Last Updated: 07/17/24
Office of the Associate Director (OAD)
The Associate Director is responsible for providing the vision and direction for the Cancer Diagnosis Program.
Her office provides:
- Coordination of major initiatives within the program, division and institute
- Administrative, logistical and technical support for the activities of four branches
- Program analyst support for the grants activities of the program
- Program specialist support to assist the branches with activities requiring scientific expertise
- Statistical support for scientific projects, including those led by the Biometric Research Program
- Bioethics support for scientific projects
- Contract support for diagnostics development (e.g., Molecular Characterization Laboratory at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research)
- Liaison with the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis and other offices of the NCI
OAD Staff
| Name | Position | Primary Email | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndsay Harris, M.D. | Associate Director | lyndsay.harris@nih.gov | (240) 276-6327 |
| Ramona Saunders-Smith | Administrative Support | saunderssmithr@mail.nih.gov | (240) 276-6505 |
| Aniruddha Ganguly, Ph.D. | Program Director | aniruddha.ganguly@nih.gov | (240) 276-5905 |
| Sherry X. Yang, M.D., Ph.D. | Program Director | Sherry.Yang@nih.gov | (240) 760-7147 |
| Mugdha Samant, Ph.D. | Public Health Analyst | mugdha.samant@nih.gov | (240) 276-6019 |
| Ana Best, Ph.D. | BRP Biostatistical Support | ana.best@nih.gov | (240) 276-7808 |
| Zhiwei Zhang, Ph.D. | BRP Biostatistical Support | zhiwei.zhang@nih.gov | (240) 276-6025 |
| Chris Karlovich, Ph.D. (Contractor) | Leidos Molecular Characterization Laboratory at FNLCR Associate Director | chris.karlovich@nih.gov | (301) 228-4655 |
| Roxana Stefanescu, Ph.D. | Program Manager | roxana.stefanescu@nih.gov | (240) 276-5891 |
| Anne Westbrook, Ph.D. | Program Specialist | anne.westbrook@nih.gov | (240) 276-5486 |
| Claire Hildebrandt (Contractor) | Scientific Program Analyst | claire.hildebrandt@nih.gov | (240) 276-6766 |
| John Davis, M.S. (Contractor) | Scientific Program Manager | john.davis6@nih.gov | (240) 276-6505 |