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Study Sections
Applications are reviewed in study sections (Scientific Review Group, SRG). Review Branches (RBs) are clusters of study sections based on scientific discipline.
Review Panels & Dates
Applications are reviewed in study sections (Scientific Review Group, SRG). Review Branches (RBs) are clusters of study sections based on scientific discipline.
Dr. Ganesan Ramesh obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, where his dissertation focused on the role of TGF-βs in pre-implantation embryo development and its regulation by steroid hormones in the uterus. His expertise is in kidney pathophysiology and…
Dr. Ghenima Dirami received a Ph.D. in biochemical endocrinology from the University of London in England. Before joining NIH, Dr. Dirami received her postdoctoral training at Georgetown University. Her research in the Lung Biology Laboratory there focused on oxidant-induced lung injury and on the…
Dr. Gloria Su received her Ph.D. in immunology from the University of Chicago. Her post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine focused on identifying tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes important to pancreatic tumorigenesis. She joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins…
Dr. Guo Feng Xu receiving his Ph.D. in organic polymer chemistry from Texas A&M University, he then completed his postdoctoral training in the Department of Chemistry at Southern Methodist University. Before coming to CSR, he worked in CYTEC Industries as a research scientist and Park-Nelco as…
Dr. Yan received her Ph.D. in biology from Johns Hopkins University. Her dissertation research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) focused on immuno-oncology to understand how host immunity affects metastasis. For her post-doctoral training at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Yan…
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. Haru Murata earned his M.D./Ph.D. with dissertation research in Molecular Cell Biology from the Medical Scientist Training Program at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Murata then pursued post-doctoral training in public health through the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (…
Dr. Heidi Friedman received her Ph.D. in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr. Friedman began her career at NIH working on the epidemiology of AIDS in the Epidemiology and Biometry Branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).…
Dr. Helena Dagadu earned her Ph.D. in medical sociology from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Dagadu also holds an M.P.H. from The George Washington University. Prior to CSR, Dr. Dagadu was the Inaugural Endowed Assistant Professor of Sociology with a joint appointment in the Department of Public Health…
Dr. Aster Juan received her Ph.D. in developmental biology from Yale University and completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). She later became a staff scientist at NIAMS and was involved in mentoring PhD students…
Dr. Hui Chen received her medical training in China and was an attending physician in endocrinology at a top hospital before she immigrated to the U.S. After completing her endocrinology fellowship training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dr. Chen came to NIH and worked as a physician…
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. Ingrid Li received a doctorate in pharmacy after which she became a faculty member in the Department of New Drug Research in Shanghai, China. She has held research scientist positions at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Meyers Squibb Pharmaceutical Division, and Bayer Pharmaceutical Division…
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. Nesmelova earned her Ph.D. in physics and mathematics from Kazan State University in Russia and completed postdoctoral training in biophysics and biochemistry at the University of Minnesota. She subsequently joined the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as a faculty member, where she…
Dr. Izabella Zandberg received her Ph.D. in mass communications at the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to joining CSR, she served as a social scientist at the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products. During her tenure at FDA, Dr. Zandberg designed and implemented…
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. Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew serves as Chief of the Clinical Care and Health Interventions Review Branch (CCHI RB).Dr. Bronte-Tinkew earned her Ph.D. in demography from the Pennsylvania State University--University Park, and completed post-graduate studies at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary…
Dr. James Li received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he then started his professional career as a senior medicinal chemist in the pharmaceutical industry working on preclinical drug discovery programs involving pain management, anti-inflammatory,…
Dr. James Mack serves as Chief of the Macromolecular Biophysics and Biological Chemistry Review Branch (MBBC RB).Dr. James W. Mack earned his Ph.D. in physical chemistry, specializing in solid-state NMR spectroscopy, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then did postdoctoral work at…
Dr. Janice Duy received her Ph.D. in functional genomics from the University of Maine and pursued postdoctoral training at the U. S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), where she also served as principal investigator. Prior to joining CSR, Dr. Duy was a program…
Dr. Jeanne McCaffery received her Ph.D. in clinical and health psychology with a focus on cardiovascular behavioral medicine from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the NIH, she served as assistant and associate professor at the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine and the…
Dr. Smiley received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of North Carolina -– Chapel Hill. His research there focused on the catalytic mechanism of OMP decarboxylase, a key enzyme in pyrimidine metabolism. He then carried out post-doctoral research at Penn State University, investigating…