1:1 Meet the Experts

Sign up to Meet with NIH/HHS Experts for a 15 Minute Chat 1:1

During the 2-Day Seminar, you will have the opportunity to meet with NIH and HHS experts during 1:1 time slots that meet your schedule.

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Types of Experts:

• Contract Management: Contracting officers(COs) are Government employees that are authorized to execute contractual agreements on behalf of the Federal Government.
• Grants Management: GM Specialists and GM Officers are the focal point for all business and policy activities, overseeing the business and other non-programmatic aspects of grants, including evaluating grant applications for administrative content and compliance with statutes, regulations, and guidelines; negotiating grants; providing consultation and technical assistance to grantees; and administering grants after award.
• Policy:  These individuals are involved in activities at NIH related to policy development and/or the communication of policies related to the NIH grants process.
• Program: Program Officials or Officers (POs) have the official responsible for the programmatic, scientific, and/or technical aspects of a grant. Program Officers administer grant portfolios, set scientific priorities, advise investigators, and act as an advocate for a science area. A program is a coherent assembly of plans, project activities, and supporting resources contained within an administrative framework, the purpose of which is to implement an organization’s mission or some specific program-related aspect of that mission.
• Review: Scientific Review Officers (SROs) serve as the designated Federal officials having legal responsibility for managing the peer review meeting, and managing the procedures for evaluating the applications assigned to the Scientific Review Group, which is charged with giving expert advice on the scientific and technical merit of the applications.
• eRA Systems: Staff experts on electronic application preparation and submission, as well as the eRA Commons website and other eRA Modules. These staff members will be available at the eRA Booth throughout the two-day seminar.

List of Experts:

	Name:	Institute/Center	Type of Expert	Areas of Expertise
	Ranjini Ambalavanar	ORI	General Information	Research Integrity
	Sally Amero	OD	Review	Peer Review Policies & Process Research Integrity
	Misti Ault Andersonn	OHRP	General Information	Human Subjects in Research
	Sam Ashe	OD	Policy
Bartlett photo	Doreen Bartlett	OD	General Information	Animals in Research
	Anita Bechtholt	NIAAA	Program	Early Stage Investigator Fellowships Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Funding Opportunity Announcements Grant Writing K Awards Program Project Grants Research Training Awards Training Grants
	Ericka Boone	OD	Policy	Career Planning, Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) , Loan Repayment Program
	Rehana Chowdhury	NICHD	Grants Management	K Awards K99 Post-Submission Award Administration
	Rebecca Claycamp	NIMH	Grants Management	Administrative Topics Budgets Closeout Policies Compliance Issues Cost Principles Financial Management Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Grants Administration Grants Compliance Human Subjects in Research NIH Funding Mechanisms Small Business (SBIR/STTR) Uniform Guidance
	Megan Columbus	OD	General Information	Application Receipt and Referral Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Funding Opportunity Announcements RePORT
	Dawn Corbett	OD	Policy	Clinical Trials Clinicaltrials.gov Human Subjects in Research
	Christina Coriz	NIDDK	Grants Management	Budgets Cooperative Agreements Cost Principles Grants Administration Grants Compliance Grants Policy
	Tijuanna DeCoster	NINDS	Grants Management
	Kristina Elliott	NLM	General Information	Clinical Trials Clinicaltrials.gov
	Lisa Evans	OD	Policy
	Ann Hammersla	OD	Policy	iEdison Intellectual Property Invention Reporting
	Madelon Halula	NIAID	Program	Contracts Cooperative Agreements Data Sharing Funding Opportunity Announcements Grants Policy NIH Funding Mechanisms Pre-clinical and basic science research Program Project Grants RePORT
	Sean Hine	NCI	Grants Management	Administrative Topics Budgets Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Grants Administration Grants Policy K Awards Post-Submission Award Administration Training Grants
	Brian Hoshaw	NEI	Review	Administrative Topics Application Receipt and Referral Career Planning Early Stage Investigator Exploratory Pilots (R21) Federal Research Policy Fellowships Grant Writing K Awards K99 Loan Repayment Program New Investigators NIH Funding Mechanisms Animals in Research Pathway to Independence Program Peer Review Policies & Process Pre-clinical and basic science research Research Training Awards Rigor & Reproducibility Training Grants
	Aleisha James	NIAMS	Grants Management	Administrative Topics Budgets Closeout Policies Compliance Issues Cooperative Agreements Cost Principles Financial Management Grants Administration Grants Compliance Grants Policy Human Subjects in Research K Awards K99 NIH Funding Mechanisms Animals in Research Post-Submission Award Administration Progress Reporting Public Access Research Training Awards Small Business (SBIR/STTR) Training Grants Uniform Guidance
	Shoshana Kahana	OD	Policy
	George Kennedy	NIAID	Contract Management	Contracts Small Business (SBIR/STTR)
	Cheryl Kitt,	OD	Program	Application Receipt and Referral Career Planning Conference Grants Contracts Cooperative Agreements Early Career Reviewer Program Early Stage Investigator Exploratory Pilots (R21) Fellowships Foreign Components Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Funding Opportunity Announcements Grant Writing K Awards New Investigators NIH Funding Mechanisms Animals in Research Peer Review Policies & Process Pre-clinical and basic science research Program Project Grants Research Integrity Rigor & Reproducibility Scientific Expertise Training Grants
	Ron Kohanski	NIA	Program	Conference Grants Early Stage Investigator Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Funding Opportunity Announcements Grant Writing Grants Administration Grants Compliance Grants Policy K Awards K99 New Investigators NIH Funding Mechanisms Pathway to Independence Program Program Project Grants Progress Reporting
	Emily Linde	NIAID	Grants Management
	P. Kay Lund	OD	Policy
	Marguerite Matthews	OD	Policy	Career Planning Diversity Supplements Loan Repayment Program
	Becky Miller	OD	Program	Early Stage Investigator Funding Opportunity Announcements New Investigators NIH Funding Mechanisms
	Amy Mistretta	OD	Policy	Clinical Trials Funding Opportunity Announcements NIH Funding Mechanisms
	Silda Nikaj	OD	Policy
	Brian O'Laughlin	NIDA	Contract Management	Closeout Policies Contracts
	Sahar Rais	OD	Policy	Closeout Policies Conference Grants Cost Principles Grants Administration Grants Compliance
	Rebekah Rasooly	NINR	Program	AREA (R15) Career Planning Data Sharing Diversity Supplements Early Stage Investigator Exploratory Pilots (R21) Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Grant Writing New Investigators NIH Funding Mechanisms Scientific Expertise
	Jose Ruiz	OD	Program	Career Planning Diversity Supplements Grant Writing Grants Policy NIH Funding Mechanisms Peer Review Policies & Process RePORT
	John Salzman	OD	Policy	Administrative Topics Grants Policy iEdison Intellectual Property
	Dennis Twombly	NICHD	Program	Application Receipt and Referral Career Planning Early Stage Investigator Fellowships Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Funding Opportunity Announcements Grant Writing K Awards K99 New Investigators NIH Funding Mechanisms Pathway to Independence Program Research Training Awards Training Grants
	Michael Sesma	NIGMS	Program	Career Planning Diversity Supplements Early Stage Investigator Fellowships Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Grant Writing K Awards K99 New Investigators Pathway to Independence Program Research Training Awards SCORE Training Grants
	Grace Shen	NEI	Program	Data Sharing Early Stage Investigator Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Grant Writing New Investigators Pre-clinical and basic science research Progress Reporting
	Joel Snyderman	OD	Policy	Administrative Topics Cost Principles Grants Administration Grants Compliance Grants Policy Progress Reporting Public Access Uniform Guidance
	Susan Toy	NIAMS	Grants Management	Budgets Grants Administration Grants Policy Post-Submission Award Administration Progress Reporting Research Training Awards Training Grants
	Tracy Waldeck	NIDA	Policy	Administrative Topics Application Receipt and Referral AREA (R15) Conference Grants Cooperative Agreements Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Funding Opportunity Announcements Grants Policy Peer Review Policies & Process Program Project Grants Research Integrity
	Patricia Valdez	OD	Policy	Foreign Components Research Integrity Rigor & Reproducibility
	Rob Vinson	OD	Policy
	Amy Wernimont	CSR	Review	Small Business (SBIR/STTR)
	Crystal Wolfrey	NCI	Grants Management	Administrative Topics Closeout Policies Compliance Issues Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process Grants Administration Grants Compliance Grants Policy Program Project Grants

 

Register with an expert

1. Please choose the subject matter (Program, Review etc.) from the left-hand column.
2. Experts who match the selected subject matter will appear in the right-hand column. Click the box next to an expert.
3. Click “next” to see available time slots for the selected individual.
4. Once in the calendar, make sure you use the arrows to scroll to Thursday, Oct. 18 or Friday, Oct. 19.
5. Click on the time you would like to meet and you will automatically be moved to the next page.
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7. (Optional) Let us know what you would like to discuss with the expert. Click “next”.
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