CSR’s primary role is to handle the receipt and review of ~ 75% of the grant applications that NIH receives. NIH separates the review process from funding decisions.
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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. Miriam Mintzer received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology (human memory and cognition) from New York University, Dr. Mintzer received postdoctoral training in the human behavioral pharmacology of substance abuse in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,…
After completing a Ph.D. in population genetics from Oregon State University, Dr. Mollie Manier received an NIH K99 Ruth Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship to study gene expression and sperm morphological variation in sea urchin at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University. She then…
Dr. Mufeng Li received her Ph.D. in physiology from Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She subsequently pursued her postdoctoral training at the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section in National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS),…
Dr. Matthew Oh received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Northwestern University. He subsequently completed his training as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physiology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, where he remained and rose through the ranks to become a…
Dr. Natalia Komissarova spent more than 15 years at the intramural program of the NIH; prior to that, she worked in the Public Health Research Institute, New York. She received her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Moscow State University (Russia). Dr.…
Suzan Nadi received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Indiana University in Indianapolis, where she worked on the identification of neurotransmitters in cerebellar neurons. In her postdoctoral training at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in Nutley, NJ, she focused her research on the…
Dr. Neerja Kaushik-Basu received her Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Bombay University. Her postdoctoral training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, Canada focused on structure-function…
After Receiving a M.D. from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Dr. Nketi Forbang completed a General Surgery Internship at Howard University Hospital. This was followed by a T32-Fellowhip in Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School…
Dr. Noni Byrnes is Director of the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In this capacity, she leads a staff of more than 500 scientific, support and contract personnel and manages an operating budget of over $130 million.
CSR handles the receipt and…
Dr. Nywana Sizemore received her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University for her work on the interactions of human papillomavirus and epidermal growth factor signaling in human ectocervical epithelial cells. Her postdoctoral work focused on the role of growth factor signaling in Ras-mediated…
Dr. Zack Howard received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of South Carolina. Her research there focused on the molecular and structural chemistry of complement component eight. Before coming to the NIH, Dr. Howard conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson…
Dr. Pablo M. Blazquez Gamez obtained his Ph.D. in vestibular and cerebellar physiology at Washington University (St. Louis) and Seville University (Spain). He received his postdoctoral training in basal ganglia physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Subsequently, he joined the…
Dr. Pam Jeter received her Ph.D. in cognitive science from the University of California, Irvine, where she studied visual perceptual learning and psychophysics in a normal human population. She completed her post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute. Her…
Dr. Pat Manos earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wayne State University, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, Riverside. She completed her post-doctoral work in neurochemistry at UCLA focused on brain energy metabolism in the developing brain. Prior to joining…
Dr. Paul Hewett previously served as a senior associate at the Population Council, an international non-Governmental Organization whose mission is to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations. During his more than 20 years there, he worked in developing…
Dr. Schauwecker received her Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at the University of Southern California, where she studied age-dependent modulation of lesion-induced axonal sprouting and hippocampal synaptic plasticity. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of…
Dr. Raj Krishnaraju earned his Ph.D. in biology and immunology and worked on the mechanisms of estrogen receptor signaling in human breast cancer development. His postdoctoral studies were focused on cell growth and differentiation of hematopoietic cells. In addition, Dr. Krishnaraju completed a…
Dr. Raquel Velazquez-Kronen earned her Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She completed a predoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, where she evaluated health risks associated with occupational radiation exposures. Prior to joining CSR…
Dr. Rass M. Shayiq received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from India, he then finished postdoctoral training in the Department of Animal Biology, at the University of Pennsylvania. His research has focused on the biochemical and molecular characterization of a group of six constitutive and inducible…
Dr. Raul Rojas received his Ph.D. in molecular cell biology and physiology at the School of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh. There he investigated the role that small G proteins play in the regulation of vesicular trafficking and polarity establishment/maintenance in epithelial cells. He…