2022 NIDA-NIAAA NIMH Diversity Supp

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Diversity Supplement Professional Development
and Networking Workshop

August 30th - 31st, 2022

AGENDA


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Goal of Workshop: To provide networking opportunities and information, guidance, and professional development information on NIH funding opportunities and research goals that will assist diversity supplement scholars in their transition to independent NIH grant support.

Tuesday, August 30th

11:00a.m. – 11:05 a.m. ETWelcome Remarks and Meeting Goals (Zoom)
Albert Avila, PhD, 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 
11:05 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. ETNIH Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Priorities and Initiatives (Zoom)
Marie A. Bernard, M.D.
Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD),
National Institutes of Health
11:35 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. ETGeneral Introduction to the NIH Grant and Review Process (Zoom)
Joan Greve, PhD, Program Director
SBIR Development Center, National Cancer Institute

Matthew Lockhart, MBA
Director, Division of Loan Repayment
National Institutes of Health
11:55 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. ET

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

Breakout: Undergrad/Post-Baccalaureate

Marguerite Matthews, PhD, Program Director, Office of Programs to
Enhance Neuroscience Diversity, Division of Extramural Activities,
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes
of Health

Breakout: Predoctoral Student

Ashlee Van’t Veer, PhD, Director, Office of Research Training and Career
Development, Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science,
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health

Desirée Salazar, PhD, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator for
Extramural Programs National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National
Institutes of Health

Jamie L Lahvic, PhD, Program Officer
Office of Strategic Extramural Programs (OSEP),
National Institute on Aging, National institutes of Health

Lauren E. Ullrich, PhD, Program Director, Office of Programs to Enhance
Neuroscience Workforce Diversity (OPEN), National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Leslie Frieden, PhD, Extramural Training Officer, Research Training and
Career Development Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research, National Institutes of Health


Melissa Smarr, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator
Population Health Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Breakout: Postdoctoral Fellow

Maria G. Carranza, PhD, NIA Training Officer
Division of Extramural Activities (DEA), National Institute on Aging,
National Institutes of Health

Robert Clay Rivers, PhD
Office of Minority Health Research Coordination
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National 
Institutes of Health

Kenneth Gibbs, PhD
Chief of the Undergraduate and Predoctoral Cross-Disciplinary Training
Branch, Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity,
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of
Health

Breakout: Investigator/Faculty

Albert Avila, PhD, Director, Office of Diversity and Health Disparities,
Deputy Director, Office of Research Training, Diversity, and Disparities,
Director, Office of Diversity and Health Disparities, National Institute on
Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health 

Frederick L. Tyson, Ph.D., Program Director
Genes, Environment, and Health Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. ETLunch Break (Zoom or Gather Town networking)
Time allowed to continue discussing funding opportunities within breakout sessions 
1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. ET Meet with a Program Officer (PO): Small Group Breakout Session with POs from Institutes and Centers (Gather Town)
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET Diversity Supplement Scholar Poster Session 1 (Gather Town)
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ETBreak
3:30 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. ET

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

Leslie Frieden, PhD, Extramural Training Officer, Research Training and
Career Development Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research, National Institutes of Health

Panelists:

Ana Ortiz
PhD Candidate
Department of Neuroscience
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dionna W. Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jessica Scoffield, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Alabama Birmingham

Lillian J. Brady, PhD, MS
NIH/NIDA – MOSAIC K99/R00 Scholar
Academic Pathways Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University

Thomas K.M. Cudjoe, MD, MPH
Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Endowed Assistant Professor
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

4:55p.m – 5:00 p.m. ETDay 1 Closing Remarks/Q&A/Adjourn
Lanay M. Mudd, PhD, Program Director, Clinical Research in
Complementary and Integrative Health Branch,
Division of Extramural Research, National Center for
Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of
Health

Wednesday, August 31st

11:00 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. ET     



11:05 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. ET 

Day 2 Welcome Remarks 
Shakira Nelson, PhD, Program Director, Division of Training, Workforce
Development and Diversity, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Cultivating Curiosity: On Becoming and Being a Scientist
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhD
Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Principal Investigator
Faculty, The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research
11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET Get to Know Your NIH Institute/Center (Zoom Breakout Sessions)
Participants will spend an hour meeting with staff from the NIH Institute that funded their diversity supplement.
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. ET Lunch Break and Optional Networking Session (Gather Town)
Time to continue the conversation with IC leadership or meet with other scholars in a smaller setting

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. ET

Diversity Supplement Scholar Poster Session 2 (Gather Town)
2:15 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. ET

Transition to Zoom
2:20 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. ET Resubmissions, Resources and Resilience (R3) (Zoom)
Albert Avila, PhD, 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 

Jamie Mihoko Doyle, PhD, Program Director, Division of Clinical
Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
3:10 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. ET

How to Choose a Mentor and Navigate the Relationship (Zoom)
Introduction by  Eunyoung Kim, PhD, Scientific Research Analyst, Office of
the BRAIN Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke, The BRAIN Initiative 

Fátima Sancheznieto, PhD
Assistant Researcher, University of Wisconsin – Madison
President, Future of Research 
3:45 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. ET 

Science Careers Panel Discussion (Zoom)

Moderators:

Desirée Salazar, PhD, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator for
Extramural Programs National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
National Institutes of Health

Reiko Toyama, PhD, Program Director,
Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, National Institutes of Health

Panelists:

Caleph B. Wilson, PhD
Business Development Manager, Axion Biosystems

Gloriana Trujillo, PhD
Director, Academic Teaching Programs, Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University

Janine Low-Marchelli PhD
Manager, Technical Information Services, The Jackson Laboratory

Rashada Alexander, PhD
Director, Science and Technology Policy Fellow Program at AAAS
4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET    Closing Remarks (Zoom)
Marguerite Matthews, PhD, Program Director, Office of Programs to
Enhance Neuroscience Diversity, Division of Extramural Activities,
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National
Institutes of Health

Gathertown/Meeting Announcers:

Angela Holmes and Isabela Lopes

 

Special Thank You

This trans-NIH event would not be possible without the support of the over 20 institutes, centers,

and organizations participating in the planning of this workshop. We sincerely thank the hard work

and dedication of the following individuals:

 

Joan Greve, National Cancer Institute

Houman Araj, National Eye Institute

Desirée Salazar, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Wayne Wang, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Jamil Scott, National Human Genome Research Institute

Lucia Hindorff, National Human Genome Research Institute

Vence Bonham, National Human Genome Research Institute

Jamie Lahvic, National Institute on Aging

Maria Carranza, National Institute on Aging

Patricia Jones, National Institute on Aging

Hemin Chen, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Jenica Patterson, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Raushanah Newman, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Roya Kalantari, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Kristy Nicks, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Marisol Espinoza-Pintucci, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases 

Melinda Nelson, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Raj Srinath, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Tina Gatlin, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Zeynep Erim, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Reiko Toyama, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Alberto Rivera-Rentas, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Leslie Frieden, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Lynn King, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Shoba Thirumangalathu, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Rob Rivers, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Albert Avila, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Angela Holmes, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Isabela Lopes, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Fred Tyson, National Institute of Environmental Health Science

Heather Henry, National Institute of Environmental Health Science

Kristianna Pettibone, National Institute of Environmental Health Science

Melissa Smarr, National Institute of Environmental Health Science

Michael Humble, National Institute of Environmental Health Science

Kenneth Gibbs, National Institute of General Medicine Sciences  

Shakira Nelson, National Institute of General Medicine Sciences 

Courtney Pinard, National Institute of Mental Health

Sandra Molina, National Institute of Mental Health

Ligia Artiles, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Eunyoung Kim, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, The BRAIN Initiative

Jenny Kim, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Marguerite Matthews, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Michelle Jones-London, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

David Banks, National Institute of Nursing Research

Liz Perruccio, National Institute of Nursing Research

      Jamie Doyle, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences                                                               
      Lanay Mudd, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
      Melissa Trevino, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
      Pamela Tamez, NIH, Office of the Director, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity
      Sonia Arteaga, NIH, Office of Director, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)
     
      We would like to also give a special acknowledgment to our Rose Li & Associates Contractors!