Executive Lookbook

• Ph.D., University of Buffalo
• D.D.S, Columbia University

• Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).
• Director, Center for Oral Biology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Rochester.
• Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester.

• Conducts research focused on mucin-glycoproteins (mucins), a group of molecules that protect all mucosal surfaces of the body.
• Extensively published on the structure, biosynthesis, and function of salivary mucins and the pathogenesis of salivary gland disease and dysfunction.
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
• Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
• Member, International/American Association for Dental Research and Society for Glycobiology.

• PhD, University of South Florida
• BS, Florida State University

• Chief, Strategic Planning and Evaluation Branch, OD, NIAID
• Senior Advisor to the Principal Deputy Director, NIH
• Interim Associate Program Director, ECHO Program, OD, NIH
• Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy Director, NIH
• Health Science Policy Analyst, Office of Pain Policy, NINDS
• AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, NINR
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University

• NIH Director's Awards
• NIH Office of the Director Honor Awards
• NIAID Merit Awards
• NIH Individual NRSA
• America Heart Association Fellowship
• American Cancer Society Fellowship

• M.D., Cornell University Medical College
• Ph.D., Rockefeller University
• B.S., Yale University

• Carol Ann Craumer Professor of Pediatric Research and Chief of the Division of Child Neurology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Associate Dean for Medical Student Research, University of Pittsburgh
• William H. Eilinger Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester
• NINDS Deputy Director (2018-2022) 
• NINDS Acting Scientific Director (2021-2022)

• Designed and implemented one of the first computer-gated, problem-based curricular elements at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
• Designed and implemented the Scholarly Project Initiative, requiring research and scholarship from every medical student at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
• Continuously NIH-funded for research and training efforts for 27 years.
• Primarily responsible for the development of Golisano Children’s Hospital and the Levine Autism Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
• Designed and implemented “pipeline” (student to trainee to faculty) research and scholarship training and mentoring programs at University of Pittsburgh and University of Rochester Medical Centers.

• MD Albany Medical College magna cum laude, 
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Director, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NHLBI.
• Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.

• Board-certified cardiologist.
• Research group discovered link between heart rate recovery after exercise and mortality.
• Winner of Arthur Flemming Award and NIH EEO Employee of the Year Award.

• Ph.D.   from University of North Texas, Denton Texas
• M.S.  from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
• B.S. from Sounthern Methodist University, Dallas Texas

• Director of Innovation, FasterCures, Milken Institute Washington D.C., April 2022 – June 2022.
• Senior Scientific Advisor Immediate Office of the Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, June 2021 – April 2022.
• Special Assistant for Scientific Projects, Immediate Office of the Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, August 2016 – June 2021.
• Acting NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research and Acting Director, Office of AIDS Research, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, July 2015 – July 2016.
• Senior Health Science Policy Advisor, Immediate Office of the Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, December 2014 – July 2015, July 2016- August 2016.
• Director, Office of Research and Science, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Department of State, January 2014 – December 2014.
• Director of Scientific and Program Operations, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, February 2006 - January 2014.
• Health Scientist Administrator and Chair, Therapeutics Coordinating Committee, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, June 2001 - January 2014.
• Associate Director for Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, August 2000 - June 2001.
• Health Scientist Administrator and Chair, Therapeutics Coordinating Committee, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, (Formerly -- Head, Science Policy and Analysis Section), December 1990 - August 2000.
• Program Director of DNA Virus Studies I, Biological Carcinogenesis Branch, Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, August 1990 - December 1990.
• Program Virologist in the Treatment Research Program, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, April 1989 - August 1990.
• Research Scientist/Project Manager, Quidel Inc., Research and Development Department, La Jolla, California, January 1987 - March 1989.
• Research Scientist and Manager, Research and Development Department, Immucor Inc., Norcross, Georgia, February 1984 - December 1986.
• Senior Staff Fellow, Division of Blood and Blood Products, Office of Biologics, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Review, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, October 1981 - January 1984.
• Inter-governmental Personnel Act (IPA) appointment in the Division of Blood and Blood Products, Office of Biologics, Center for Drugs and Biologics, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland. Joint Staff appointment with the University of Tennessee, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 1980 - October 1981.
• NCI Viral Carcinogenesis Traineeship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 1978-80. 

• Numerous NIH Director's Award
• NIH Special Act Awards
• NIAID Merit Awards
• NIH Performance Awards (1989-2022)
• Publication in peer reviewed journals of 75 scientific articles, commentaries, and perspective 2 patents 

• Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, University of Tennessee

• Director of the Office of Research Services
• Assistant director, Office of Intramural Research
• Acting director, Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship
• Director, NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program in the Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship
• Investigator in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology

• HR Certification
• Project Management Certification

• Director, HHS HR Solutions
• Acting Deputy Director, NIH Office of Human Resources

• Led multi-million dollar agency-level HR systems portfolios and the implementation of multiple HR systems including PeopleSoft HR.

• M.D., University of Pennsylvania
• B.S., Bryn Mawr College

• Previously served as the Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Geriatric Medicine and professor and chairman of the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
• Held an appointment as associate chief of staff for geriatrics and extended care at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
• Served as chairman of the board of directors of the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs and president of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

BA, University of Richmond

PhD, University of Maryland College Park

Senior Advisor Immediate Office of the Director, NIH

Chief of Staff NIMHD

NIH Director's Awards

American Association for the Advancement of Science Policy Fellowship

• B.S., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

• M.S., United States Army War College

• M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine

• Executive Director of Johns Hopkins Military & Veterans Institute in Baltimore

• M.P.A., University of Alaska

• B.A., Alaska Pacific University

• Senior Program Director, General Dynamics Health Solutions
• Assistant Deputy Director, Research and Development
• Chief Operating Officer, Naval Medical Research and Development Command
• Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan
• Chief Operating Officer, Naval Hospital Camp Lejuene, NC

• B.A. Barnard College, NY, M.D.
• Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD, M.P.H.
• Harvard School of Public Health, MA

• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Harvard Medical School,
• Staff Clinician and Senior Research Physician - Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Accomplished clinical investigator in the field of long term health consequences of HIV

• M.P.A., University of Alaska

• B.A., Alaska Pacific University

• Senior Program Director, General Dynamics Health Solutions
• Assistant Deputy Director, Research and Development
• Chief Operating Officer, Naval Medical Research and Development Command
• Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan
• Chief Operating Officer, Naval Hospital Camp Lejuene, NC

• Education- B.A. Dartmouth College 
• M.D. UCLA School of Medicine 
• MPH, University of Washington School of Medicine

Associate Professor University of Washington School of Medicine

• Accomplished Clinical Investigator in the fields of Brain Injury 
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Health Services Research 
• Elected to the National Academy of Medicine 2007.

• BBA, Howard University 2007; MS, Georgetown University 2009

• Deputy Executive Officer (NIH CC)
• National Administrative Director (Dept VA) 
• Supervisory Health Systems Specialist (DVA)

• NIH SLP Graduate 
• Master's Certificate, Project Management (George Washington University)
• Master's Certificate, DEIA (Cornell University)