• M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine 
• M.P.H., Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 
• M.S., Emory University Laney Graduate School

• Board-certified otolaryngologist who joined NIDCD from Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, where he was associate professor of otolaryngology and associate vice-chair of research.
• Oversees NIDCD clinical research program and otolaryngology service; provides clinical and research training opportunities.
• Initiating innovative clinical trials related to hearing, smell, and other communication disorders. 

• D.P.A., University of Baltimore 
• M.P.A., University of Delaware 
• B.A., Washington College

• Served as Deputy Executive Officer, NINDS 
• Served as Lead Management and Program Analyst in the NIH Office of the Director, supporting the NIH Deputy Director for Management (DDM) 
• Served as Administrative Officer in various Institutes and Centers including NCATS, NCI and CC

• Appointed to the Senior Executive Service (SES) in May 2024 
• Federal Acquisition Certification, Contracting Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR) Level II 
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Change Practitioner (Prosci) 
• Recipient of multiple awards including the NIH Director’s Award, OD Honor Award and NEI Director’s Award 
• Graduate of NIH Senior Leadership Program

• Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• M.S., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• D.D.S., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Dental Branch

• 2020-2013, University of Utah.
• 2013-2006, Texas A&M Health Science Center - Baylor College of Dentistry.
• 2006-1979, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dental Branch.

• Dr. D’Souza served in the position of Associate Vice Provost for Research for the University of Utah and as the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Education for the Health Sciences.  She held the Ole and Marty Jensen endowed chair in the School of Dentistry where she served as inaugural dean.
• She is a past president of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).
• She has authored over 150 publications and book chapters in the areas of craniofacial development, matrix biology and tissue regeneration for over 30 years.
• Dr. D’Souza is a Fellow of AAAS and also of AADR. 
• Dr. D’Souza received the Presidential Award for Research Excellence from the Texas A&M Health Science Center in 2010.
• She was inducted into the German National Academy of Sciences in 2012.
• She was recognized as the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine’s Birnberg Research Medal in 2016.
• Dr. D’Souza received the Irwin D. Mandel Distinguished National Mentoring Award in 2017.

• PhD in microbiology/immunology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1998
• DDS from SUNY Buffalo in 1992
• BA in biology and interdisciplinary social science from SUNY Buffalo in 1988.

• Tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina (UNC) schools of dentistry and medicine for more than two decades.
• Chair/vice chair of the Oral HIV/AIDS Research Alliance.
• Research director at the National Dental Association Foundation 
• Director of postdoctoral CTSA training
• American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research
• International Association for Dental Research

• Led research into a potential etiologic agent for salivary gland disease in patients living with HIV.
• Assessed the oral microbiome and its implications for cancer-causing viruses.
• Studied the impact of the oral microbiome and oral health on HIV outcomes.

• 1973, B.Sc. (Biology), Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, India 
• 1975 M.Sc. (Biochemistry), Lucknow University, Lucknow, India 
• 1980 Ph.D. (Biochemistry), Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai, India.

• Senior Investigator, Secretory Physiology Section 

• D.D.S., M.D.
• FACS

• Dr. Lee is a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon and joined NIDCR from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she was professor of clinical oral and maxillofacial surgery and departmental vice chair at the UCSF School of Dentistry.
• She earned a DDS and an MS from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry and an MD from Harvard Medical School.
• Dr. Lee completed a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University and a two-year research fellowship in NIDCR’s Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch.

• MBA University of Maryland 2003

• Chief Grants Management Officer, NIDCR

• White House Fellow 2022-2023

• Sc.B, M.M.Sc , M.D., Brown University
• M.B.A., The Carey School of Business, Johns Hopkins University

• Dr. Rodgers is widely recognized for his contributions to the development of the first effective, and now FDA-approved, therapy for sickle cell anemia. Recently, he and his collaborators have reported on a modified blood stem-cell transplant regimen that is highly effective in reversing sickle cell disease in adults.
• In recognition of his research on sickle cell disease, Dr. Rodgers recently was honored as a finalist in the 2015 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (the “Sammies”). This prestigious award is presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in the federal civil service.
• Dr. Rodgers has been elected to a number of prestigious societies, including the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Dr. Rodgers has published over 200 original research articles, reviews, and book chapters, and has edited four books and monographs.

• M.D., Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago

• B.S., Loyola University of Chicago

• Dr. Germino was elected to the Association of American Physicians and The American Society for Clinical Investigation.
• Authored over 100 peer reviewed research articles and more than a dozen book chapters.
• Received numerous awards including an NIH merit Award and the Lillian Kaplan International Prize for Outstanding PKD Contributions.

• Ph.D University of Colorado, Boulder
  
• B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder

• Conducted seminal studies in muscle cell fate determination and cellular plasticity
• Authored more than 70 research and review articles as well as numerous book chapters.

M.D. Saba University

M.H.Sc. Duke University

B.A. Seton Hall University

Deputy Clinical Director, NIDDK

Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, NIDDK

Director Hepatology Fellowship Program, NIDDK

Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)

Author of >100 articles and book chapters and on the editorial board of several GI and Hepatology journals

Recipient of NCI and NIDDK Director's Awards and the NIDDK Nancy Nossal Scientific Membership Award

• M.S.W., University of Maryland
• B.A., University of Maryland

• Served as the Executive Officer for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, where she partnered with the Director to build the entire research enterprise from the ground up. 
• Served as the Administrative Resource Center (ARC) Manager for one of the National Cancer Institute’s largest ARCs, where she was responsible for the leadership and oversight of more than 700 program staff within the Division of Clinical Sciences

• Appointed to the Senior Executive Service (SES) in January of 2012.
• Co-chaired the President’s Management Agenda (PMA) cross-agency priority subgoal workgroup, Improving Employee Performance Management & Engagement
• Co-chair of the PMA’s Strengthening and Empowering the Federal Workforce Work Group, and the related Employee Engagement Community of Practice.
• Certified Emotional Intelligence EQ2.0 and EQ360 Practitioner, Georgetown University certified Executive Leadership Coach, Key Polarity Indicator Practitioner.
• Honored recipient of multiple NIH Director’s Awards, the NIH Quality of Work Life Award, the Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award, the 2023 Distinguished Presidential Rank award and 2016 Meritorious Presidential Rank award. 

• Dr. Volkow earned her medical degree from the National University of Mexico, where she received the Robins award for best medical student of her generation. Her psychiatric residency was at New York University, where she earned the Laughlin Fellowship Award as one of the 10 Outstanding Psychiatric Residents in the USA.

• Dr. Volkow has received multiple awards including membership in the National Academy of Medicine, the International Prize for Science from the French Institute of Health and Medical Research.
• She was named one of Time magazine’s “Top 100 People Who Shape Our World,” “One of the 20 People to Watch” by Newsweek magazine, and “Innovator of the Year” by U.S. News & World Report.

• M.D., Washington University School of Medicine M.P.E, Washington University School of Medicine

• B.A., Amherst College

• For NIDA, supervised development of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. This ongoing project, jointly sponsored by NIDA and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is a large scale longitudinal population study with 45,971 study subjects and uses both surveys and biological assessments of tobacco exposures, risk factors and health outcomes.
• Served as a member of the Revision Task Force for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). Awarded several prominent awards and distinctions, including the Senior Scholar Health Services Research Award from the American Psychiatric Association, the Paul Hoch Award from the American Psychopathological Association, the Leveraging Collaboration Award from the Food and Drug Administration, and the Health and Human Services Secretary’s Awards for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service.
• Member of Alpha Omega Alpha medical education honor society, and fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychopathological Association and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

• B.S. - Chemistry, Mary Washington College
• Ph. D. - Medicinal Chemistry, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University

• 2018 to present - Acting Scientific Director
• 2011 to October 2018 - Deputy Scientific Director (NIH), NIDA, IRP
• 2011 to present - Chief, Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch Chief, Medicinal Chemistry Section, NIDA, IRP
• 2011 to present - Director, NIDA-IRP Medication Development Program, NIDA, IRP
• 2008 to 2009 - Associate Director for Translational Research, NIDA, IRP
• 1994 to 1999 - Investigator, NIH-tenure track   Psychobiology Section  Preclinical Pharmacology Laboratory , NIDA, IRP
• 1991 to 1994 - Senior Staff Fellow   Psychobiology Section   Preclinical Pharmacology Laboratory, NIDA, IRP
• 1988 to 1990 - Research Chemist, Department of Applied Biochemistry , Division of Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington D. C.
• 1985 to 1988 - NIH Post-doctoral Fellow, National Research Service Award Fellow from Oct. 1986, Section on Drug Design and Synthesis, Laboratory of Chemistry, National Institute on Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
• 1980 to 1984 - Graduate Teaching Assistant - Lecturer  in Medicinal Chemistry (Nurse Anesthesia, graduate level), Quantitative Drug Analysis Laboratory - Coordinator and instructor, Organic, Chemistry Laboratory, Tutor in Medicinal and Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Medical College of  Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

• Recipient of the NIDA Director’s Innovation Award, Marian W. Fischman Lectureship Award, NIDA-IRP Diversity Mentoring Award for Faculty
• Multiple recipient of the NIDA Director’s Award of Merit
• 1st recipient of the NIDA Scientific Director’s Innovators Partnership Program Award
• 1st recipient of the NIDA/NIH Women Scientist Achievement Award
• NIDA Director’s Award for EEO, Diversity and Quality of Worklife
• Elected member of the Winter Conference on Brain Research Board of Directors & American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
• Dr. Newman was recently honored as a “Remarkable Woman in Medicinal Chemistry.”  She was the first woman to receive the Philip Portoghese Lectureship Award, awarded by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society. She has also recently received a NIDA Director’s Innovation Award, the Marian W. Fischman Lectureship Award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, the NIDA-IRP Diversity Mentoring Award for Faculty and was the 1st recipient of the NIDA Scientific Director’s Innovators Partnership Program Award.