sequencing; Human Microbiome Project; Knock-out Mouse Project; The Cancer Genome Atlas; Knock-out Mouse Phenotyping Project
• Lita Proctor, Ph.D., Human Microbiome Project
• Erin Ramos, Ph.D., M.P.H., Population Genomics
• Jeff Schloss, Ph.D. , Technology Development; Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science
• Heidi Sofia, Ph.D. , Computational Biology, The Cancer Genome Atlas, Medical Sequencing
• Jeff Struewing, M.D., M.S. , Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Resource
• Simona Volpi, Ph.D. , Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Resource
• Lu Wang, Ph.D., Human Microbiome Project; Large-Scale Sequencing Program
• Anastasia Wise, Ph.D. , GENEVA, Office of Population Genomics

DER Senior Program Analysts

• Joy Boyer, Ethical Legal and Social Implications Research Program; Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Resource; Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE)

DER Health Science Analysts

• Heather Junkins, M.S., Office of Population Genomics

DER Scientific Program Analysts

• Jessica Barry, (Contractor), LINCS
• Shaila Chhibba, (Contractor), Human Microbiome Project, ENCODE Project
• Deborah Colantuoni, (Contractor), GTeX; Large-Scale Sequencing Program
• Lindsey Lund, (Contractor), The Cancer Genome Atlas Program, Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research
• Chengetai Mahomva, (Contractor), H3Africa Project
• Terryn Marette, (Contractor), Protein Capture; Large-Scale Sequencing Program
• Ian Marpuri, (Contractor), Population Genomics
• Glenn McFadden, (Contractor), Molecular Libraries
• Tamar Roomian, (Contractor), Data Access Committees
• Kathie Sun, (Contractor), Population Genomics
• Yekaterina (Katya) Vaydylevich, (Contractor), 1000 Genomes; Large-Scale Sequencing Program
• Chris Wellington, Human Microbiome Project; Bioinformatics

Committee Management

• Mary Nuss, NIAID, Committee Management Liaison

Administration

• Priscilla Crockett, Administrative Officer
• Raymond Messick, Administrative Officer
• Ebony Mitchell, Administrative Program Analyst, DER
• Comfort Browne, (Contractor), Executive Assistant to Director, DER

DER Scientific Management Analyst

• Zivile Goldner, M.A, M.P.H., (Contractor), DER Scientific Management Analyst

Extramural Support

• Mela Asefa (Contractor), Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Grants)
• Shontelle Bolden (Contractor), Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Program)
• Patricia Brown, Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Program)
• Edith Dehaut-Combs, Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Review)
• Mia Diggs, Program Assistant (Contractor, Program)
• Miya McKeython, Extramural Support Assistant (DEAS, Program)
• Carolyn Taylor, Supervisor (DEAS)

Scientific Review Branch

The Division of Extramural Research
5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9306
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-9306
Phone: (301) 402-0838
Fax: (301) 435-1580

FedEx/UPS/Courier Delivery should use: Rockville, MD 20852

• Ken Nakamura, Ph.D., Co-Director, Scientific Review Officer
• Rudy Pozzatti, Ph.D., Co-Director, Scientific Review Officer
• Keith McKenney, Ph.D,, Scientific Review Officer
• Camilla Day, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer for CIDR
• Marcia Morris (Contractor), Program Assistant

Grants Administration Branch

The Division of Extramural Research
5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9306
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-9306
Phone: (301) 402-0733
Fax: (301) 402-1951

FedEx/UPS/Courier Delivery should use: Rockville, MD 20852

• Cheryl Chick, Chief
• Monika Christman, Lead Grants Management Specialist
• Diane Patterson, Grants Management Specialist
• Victoria Bishton, Grants Management Specialist
• Susan Toy, Grants Management Specialist
• Zephaun Harvey, Grants Management Specialist
• Chris Darby, Grants Management Specialist
• Lisa Oken, Grants Management Specialist

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Last Updated: September 12, 2012