Welcome Remarks and Meeting Objectives (Zoom)

Aria Crump, ScD, Director, Office of Diversity and Health Disparities, Deputy Director, Office of Research Training, Diversity, and Disparities, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health

IC Directors’ Keynote/Fireside Chat (Zoom)

Moderator:  Dr. Marie Bernard, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD)

Panel Speakers:

Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Director, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Dr. Wilson M. Compton, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Dr. Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, Acting Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

General Introduction to the NIH Grant and Review Process

UnJa Hayes, PhD, Program Officer, Division of International Training and Research
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health

Demystifying NIH Research Funding Opportunities and the Review Process: Breakout Sessions by Career Level
Concurrent Sessions (Zoom Breakout Sessions)

Breakout: Undergrad/Post-Baccalaureate

Erika Barr, PhD, Program Director, Office of Health Equity, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

Anahid Ebrahimi, PhD, Health Program Specialist, Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce Diversity, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Parisa Parsafar, PhD, Program Director Office of Health Equity, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

Breakout: Predoctoral Student

Rob Rivers, PhD, Program Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Lauren E. Ullrich, PhD, Section Chief, Career Advancement, Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce (OPEN), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Jamie Lahvic, PhD, Training Officer, Office of Strategic Extramural Programs, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health

Lucia Hindorff, PhD, Lead Extramural Training Program Director, Training, Diversity, and Health Equity Office, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

Ashley Smith, PhD, Program Officer, Office of Research Training and Career Development, Division of Translational Research, National Institute of Mental Health

Dave Gutekunst, PhD, Program Director, Division of Interdisciplinary Training, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

Breakout: Postdoctoral Fellow

Kalynda Gonzales Stokes, PhD, Program Director, Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Roya Kalantari, PhD, Program Officer, Acute and Infectious Lung Diseases Branch, Division of Lung Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Breakout: Investigator/Faculty

Carlos O. Garrido, PhD, MS, MPH Program Director, Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health

Carolina Solis Sanabria, MD, MPH, FACS, Program Official, Division of Clinical and Health Services Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health

Breakout: SBIR/STTR (all career levels)

Toyin Ajisafe, PhD, Program Officer and Small Business Point of Contact,
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research/National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

Julia Berzhanskaya, PhD, Innovator Support Lead, Innovation and Commercialization Office, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Stephanie Davis, PhD, Small Business Program Coordinator, Innovator Support Coordinator, Innovation and Commercialization Office, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

A Journey to Becoming an NIH Funded Investigator Panel Discussion (Zoom)

Moderators:

Houmam Araj, PhD, Director of Lens/Cataract, Oculomotor/Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pain Programs, and Conference Grants National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Toyin Ajisafe, PhD, Program Officer and Small Business Point of Contact,
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research/National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

Panel Speakers:

Darien Weatherspoon, DDS, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Dentistry.

Theresa Loveless, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of BioSciences, Rice University.

Benga Adeeko, BS, Founder/CEO NewGait – a movement company.

Jereme Wilroy, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Entrepreneurial Support and Funding at the NIH (Zoom) 

Stephanie Fertig, Director, NIH Small Business Program, Small Business Education & Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Office 

Day 1 Closing Remarks/Q&A/Adjourn

Marguerite Matthews, PhD, Program Director, Section Chief of Career Preparation in the Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Welcome Remarks (Zoom)

Shakira Nelson, PhD, MPH, Co-Director, Postdoctoral Research Associate Training (PRAT) Program Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity
Postdoctoral, Early Career, and Workforce Development Branch Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Keynote Address (Zoom)

Arielle H. Sheftall, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Director of Academic Affairs for the Diversity, Inclusion, Culture, and Equity (DICE) Board, University of Rochester

Resubmissions, Resources, and Resilience (R³) (Zoom)

Fred Tyson, PhD, Program Director, Genes, Environment, and Health Branch,
Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Science, National Institutes of Health

Aria Crump, ScD, Director, Office of Diversity and Health Disparities, Deputy Director, Office of Research Training, Diversity, and Disparities, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health

Lawrence Baizer, PhD, Program Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

How to Choose a Mentor and Navigate the Relationship (Zoom)

Moderators:

Arundhati Gogineni, PhD, Program Officer, Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health 

Parisa Parsafar, PhD, Program Director Office of Health Equity, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

Panel Speakers:

Sheryl L. Frierson, MD, M.Ed. Medical Director, Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders, Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, Texas. Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dominique M. Rose, PhD, MPH, Research Scientist, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Center for Injury Research and Policy

Deepak Kumar, PhD, Associate Provost and Dean of Research and Sponsored Programs. Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University

Science Careers Panel Discussion (Zoom)

Moderators:

Julia Berzhanskaya, PhD, Innovator Support Lead, Innovation and Commercialization Office, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Utibe Bickham-Wright, PhD, PMP, Program Official, Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health

Panel Speakers:

Rumi Chunara, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Center for Health Data Science, New York University

Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH, Former Chief Scientific Officer, Ferring US/Immediate Past President, American Medical Women’s Association

Kelley S. Harris, PhD, Director of Cross-College Advising Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Marcos Ramos-Benitez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ponce Health Sciences University

Closing Remarks

Toyin Ajisafe, PhD, Program Officer and Small Business Point of Contact, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research/National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health