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Dr. Christopher Mahone earned his Ph.D. in biological chemistry from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he studied activating signals of bacterial cell wall remodeling for division. Following his Ph.D., he joined the Milken Institute’s Pillar for Philanthropy as a senior associate,…
Dr. Bogdanov obtained his Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in 1999 at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine / City University of New York, where he studied molecular and cellular mechanisms that contribute to vessel reocclusion following coronary angioplasty. After…
Dr. Rich Lovering received his Ph.D. in rehabilitation sciences at the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) School of Medicine. His graduate work utilized animal models to study underlying mechanisms of skeletal muscle injury and recovery. His post-doctoral work was in the Department of…
Dr. Sergei Ruvinov received his Ph.D. in chemical enzymology from the Moscow Lomonosov University in Russia. He came to NIH under a Fogarty International Center fellowship and conducted enzyme structure and function studies in the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Pharmacology at the National…
Dr. David Filpula received his Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Minnesota and completed postdoctoral training in protein chemistry and molecular genetics at Stanford University and the University of California, San Diego. Subsequently, he served for nearly three decades as a research…
After receiving a Ph.D. in anatomy from University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Ahlgren trained at the University College London and then at the California Institute of Technology. She also trained undergraduates in neurochemistry and developmental neurobiology at California State…
Dr. Olufokunbi Sam is the Director of the Division of AIDS, Behavioral and Population Sciences (DABP). Prior to this position, she served in multiple leadership positions at CSR, including serving as the CSR Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) Coordinator, CSR SRO Training Workshop…
After receiving a Ph.D. in nutritional sciences, Dr. James served for 11 years at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), where she began as a grants administrator for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) in the Division of Food Safety and Nutrition. Her later years at USDA were…
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Dr. Jacek Topczewski received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. Dr. Topczewski then trained in developmental biology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Following his training, Dr. Topczewski took a faculty position…
Dr. Feng received her Ph.D. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University and completed postdoctoral training in genetics and developmental biology at Harvard Medical School. She took faculty positions at Northwestern University and then at Uniformed Services University. During her academic research…
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Office of the Director (OD)Dr. Bruce Reed, Acting Director Dr. Kristin Kramer, Senior Advisor Mr. Jamie Greuber, Executive Assistant to the Director Mr. Robert O'Hearn, Program Specialist Dr. Raymond Jacobson, Acting Deputy Director Ms. Yvette Alston…
Three Tools to Help Direct Your Application to the Best Place for Review and Funding1. Use NIH RePORTER to locate funded applications in your field and discover:The scientific review groups (located in Project Information) in which they were reviewed.The NIH Institutes and Centers that fund this…
Dr. Shinako Takada received her Ph.D. in basic medical science from the University of Tokyo in Japan, where she studied mechanisms of hepatitis B virus-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Her post-doctoral research in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley…
Most competing grant applications to NIH require electronic submission using the SF424 (R&R) application forms. Electronic submission involves two separate systems working together – the federal portal Grants.gov and the NIH eRA Commons. The Office of Extramural Research provides information on…
Dr. Jian Wang received a medical degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and practiced medicine in China. She then obtained a Ph.D. degree in tumor biology and immunotherapy from McGill University in Canada. She has worked in the biotechnology industry studying antisense gene…
Dr. Bradley Nuss earned his Ph.D. in physiology from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and he did postdoctoral training in cardiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He then joined the faculty as an assistant professor and investigated cardiac excitability…
Dr. Joseph Rudolph serves as Chief of the Neurotechnology and Vision Review Branch (NV RB).Dr. Rudolph earned his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Florida, where he studied the effects of chronic ethanol exposure on NMDA receptor pharmacology and physiology. He first came to the NIH…
Dr. Bo Hong did her Ph.D. training in chemistry at Texas A&M University (1993) and her postdoctoral training at the University of Texas at Austin (1993-95). She came to NIH National Center for Research Resources Office of Review in 2003 and served as Scientific Review Officer (SRO) in the areas…