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Clinical Director

Kevin Camphausen, M.D. (Acting)

Building 10, Room B2-3675
10 CENTER DR
BETHESDA MD 20892

(301) 496-5457
camphauk@mail.nih.gov

Director, Division of Extramural Science Programs

Elizabeth Tarlov, Ph.D., RN

6700B Rockledge Drive
Suite #4622
Bethesda, MD 20817

(301) 594-5989
elizabeth.tarlov@nih.gov

Education:

PhD, Public Health, Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago
MS, Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner), Pace University
BA, American Studies, Middlebury College

Prior Positions:

Scientific Advisor, VA Information Resource Center, Hines, Illinois
Research Health Scientist, Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (formerly, Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care), Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois
Associate Director, VA Information Resource Center, Hines, Illinois
Associate Professor, Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago
Assistant Professor, Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago

Professional Accomplishments:

2010 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Special Contribution Award 1998 Chicago Hero in Healthcare
Best Practice Network 1995 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Alpha Beta Chapter 1994 Outstanding Achievement in Community Service
Nurse Practitioner Associates in Continuing Education

Associate Director of Administration

Barbara J. Sanford

31 Ceneter Drive, Room 5B13
Bethesda, MD 20892

barbara.sanford@nih.gov

Education:

Juris Doctor Hofstra University School of Law (2006)

Prior Positions:

Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security
White House Leadership Development Program Fellow, Cohort 7
Deputy Division Director, Governance and Enterprise Management Services Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Professional Accomplishments:

White House Leadership Development Program Fellow, Cohort 7
Senior Executive Service (2022)

Director

Stephen Sherry, Ph.D. (Acting)

8600 Rockville Pike
Bldg. 38A, Room 4N419

(301) 435-7799
stephen.sherry@nih.gov

Education:

PhD, Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Louisiana State University Medical Center

Prior Positions:

Director, NLM National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
NLM Associate Director for Scientific Data Resources

Professional Accomplishments:

Oversaw the development and deployment of advanced computational solutions aimed to meet life and health science information needs.
Facilitated open science and scholarship through a growing array of data, literature, and other information offerings and services available by NLM.
Played a central role in key innovations at NLM and across NIH, including the NIH Preprint Pilot, ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization effort, NIH Comparative Genomics Resource, and MEDLINE 2022 initiative, which resulted in 100% automated indexing of the biomedical literature available through NLM’s PubMed and PubMed Central (PMC).
Member, American Society of Human Genetics.

Deputy Director, Operations and Innovation

Michael F. Huerta, Ph.D. (Acting)

6701 Democracy Boulevard,
1 Dem Plaza/Room 202G
Bethesda, MD 20817

(301) 827-6451
mike.huerta@nih.gov

Education:

BA, PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University

Prior Positions:

Associate Director of NLM for Strategy; Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives, NLM
Associate Director of NIMH for Scientific Technology Research
Director of the NIH National Database for Autism Research
Assistant Professor of BioStructure & Function, University of Connecticut Health Center

Professional Accomplishments:

Led innovations in NIH open science to advance data management and sharing, as well as the use of standards such as common data elements, neuroimaging data formats, and neuroimaging pulse sequence protocols.
Led innovations in NIH interdisciplinary research and team science to make routine the ability to include multiple principal investigators on individual NIH grants and to enhance and expand the use of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Developed and led many large-scale trans-NIH research initiatives, including the NIH Human Connectome Project, the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, NIH’s Interdisciplinary Research Consortia Initiative, and the U.S. Human Brain Project, which included five federal agencies and was key in creating and establishing the field of neuroinformatics.

Scientific Director

Richard Scheuermann Ph.D.

8600 Rockville Pike
Bldg. 38A, Room 9S904

(301) 827-5351
richard.scheuermann@nih.gov

Education:

BS, Life Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD, Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Prior Positions:

Investigator, Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland
Professor of Pathology (with tenure), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Sabbatical, Bioinformatics, San Diego Supercomputing Center
Chief, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Director, Informatics and Campus Director, J. Craig Venter Institute
Adjunct Professor of Pathology, University of California, San Diego
Adjunct Professor for the Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Professional Accomplishments:

Developed novel computational data mining methods and knowledge representation approaches, including biomedical ontologies and novel methods for the analysis of gene expression, protein network and flow cytometry data, and novel comparative genomics methods.
Made computational methods available through several public database and analysis resources, including the Influenza Research Database (IRD), the Virus Pathogen Resource (ViPR), and the Immunology Database and Analysis Portal (ImmPort) supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health
Merged research interests in bioinformatics, computational biology, and artificial intelligence to understand the cellular complexity of the human brain and other complex organs in both health and disease.

Deputy Director, Policy and External Affairs, National Library of Medicine

Dina N. Paltoo, Ph.D., M.P.H. (Acting)

8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 38A
Bethesda, MD 20892

(301) 496-6661
dina.paltoo@nih.gov

Education:

BS, Microbiology, Howard University
PhD, Physiology and Biophysics, Howard University
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Alumna, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, NIH National Cancer Institute
Certificate in Public Leadership, Brookings Institution, Washington University at St. Louis

Prior Positions:

Assistant Director, Scientific Strategy and Innovation, Immediate Office of the Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Assistant Director, Policy Development, Office of the Director, National Library of Medicine
Director, Scientific Data Sharing Policy, Office of Science Policy, Office of the Director
Director, Genetics, Health and Society Program, Office of Science Policy, Office of the Director
Program Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Professional Accomplishments:

Co-led the launch of NIH’s flagship Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) initiative.
Supported COVID-19 research by playing a key role in the concept development and launch of the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL), and co-led policy and ethics efforts for COVID-19 resources and data.
Led NLM’s policy and legislative activities that promoted responsible stewardship and access to scientific and clinical data and information, and health information technology.
Co-Chaired the White House OSTP NSTC’s Interagency Working Group on Open Science, shaping government-wide activities in open science and data management and sharing, including Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research.
Led, developed, and implemented the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy, the NIH HeLa Genome Sequence Data Sharing and Access Policy, and the NIH Public Access Plan, as well as NIH’s activities to develop a new data management and sharing policy.

Associate Director for Administrative Management

Todd Danielson

Building 38, Room 2N11
8600 Rockville Pike, MSC 3817
Bethesda, MD 20894

(301) 496-6491
danielst@mail.nih.gov

Education:

M.S. in Business Administration,
Boston University Overseas Program, Heidelberg, German
B.A. in Social Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Professional Accomplishments:

Managed the establishment and expansion of NLM's Cooperative Acquisitions Center and oversees major enhancements to NLM facilities.
Prior to joining NLM, Danielson managed the National Cancer Institute's Administrative Resource Center, and served at the NIH as a Presidential Management Intern.

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National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Clinical Director

Kevin Camphausen, M.D. (Acting)

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National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Director, Division of Extramural Science Programs

Elizabeth Tarlov, Ph.D., RN

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National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Associate Director of Administration

Barbara J. Sanford

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National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Director

Stephen Sherry, Ph.D. (Acting)

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Deputy Director, Operations and Innovation

Michael F. Huerta, Ph.D. (Acting)

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Scientific Director

Richard Scheuermann Ph.D.

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National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Deputy Director, Policy and External Affairs, National Library of Medicine

Dina N. Paltoo, Ph.D., M.P.H. (Acting)

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Associate Director for Administrative Management

Todd Danielson

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