National Institutes of Health
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Event
This talk in the US-RSE Funder Talk Series featured 4 speakers from the National Institutes of Health:
- Susan Gregurick, Associate Director for Data Science
- Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, Program Director, Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS)
- Lori Scott-Sheldon, Program Chief, Data Science and Emerging Methodologies in HIV, Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health
- Heidi Sofia, Program Director, National Human Genomic Research Institute (NHGRI)
This event took place Monday, April 3rd at 1 PM ET, 12 PM CT, 11 AM MT, 10 AM PT
Resources
Biographies
Susan Gregurick, PhD
Associate Director for Data Science
National Institutes Of Health
Susan Gregurick is the Associate Director for Data Science at the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the Office of the Data Science Strategy.
She was instrumental in the creation of the Office of Data Science Strategy in 2018 and appointed the Director in 2019. Under her leadership, the office leads the implementation of the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science through scientific, technical, and operational collaboration with the institutes, centers, and offices that comprise NIH. Prior to this she was Division Director for Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) where she led the efforts to reimagine the Institute’s technology programs.
Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, MS, MBA
Program Director
Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS)
National Institutes Of Health
Ishwar Chandramouliswaran is a lead program director in the Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
He provides leadership, strategic guidance, and coordination of trans-NIH FAIR data science programs driven by researcher needs and emerging technologies. They include adoption of FAIR data principles, initiatives to establish a modernized biomedical data and repository ecosystem, as well as establish community partnerships to enhance education, adoption, and implementation of FAIR practices.
Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon, PhD
Program Chief, Data Science and Emerging Methodologies in HIV
Division of AIDS Research
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes Of Health
Lori Scott-Sheldon is the Chief of Data Science and Emerging Methodologies in HIV in the Division of AIDS (DAR) at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
She leads efforts to expand the sharing and reuse of data in the field of HIV, including the use of common data elements to support data harmonization across HIV research, and promotes advances in the use and application of data science to support HIV prevention, treatment, and care. Prior to joining NIMH, she was a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University where she spent over a decade engaged in HIV research including harmonizing and integrating large data sets, modeling HIV prevention strategies, and training future scientists.
Heidi Sofia, PhD
Program Director
National Human Genomic Research Institute (NHGRI)
National Institutes Of Health
Heidi Sofia is a program director in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Her portfolio includes informatics, data sharing, and genomic privacy technologies She coordinates NIH participation in the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) which develops technical standards and policy platforms for international data sharing. Previously Dr. Sofia worked in the Department of Energy as a computational biologist in systems biology and genomic analysis projects.