Office of the Clinical Director, NICHD
- Catherine M. Gordon,
MD, MS, Clinical Director - Karim A. Calis, PharmD, MPH, Director of Clinical Research and Compliance
- An Dang Do, MD, PhD, Clinical Tenure-Track Investigator
- Laverne Mensah, MD, Deputy Clinical Director
- Christina Tatsi, MD, Assistant Clinical Investigator
- Veronica Gomez-Lobo, MD, Senior Staff Clinician
- Mary Fairbanks, MD, Staff Clinician
- Jacqueline Y. Maher, MD, Staff Clinician
- Samar Rahhal, MD, Staff Clinician
- Denna Zeltser, MD, Staff Clinician
- Mahlet Asrat, MHM, Chief of Staff
- Craig Abbott, PhD, Statistician
- Samah Agabein, MD, Protocol Coordinator
- Glynnis Vance, Research Protocol Coordinator
- Roberto Romero, MD, Maternal Fetal Medicine
- Lealem Asrat, MHM, Patient Care Coordinator
- Monique Bertschy, MBA, Patient Care Coordinator
- Ibukun Agbede, CRNP, Nurse Practitioner
- Gladys Andoh, FNP, CRNP, MS, Nurse Practitioner
- Andrea Bowling, FNP, CRNP, MSN, CLT, Nurse Practitioner
- Sheila Brady, CRNP, MSN, Nurse Practitioner
- Alberta Derkyi, FNP, CRNP, MSN, Nurse Practitioner
- Desiree Labor, MSN, CRNP, Nurse Practitioner
- Harinder Raipuria, DNP, FNP, Nurse Practitioner
- Devora Stein, MSN, CRNP, Nurse Practitioner
- Kisha Jenkins, BSN, RN, Clinical Nurse
- Sara Talvacchio, BSN, RN, Clinical Nurse
- Firaol W. Bayissa, MHM, Clinical Research Coordinator
- Harveen Kaur, MPH, Clinical Research Coordinator
- Fathy Majadly, BS, Patient Specimen Coordinator
- Denise Phillips, Program Specialist
- Loc Trinh, BS, BA, Research Chemical Engineer
- John Perreault, CRNP, Associate Director, Protocol Navigation
- Autumn Rice, Office Manager
- Micah Hill, DO, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
- Carlos Ferreira, MD, PhD, Clinical Tenure-Track Investigator
- Ka Wing Joyce Lam, RN, Research Nurse
- Derek Alexander, BS, MPH, Clinical Program Manager
- Varintorn (“Kitty”) Huntley, RT, Radiation Technician
- Umber Shafique, MD, Protocol Monitoring Specialist
- Lola Ulomi, MS, Protocol Monitoring Specialist
The NICHD Office of the Clinical Director (OCD) is responsible for research oversight, scientific review, and administration of the clinical research program within the Division of Intramural Research (DIR). The clinical research activities are coordinated with the Scientific Director and address diseases related to pediatrics and women’s health.
NICHD Office of the Clinical Director Leadership and Staff
Office of the Clinical Director: Professional, Administrative, and Biorepository Staff
Top: Laverne Mensah, Karim Calis, John Perreault
Center: Glynnis Vance, Catherine Gordon, Denise Phillips,
Bottom: Autumn Rice, Mahlet Asrat, Fathy Majadly, Loc Trinh
NICHD Office of the Clinical Director Leadership and Staff
Office of the Clinical Director: Professional, Administrative, and Biorepository Staff
Top: Laverne Mensah, Karim Calis, John Perreault
Center: Glynnis Vance, Catherine Gordon, Denise Phillips,
Bottom: Autumn Rice, Mahlet Asrat, Fathy Majadly, Loc Trinh
The Institute's current clinical research portfolio includes clinical trials, natural history studies of rare diseases, and drug and device development. The clinical research program currently includes 64 protocols, conducted by 27 NICHD Principal Investigators and 285 associate investigators. Approximately half of the protocols include pediatric patients, many focusing on rare diseases. Twenty-one (33%) of the protocols involve investigational drugs or devices. Current research areas include, among others, developmental disorders, healthy human development, growth disorders, bone health, genetic forms of pediatric obesity, neurosciences, translational imaging, pediatric and reproductive endocrinology, lymphatic anomalies, fertility preservation, and population health. These clinical research activities are governed under the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) with patient participation in the NIH Clinical Center (CC). Delivery of quality and safe patient care in the NIH Clinical Center is vital in the context of NICHD’s clinical research programs and services.
Partnerships and collaboration efforts, both between and within NIH institutes, and externally through research agreements with leading academic institutions nationally, and partnerships with industry, through technology transfer or cooperative research and development agreements, foster advancement of science and cutting-edge scientific research. Emphasis is placed on nurturing a clinical research environment that encourages creativity and on expanding the fundamental scientific knowledge of summer interns, postbaccalaureate research trainees, as well as postdoctoral and clinical fellows in various basic science and clinical disciplines. The aim of the various components of the OCD is to achieve the mission of NICHD: “NICHD leads research and training to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, and optimize abilities for all.”
Contact
For more information, email catherine.gordon@nih.gov or visit https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/dir/osd/mt/cd.