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Last Updated: 05/24/24

Staff Directory

Office of the Associate Director (OAD)
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
Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Branch (BBRB)
Name Position Primary Email Phone
Helen Moore, Ph.D. Branch Chief moorehe@mail.nih.gov (240) 276-5713
Lokesh Agrawal, Ph.D. Program Director lokesh.agrawal@nih.gov (240) 276-5718
Ping Guan, Ph.D. Program Director ping.guan@nih.gov (240) 276-5711
Abhi Rao, Ph.D. Program Director abhi.rao@nih.gov (240) 276-5715
Veena Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D. (Contractor) Scientific Program Manager veena.gopalakrishnan@nih.gov (240) 276-5123
Pamela Malone Administrative Support pamm.malone@nih.gov (240) 276-6666
Kelly Bonner Engel, Ph.D. (Contractor) Lead Curator for the Biospecimen Research Database engelk@mail.nih.gov (301) 496-2741
Sarah Greytak, Ph.D. (Contractor) Curator for the Biospecimen Research Database Sarah.greytak@nih.gov (617) 797-4764
Diagnostic Biomarkers and Technology Branch (DBTB)
Name Position Primary Email Phone
Brian Sorg, Ph.D., MBA Branch Chief brian.sorg@nih.gov (240) 276-5712
Miguel R. Ossandon, Ph.D Program Director ossandom@mail.nih.gov (240) 276-5714
Tawnya McKee, Ph.D. Program Director mckeeta@mail.nih.gov (240) 276-5719
Jung Shin Byun, Ph.D., MPH Program Director jung.byun@nih.gov (240) 276-6398
Asif Rizwan, Ph.D. Program Director asif.rizwan@nih.gov (240) 276-6607
Ben Kim, M.S. (Contractor) Scientific Project Manager benjamin.kim@nih.gov (240) 276-5961
Pamela Malone Administrative Support pamm.malone@nih.gov (240) 276-6666
Diagnostics Evaluation Branch (DEB)
Name Position Primary Email Phone
Magdalena Thurin, Ph.D. Acting Branch Chief thurinm@mail.nih.gov (240) 276-5973
Nina Lukinova, Ph.D. Program Director nina.lukinova@nih.gov (240) 276-5309
Sumana Dey, Ph.D. Program Director Sumana.Dey@nih.gov (240) 276-5748
Sanita Bharti, Ph.D. Program Director Sanita.bharti@nih.gov  
Pathology Investigation and Resources Branch (PIRB)
Name Position Primary Email Phone
Irina Lubensky, M.D. Branch Chief lubenskyi@mail.nih.gov (240) 276-5902
Rodrigo Chuaqui, M.D. Program Director chuaquir@mail.nih.gov (240) 276-5910
Joanne Peter-Demchok, M.S. Program Director peterjo@mail.nih.gov (240) 276-5959
Hala R. Makhlouf, M.D., Ph.D. Program Director hala.makhlouf@nih.gov (240) 276-7782
Kameelah Robinson-Brown Administrative Support kameelah.robinson-brown@nih.gov (240) 276-6579