2017 Office of the Director (OD) | NIH Director's Awards

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Administrative

Group Awards

I-Corps Program Expansion Team

For superior team resourcefulness and leadership in administration and expansion of the I-Corps program with substantial benefit to Enhancing the NIH and CDC missions.

Julia V. Berzhanskaya, NCCIH
Christie A. Canaria, NCI
Stephanie J. Fertig, NINDS
Margaret C. Grabb, NIMH
Sean Griffiths, OD
Hsin-Hao Timothy Hsiao, NIAID
Michael-David A. Kerns, NIA
Elena V. Koustova, NIDA
Natalia Kruchinin, NIAID
Robert D. Lunsford, NIDCR
Roger L. Miller, NIDCD
Lillianne M. Portilla, NCATS
Matthew E. Portnoy, OD
Victor G. Prikhodko, NIDA
Louis A. Quatrano, NICHD
Betty R. Royster, OD
Megan L. Ryan, NIAAA
Daniel T. Shaughnessy, NIEHS
Jennifer C. Shieh, NHLBI
Michael W. Smith, NHGRI
Michael S. Weingarten, NCI

Division Of Senior And Scientific Executive Management Team

For exceptional administrative support provided to the NIH executive community.

Tonya M. Briscoe, OD
Catherine M. Dinsmore, OD
Brenda J. Fogel, OD
Carmen L. Garcia, OD
William H. Hennings, OD
Claude M. Lawson, OD
Mariela F. Light, OD
Meghan L. Lloyd, OD
Lynnita D. Spears, OD

Enhancing The Stewardship Of NIH-Funded Clinical Trials Team

For extraordinary dedication to the enhancement of the stewardship of NIH-funded clinical trials.

Monica A. Basco, CSR
Valerie H. Bonham, OD
Cynthia B. Boucher, NIDCR
Michelle P. Bulls, OD
Sarah B. Carr, OD
Melissa C. Colbert, OD
Megan Columbus, OD
Michelle A. Culp, NCATS
Alfred J. D'Amico, OD
Diane W. Dean, OD
Mohammed K. Elzarrad, OD
Valery M. Gordon, OD
Ann M. Hardy, OD
Stefanie Harris, OD
Petrice B. Longenecker, OD
Sherry L. Mills, OD
Samantha J. Tempchin, OD
Meredith D. Temple-O'Connor, OD

Annual Physical Fitness Test Working Group

For efficiently researching and recommending changes to improve the physical readiness requirements for all USPHS officers.

Bart Drinkard, CC
Richard Troiano, NCI

The Division Of Microbiology And Infectious Diseases, NIAID

For superior performance in the accelerated development and implementation of four high priority clinical trials to evaluate a novel Zika vaccine.

Shu Cai, NIAID
Kay Tomashek, NIAID

Special Clinical Studies Unit

For providing exemplary nursing care for patients at the NIH Clinical Center exposed to or infected with Ebola Virus Disease.

Kimberly Adao, CC
Yvette Downing, CC
Yolawnda Mckinney, CC
Alexander Ross, CC
Jason Wood, CC

Individual Awards

Outstanding service to the Office of the NIH Director as Deputy Director for Intramural Clinical Research (DDICR) during a time of administrative challenge and reorganization.

Andrew J. Griffith, NIDCD

For outstanding contributions as Acting Deputy Director for Management and Chief Financial Officer and leading extraordinary achievements in enterprise-wide financial management and delivery.

Alfred C. Johnson, OD

For PHS career contributions to tobacco/alcohol misuse prevention, public health surveillance, communication, and the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program.

David Nelson, NCI

For outstanding meritorious initiative, personal courage, and leadership as Team 2's Chief Medical Officer of the Monrovia Medical Unit in Liberia.

Richard Childs, NHLBI

For the development of recombinant immunotoxin moxetumomab pasudotox for relapsed hairy cell leukemia, including eradication of minimal residual disease.

Robert Kreitman, NCI

For leadership and achievement in the international advancement of genetic syndromes and public health in diverse populations.

Paul Kruszka, NHGRI

For Meritorious Service to the NIH, the Corps, and Department of Health and Human Services for Leadership in the US Ebola Virus Disease Response.

Daniel Chertow, CC

For exemplary leadership in launching the Common Fund Diversity Program Consortium, contributing national insights to effective research training and mentoring strategies for diverse students.

Helena Mishoe, NHLBI

For outstanding leadership in the implementation of an electronic patient reported outcomes measurement system in the NIH intramural research program.

Margaret Bevans, CC

For exceptional leadership and accomplishments during a thirty year career at the National Institutes of Health.

Michael Eckhaus, OD

For outstanding leadership/achievements in addressing behavioral research gaps in diabetes.

Christine Hunter, NIDDK

For outstanding nursing leadership and management in opening of the Special Clinical Studies Unit (SCSU) at the National Institutes of Health.

Ann Matlock, CC

For development and successful execution of two clinical trials of cancer therapeutic vaccines benefiting patients with prostate, gastroesophageal and colon cancer.

Lauren Wood, NCI

For her outstanding leadership in a dual role as Chief Nurse Officer supervising 34 officers and Operations Chief during the Monrovia Medical Unit Mission.

Allison Adams, CC

For outstanding leadership and exceptional advances in the epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases globally, August 2010 - August 2016.

Jennifer Adjemian, NIAID

For continuous outstanding leadership during the West Africa EVD outbreak and NIH's oversees efforts to develop vaccines and therapeutics.

Jason Barr, OD

For continuous outstanding leadership in improving operational efficiency of DMID's clinical research and has had a direct effect on the health of the Nation.

Shu Cai, NIAID

For continuous outstanding leadership, above and beyond the call of duty, as a supervisory physician assistant, Hematology Branch, NHLBI DIR, NIH.

Janet Valdez, NHLBI

For continuous outstanding performance in the position of Product Development Project Manager for PIPB.

John Pesce, NIAID

Scientific/Medical

Group Awards

Orip-Zika Working Group

Exceptional leadership and execution of a rapid funding mechanism to support Zika virus research, with special emphasis on disease model development targeting infection and pathogenesis.

Stephanie J. Murphy, OD
Renee F. Vess, OD

Clinical Center Documentary Team

For work done by the Office of Communications and Media Relations, in support of Discovery Channel's documentary entitled "First in Human: The Trials of Building.