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High-Risk Research

Implementation Group Members

Chairs

  • Jeremy M. Berg, Ph.D.
    Director
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences
    National Institutes of Health
    45 Center Drive, 2AN.12G
    Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
  • Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
    Director
    National Institute on Drug Abuse
    National Institutes of Health
    6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5274, MSC 9581
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9581

Principal Leader

  • Judith Greenberg, Ph.D.
    Director
    Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences
    National Institutes of Health
    45 Center Drive, Room 2AS.25N
    Bethesda, MD 20892-6200

Institute/Center/Office Liaisons

  • David Armstrong, Ph.D.
    Chief, Brain Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience IRG
    Center for Scientific Review
    National Institutes of Health
    6701 Rockledge Drive
    Bethesda, MD 20892

    Aaron Blair, Ph.D.
    Chief, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch
    National Cancer Institute
    National Institutes of Health
    6120 Executive Blvd, Room 8118
    Rockville, MD 20852-7240
  • Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D.
    Acting Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
    National Institutes of Health
    1 Center Drive, Room 256
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Milton Corn, M.D.
    Director
    Division of Extramural Program
    National Library of Medicine
    National Institutes of Health
    6705 Rockledge Drive Suite 301
    Bethesda, MD 20892-7968
  • Linda W. Engel, M.S.
    Special Assistant to the Director, for Program Development
    National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    National Institutes of Health
    Building 31, Room 2B11
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Bettie J. Graham, Ph.D.
    Associate Director
    Division of Extramural Research
    National Human Genome Research Institute
    National Institutes of Health
    Building 31, Room B2B07
    Bethesda, MD 20892-6050
  • Karen Huss, D.N.Sc., R.N., F.A.A.N., F.A.A.A.A.I.
    Program Director
    Division of Extramural Activities
    National Institute of Nursing Research
    National Institutes of Health
    6701 Democracy Boulevard, Room 710
    One Democracy Plaza
    Bethesda, MD 20892-4870
  • Craig Jordan, Ph.D.
    Director
    Division of Extramural Activities
    National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
    National Institutes of Health
    Executive Plaza South, Room 400C
    6120 Executive Boulevard
    Bethesda, MD 20892-7180
  • Lynn Mertens King, Ph.D.
    Scientific Review Administrator
    Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
    National Institutes of Health
    45 Center Drive, Rm. 4AN.32F
    Bethesda, MD 20892-6402
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D.
    Senior Advisor to the Director
    National Institutes of Health
    Building 1, Room 158
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D.
    Program Director, Technology Development
    National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
    National Institutes of Health
    Neuroscience Center, Room 2229
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Ellen S. Leiberman, Ph.D.
    Division of Extramural Research
    National Eye Institute
    Executive Plaza South, Room 350
    Bethesda, MD 20892-7164
  • Teresa Levitin, Ph.D.
    Director, Office of Extramural Affairs
    National Institute on Drug Abuse
    National Institutes of Health
    6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 3158
    Bethesda, MD 20892-8012
  • Catherine McKeon, Ph.D.
    Senior Advisor for Genetic Research
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
    National Institutes of Health
    6707 Democracy Blvd. MSC 5460
    Room 6103
    Bethesda, MD 20892-5460
  • Gregory Milman, Ph.D.
    Director, Office for Innovation and Special Programs
    Division of Extramural Activities
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    National Institutes of Health
    6700-B Rockledge Drive
    Room 2153
    Bethesda, MD 20892-7610
  • Richard K. Nakamura, Ph.D.
    Deputy Director
    National Institute of Mental Health
    National Institutes of Health
    6001 Executive Boulevard
    Room 8235, MSC 9669
    Bethesda, MD 20892-9669
  • Charles Peterson, M.D.
    Director, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    National Institutes of Health
    6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 10160
    Bethesda, MD 20892-7950

    Karen P. Peterson, Ph.D.
    Advanced Research Program Director
    Office of Scientific Affairs
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    National Institutes of Health
    6000 Executive Boulevard, Suite 409
    Bethesda, MD 20892-7003
  • Anne P. Sassaman, Ph.D.
    Director, Division of Extramural Research and Training
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    National Institutes of Health
    P.O. Box 12233
    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
  • Walter Schaffer, Ph.D.
    Acting Director, Office of Extramural Programs
    Office of Extramural Research
    Office of the Director
    National Institutes of Health
    6705 Rockledge Drive, Room 3537
    Bethesda, MD 20892-7911
  • Susana Serrate-Sztein, M.D.
    Chief, Rheumatic Diseases Branch
    National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
    National Institutes of Health
    45 Center Drive, Room 5AS25E
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Nancy L. Shinowara, Ph.D.
    Program Director: Spinal Cord & Musculoskeletal Disorders & Assistive Devices
    National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
    National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
    National Institutes of Health
    6100 Executive Blvd. Room 2A03
    Bethesda, MD 20892-7510

    Barbara A. Spalholz, Ph.D.
    Acting Chief
    Cancer Cell Biology Branch
    Division of Cancer Biology
    National Cancer Institute
    National Institutes of Health
    Executive Plaza North
    Room 5034
    Rockville, MD 20852-7396
  • Richard Suzman, Ph.D.
    Associate Director (Behavioral and Social Research)
    Behavioral and Social Research Program
    National Institute on Aging
    National Institutes of Health
    Gateway Building, Room 533
    7201 Wisconsin Avenue
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Marjorie Tingle, Ph.D.
    Health Science Administrator
    Division of Biomedical Technology
    National Center for Research Resources
    National Institutes of Health
    6701 Democracy Boulevard, Room 958
    Bethesda, MD 20892-4874

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This page last reviewed: January 23, 2008