CSR’s primary role is to handle the receipt and review of all grant applications that NIH receives. NIH separates the review process from funding decisions.
For Reviewers
Reviewers are critical to our mission to see that NIH grant applications receive, fair, independent, expert, and timely scientific reviews. We appreciate the generosity with which reviewers give their time.
Study Sections
Applications are reviewed in study sections (Scientific Review Groups, SRGs). Review Branches (RBs) are clusters of study sections based on scientific discipline.
Review Meetings
Applications are reviewed in study sections (Scientific Review Groups, SRGs). Review Branches (RBs) are clusters of study sections based on scientific discipline.
Evaluation Initiatives
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Dr. Aruna Behera received her Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology from Delhi University, India, and did her postdoctoral training at the Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of South Florida, where she examined the molecular pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Her…
Dr. Bakary Drammeh received his Dr P.H. at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and post-doctoral fellowship training in vaccine safety at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to joining CSR, he was a health scientist at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Dr. Wenyan Han received her Ph.D. in neuropharmacology from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University in China, where she studied neuropeptides and drug addiction. She then completed postdoctoral research training at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the National Institute of…
Dr. Abu Abdullah is a behavioral scientist, public health physician and global health researcher with a Ph.D. in Community Medicine and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology. Before joining CSR, Dr. Abdullah was an associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston University…
Ms. Lynch leads the center’s ethics program. She oversees a staff of ethics professionals who are the first line of contact for employees. Ms. Lynch works with both employees and supervisors to ensure employee compliance with ethics rules, regulations, and policies, and the prevention or…
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When WinZip opens, click on “Extract”.
The Extract window will open, allowing you to select where you want the files to be extracted. It remembers the folder where you last extracted files. If the folder you…
Dr. Jennifer C. Villa received a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and conducted her thesis research on gamma-secretase regulation of notch signaling in hypoxic breast cancer at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She received postdoctoral training…
Dr. Lindsey Page, MPH, ACSM-CEP, received her Ph.D. in patient-oriented research from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where she studied the relationship between cognitive decline, frailty, and physical activity and coordinated exercise trials aimed to improve cognition, fitness…
Dr. Iyer received her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Mumbai, India, where she developed novel linkers for applications in combinatorial chemistry. She completed post-doctoral training at the National Institutes of Health, where she synthesized and characterized oxidative…
Dr. Siddhartha Roy received his DrPH degree from Georgia Southern University in public health with a focus on community health behavior and education. He completed his post-doctoral training at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, where he assisted in the development and implementation of community…
Dr. Sulagna Banerjee received her Ph.D. in life sciences from the Bose Institute, Jadavpur University, India. She then completed her post-doctoral research on glycosylation of parasitic protozoa in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at Boston University, MA. She went on to the University…
Dr. Vandana Kumari earned her Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry, specializing in structure-based drug discovery at the College of Pharmacy, Ohio State University. She pursued her postdoctoral training at the Center for Structural Biology (formerly Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory), National…
Dr. Steven Frenk came to CSR after serving as an epidemiologist at CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics where he managed the questionnaires of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (NHANES). While at CDC, he also served as an advisor for the National Death Index and as a…
Dr. Hope Cummings is a Senior Social Science Analyst who supports CSR’s research and evaluation efforts. Dr. Cummings received her Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Michigan and did post-doctoral training in the Harvard School of Public Health. As a social and behavioral…
Dr. Ian Thorpe received his Ph.D. from The Scripps Research Institute (California) in the field of computational biochemistry and biophysics, where he was a trainee of the La Jolla Interfaces in Science program. He then did postdoctoral training in the Center for Biophysical Modeling and Simulation…
Dr. Ramos-Lopez holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain. She completed her doctoral studies on the development of vaccines against leishmaniasis in a canine model. Then, she pursued postdoctoral training at the Icahn School of Medicine…
Dr. Jennifer Fiori O’Connell received her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine investigating the dysregulation of bone morphogenetic protein signaling pathways in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), a devastating genetic condition in…
Dr. Asifa Haider holds a Ph.D. in molecular pharmacology from New York Medical College, US, and is a licensed pharmacist from ETH-Zurich, Switzerland. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University, NY. She applied pharmacogenomics to evaluate the role of immune microenvironments…
Dr. Emily Kilroy earned her Ph.D. in occupational science with a concentration in neuroscience from the University of Southern California (USC). She also holds a Master of Science from University College London and Yale University, specializing in developmental neuropathology. Dr. Kilroy has…
We asked some experienced reviewers why someone considering becoming a reviewer should do it. Here are some of the things they said:
Enjoy Flexibility in Submitting Applications: “I really like getting a break on application deadlines.” Reviewers may submit their own proposals up to two weeks late…