National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Diversity Supplement Professional Development
and Networking Workshop

August 29th – 30th, 2023

AGENDA


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 29th

11:00a.m. – 11:05 a.m. ETWelcome Remarks and Meeting Goals (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
11:05 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. ETKeynote Address (Zoom)
Keith Whitfield, Ph.D. President
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. ETGeneral Introduction to the NIH Grant and Review Process (Zoom)
Rob Rivers, PhD, Acting Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
12:10 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. ET

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

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

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

Breakout: Predoctoral Student

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

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

Rob Rivers, PhD, Acting Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Andrew Louden, PhD, Program Director, Division of Clinical Innovation, Clinical
and Translational Science Awards Program Branch, Education and Training Section,
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Cendrine Robinson, PhD, Chief Diversity Officer, National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health

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

Breakout: Postdoctoral Fellow

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

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

Breakout: Investigator/Faculty

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

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

12:10 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. ET

SBIR/STTR Breakout Session (Zoom)

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

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

1:20 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. ETLunch Break (Zoom or Gather Town networking) 
1:40 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

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

Panelists:

Bruno Lima, DDS, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry

Patricia Simon, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Oui Therapeutics, Inc.

Andrea Gilmore Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, Associate Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Research, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, Deputy Director, Center for Health Disparities Research; University of Wisconsin

Christiane Voufo, PhD, World Bank EdTech Consultant

Emma M. Lessieur-Contreras, MD, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), 2023 MOSAIC Awardee

4:55p.m – 5:00 p.m. ETDay 1 Closing Remarks/Q&A/Adjourn (Zoom)
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

Wednesday, August 30th

11:00 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. ET     

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

11:05 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. ET

Keynote Address (Zoom)
Bonnielin Swenor, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Director, Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center

11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ETGet 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. – 1:05 p.m. ETLunch Break and Optional Meet with a Program Officer (PO): Small Group Breakout Session with POs from Institutes and Centers (Gather Town)
1:05 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. ETDiversity Supplement Scholar Poster Session 2 (Gather Town)
2:05 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. ETTransition to Zoom
2:10 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET

Resubmissions, Resources and Resilience (R3) (Zoom)
Jamie Doyle, PhD, Program Director, Division of Clinical Innovation, National Center
for Advancing Translational Sciences, 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

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

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. ET

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

Moderators:

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

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

Panelists:

Angela Brooks, PhD, Professor, Biomolecular Engineering, Director of Diversity for the Genomics Institute, UC Santa Cruz

Ronald Hickman, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN, Associate Dean for Research, Center for Research and Scholarship, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and

David Garcia, PhD, FACSM, Associate Professor, Public Health, Health Promotion Sciences Department, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona 

3:45 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. ET 

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

Veronica Abraham, MD, Fellow, National Institutes of Health-American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Fellowship Program, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

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

Pamela Tamez, PhD, Health Science Policy Analyst, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD) Office, National Institutes of Health

Panelists:

Zulmarie Pérez Horta, PhD, Program Manager, BioInteractive
team, HHMI.

Peter Velazquez, PhD, Associate Director, Analytical
Development at Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.

Maria Artunduaga, MD, MPH, CEO of Respira (Samay Health)

Nii Addy, PhD, Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of
Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology,
Director of Scientist Diversity and Inclusion, Yale School of Medicine,
Director, Minority Organization for Retention & Expansion (MORE) Faculty Mentoring
Program, Associate Director of Diversity, Biological Sciences Training Program
(BSTP) in Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine

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