2018 Office of the Director (OD) Awards

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Administrative

Group Awards

Northwest Child Care Center (NWCCC) Team

For extraordinary collaborative efforts in the design, construction and occupancy of the NWCCC to improve NIH's ability to recruit and retain a world-class workforce.

Hakan E. Bardakci, OD
Corey A. Cosgrove, OD
Daniel E. Cushing, OD
Brandon K. Hartz, OD
Stephanie B. Hixson, OD
Sandra M. Jones, OD
Brian Y. Kim, OD
Tonya S. Lee, OD
Denise M. Lemasters, OD
Jonathan L. Mattingly, OD
Linda M. Owen, OD
John M. Petersen, OD
Carolyn R. Sandler, OD
Mary Ellen Savarese, OD
Darwin J. Thomas, OD

First In Human Documentary Group

For the promotion of Discovery's First in Human documentary series.

Amy J. Blackburn, OD
John T. Burklow, OD
Justin G. Cohen, CC
Amanda B. Fine, OD
Cindy C. Fisher, CC
Molly H. Freimuth, CC
Jessica M. Hiller, OD
Renate H. Myles, OD
Alyson M. Olander, OD
Scott L. Prince, OD
Kimberly S. Seigfreid, OD

Office Of The Director Front Office Team

For exceptional performance supporting the administrative needs of the Immediate Office of the Director.

Cynthia R. Burrus-Shaw, OD
Ayanna L. Mcmanus, OD
Dina Simon, OD
Gretchen Wood, OD

Optimize NIH Leadership

For exceptional planning, rollout, and guidance of the Optimize NIH Phase I implementation of Ethics, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and Committee Management.

Julie Broussard Berko, OD
John T. Burklow, OD
Robert Carter, NIAMS
Nicole Garbarini, OD
Gorka Garcia-Malene, OD
Claire L. Harris, NCI
Holli Jaffe, OD
Barbara M. Mcgarey, OD
Renate Myles, OD
Kathleen O'Sullivan, NHLBI
Antonio R. Rodriguez, OD
Tara Schwetz, NIAID
Neil Shapiro, OD
Patrick A. Shirdon, NIA
Janet L. Shorback, OD
Martha J. Somerman, NIDCR
Catherine Spong, NICHD
Laverne Y. Stringfield, OD
Adrienne Usher, OD
Carrie Wolinetz, OD
Joseph J. Wolski, OD

Optimize NIH Support Team

For providing outstanding support for the Optimize NIH Phase I implementation of Ethics, Freedom of Information Act, and Committee Management.

Evans Aine, OD
Abena Apau, OD
Cheryl H. Clarke, OD
Lesley Cothran, OD
Rachel J. Dexter, OD
Rachel Eisinger-Baskin, OD
Roman Lesiw, OD
Marco Narciso, OD
Kelly Peralta, OD
Rachel Pollock, OD
Sherry Quinn, OD
Martha A. Randazzo, OD
Janice Rouiller, OD
Sandra A. Scarbrough, OD
Kimberly S. Seigfreid, OD
Emma Wojtowicz, OD

Optimize NIH IC POC Team

For outstanding work to communicate and engage stakeholders in the Optimize NIH Phase I implementation of Ethics, Freedom of Information Act, and Committee Management.

Kimberly M. Allen, NIMHD
Joellen M. Austin, NIDA
Virginia Betson, NCCIH
Stacie Boyd, CIT
William Breithaupt, NIAMS
Vicki E. Buckley, NIAAA
Noni H. Byrnes, CSR
Ann Cashion, NINR
Dexter E. Collins, FIC
Jason M. Ford, NIBIB
Maureen E. Gormley, NINDS
Camille Hoover, NIDDK
Ann D. Huston, NIMH
Sally A. Lee, NIGMS
Colleen Mcgowan, CC
John Mcgowan, NIAID
Rodney Rivera, NICHD
Ellen M. Rolfes, NHGRI
Jerrard R. Sheehan, NLM
Donna G. Siegle, NCI
Kathleen Stephan, NIDCR
Brian Trent, NEI
Timothy Wheeles, NIDCD
Richard Woychik, NIEHS

Optimize NIH Subcommittee Team

For exceptional contributions in data gathering and process mapping for Optimize NIH Phase I Implementation of Ethics, Freedom of Information Act, and Committee Management.

Sharon R. Abdullah, CIT
Azza Alamin, NHLBI
David Alperin, NIAID
Bruce Androphy, NIEHS
Kelly P. Baker, NINDS
Arthur H. Bennett, NIAID
Matthew Bigelow, NCI
Earl H. Blansfield, NICHD
Rebecca Blumenthal, OD
Roger Bordine, OD
Brian Boykins, OD
Nathan Brown, NINR
Kevette M. Burwell, OD
Zieta M. Charles, NIMH
Patricia P. Chestnut, NIDCR
David D. Clary, OD
Andrea B. Collins, NCI
Natasha M. Copeland, OD
Lisa D. Cox, NIMH
Kimberly S. Cuozzo, OD
Pary Davis, NIAID
Karen L. Deleon, NHLBI
Malvinder Deol, NHLBI
Martha Diaz-Ortiz, NINDS
Theodore J. Dougenik, OD
Devon T. Drew, NIDDK
Matthew Eliseo, NINR
Elizabeth Elliott, NIAMS
Tinera B. Fobbs, NICHD
Sonya A. Freeman, NHLBI
Pablo C. Gersten, OD
Pamela Glikman, NIBIB
Yolanda C. Green, NIMH
Eric A. Hale, NCI
Jessica Hemmati, NIDA
Kina Hendrick, NIMHD
Kimberley Hetkowski, NHLBI
Alisha M. Hopkins, NIBIB
Beverly Jordan, NIA
Annie Joseph, OD
Robin I. Kawazoe, OD
Ronald Livingston, NCI
Mark L. Lucano, NIDCD
Monalisa Lynch, CSR
Marianne Manheim, NHLBI
Takeia Martin, NIA
Amy L. Matush, NIAAA
Elizabeth Mcnair, NIEHS
Traci M. Melvin, NIDDK
Kristin R. Meredith, NIMH
Suzanne A. Milliard, NCI
Margaret Moore, NIAID
Matthew Murguia, NIAID
Olivida H. Myles, CIT
Lisa Neal, OD
Kenneth R. Nock, NCI
Sandra J. Ott, NICHD
Lanette A. Palmquist, NIDA
Melanie J. Pantoja, OD
Joseph M. Pardi, OD
Sherri L. Park, OD
Trevor Peterson, NEI
Phuong Pham, NCCIH
Angela Radke, NHLBI
Wendy A. Remsburg, CSR
Leonard G. Ross, NHGRI
Robin L. Schofield, NIAID
Sharon A. Sealey, CSR
Sondra M. Sheriff, NCI
Anna P. Snouffer, OD
Vickie Southers, NIGMS
Regina Stabile, NIEHS
Malaika Staff, NIMHD
Nanette Stephenson, NIDCD
Jacqualine Stillwell, NIEHS
Kathryn M. Valeda, NHLBI
Frank Vega, NHLBI
Rita Watson, NIA
Ginger Webb, NIDCD
Joy E. Wiszneauckas, NCI
Mary Wolfe, NIEHS
Lakeshia D. Wood, NCATS

Individual Awards

For membership on the team that has provided speechwriting services for the past 8 years to the NIH Principal Deputy Director.

Carla Garnett, OD

For providing outstanding scientific leadership to develop the Office of Research Support and Compliance and serve as its first acting director.

Kathryn C. Zoon, NIAID

For dynamic leadership in instituting a unified NIH-wide Protocol Management System.

Chandan M. Sastry, OD

Technical/Clerical/Support

Individual Awards

For exceptional efforts to support NIH's compliance with legislated information disclosure requirements and Departmental regulations during a time of significant change.

Roger W. Bordine, OD

Scientific/Medical

Group Awards

NIH Data Commons Pilot Team

For leadership and vision in establishing the NIH Data Commons Pilot Program.

Vivien Bonazzi, OD
Patricia Brennan, NLM
Rachel Britt, OD
Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, NIAID
Tanja Davidsen, NCI
Sean Davis, NCI
Valentina Di Francesco, NHGRI
Ian Fore, NCI
Weiniu Gan, NHLBI
Melissa E. Garcia, NHLBI
Ann Gawalt, NHLBI
Eric D. Green, NHGRI
Susan Gregurick, NIGMS
Cashell E. Jaquish, NHLBI
Lora Kutkat, OD
Kristofor Langlais, OD
Jennie Larkin, NIDDK
Maarten Leerkes, NHLBI
Jennifer Lewis, OD
Josephine Magnaye, NHLBI
Teresa F. Marquette, NHLBI
Samuel Moore, NHGRI
Sonynka Ngosso, OD
Concepcion R. Nierras, OD
Andrea Norris, CIT
Kathleen O'Sullivan, NHLBI
Dina N. Paltoo, OD
George Papanicolaou, NHLBI
Ajay Pillai, NHGRI
Charles Schwartz, NHLBI
Tonya Scott, NIMH
Aroos A. Shafi, NHLBI
Stephen Sherry, NLM
Jeffrey Snyder, NHLBI
Heidi Sofia, NHGRI
Alastair Thomson, NHLBI
Michael Weber, CIT
Elizabeth Wilder, OD
Kenneth Wiley, NHGRI

All Of Us Research Program

For outstanding dedication, collaboration, and innovation in creating and launching the All of Us Research Program.

Angelica Alton, OD
Timothy Barfield, OD
Rubin Baskir, OD
Isabelle Bisceglio, OD
Katherine Blizinsky, OD
John Bucheimer, NHLBI
Sandeep Burugupalli, OD
Jona Caridha, OD
Emily Carlson, OD
Mark Caulder, OD
John Chaffins, OD
Jessica Clark, OD
Alyssa J. Cotler, OD
Yong Crosby, OD
Edward C. Culhane, OD
Stephanie Devaney, OD
James Dishman, OD
Ahmed Elmi, OD
Stacia Fleisher, NCATS
Brian Florence, OD
Stephanie Ford-Scheimer, OD
Christopher Foster, OD
Stephanie Fowler, OD
David Galey, OD
Holly Garriock, OD
Aquila Gilmore, OD
Irene M. Haas, NCATS
Kristin Harris, OD
Justin Hentges, OD
Omar Howard, CIT
Yentram Huyen, OD
Crystal James, OD
Gwynne L. Jenkins, OD
Daozhong Jin, OD
Yasmin Kloth, OD
Jennifer Kuczynski, OD
Allison Lea, OD
Minnkyong Lee, OD
Clyde Littlefield, OD
Maria Lopez-Class, OD
Brian Lubnow, OD
Christopher Lunt, OD
Stacey Mangham, OD
Teresa F. Marquette, NHLBI
James Mcclain, OD
Rose Mcgovern, OD
Jennifer Mcneal, OD
Sana Mian, OD
Nikeia T. Miller, OD
Susan Miller, OD
Veronica Mitchell, OD
Stephen C. Mockrin, OD
Mahtab Moghiminia, OD
Grace Moon, OD
Justin Moschetti, OD
Bradley Ozenberger, OD
Prachi Patel, OD
Thomas Quinn, OD
Tamara Rabinovich, OD
Edward Ramos, OD
Anjana Rao, OD
Aditi Reddy, OD
Dara P. Richardson-Heron, OD
Katie Rush, OD
Joni L. Rutter, OD
Heather Sansbury, OD
Dorrelle N. Scott, OD
Peter Scully, OD
Kimberly O. Stanton, NHLBI
Michael Stokes, OD
Tyecha Walker, OD
Brenda Walker-Anderson, OD
William Welch, CIT
Kimberly White, OD

NIH Opioids Epidemic Leadership Team

For extraordinary leadership and management of NIH's efforts to address the nationwide opioid epidemic through development of the "Helping to End Addiction Long-term" (HEAL) Initiative.