The ORWH staff represents a diverse range of professional and scientific disciplines. Each staff member works to support the NIH's mission and, specifically, to advance the consideration of women's health and sex and gender influences across the entire research continuum to improve women's health. 

Main Office Telephone: 301-402-1770 
Main Office Fax: 301-402-1798

 

Staff Listing

Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
Associate Director for Research on Women's Health, NIH
ORWH Liaison: HHS CCWH, IMOD (DPCPSI), MMM Steering Committee

Vivian Ota Wang, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health

Victoria Shanmugam, MBBS, MRCP, FACR, CCD
Director, NIH Office of Autoimmune Disease Research in the Office of Research on Women's Health (OADR-ORWH)

Balkissa M. Abdoulaye, M.A.
Supervisory Management Analyst

Rajeev K. Agarwal, Ph.D.
Senior Research Program Officer
ORWH Liaison: ADCC, FOAM, H3Africa, NHGRI, NIAID, NIBIB, OD/DPCPSI/OSC (The Common Fund), SCORE

Sylvia Barnett
Executive Assistant
ORWH Liaison: OAMC

Elizabeth Barr, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research
ORWH Liaison: NIDCD, OAR, OBSSR, OBSSR Methods WG, ODP, SGMRO

Luz Blanco, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator, Detailee 

Annina Burns, Ph.D., RD
Health Science Policy Analyst

Jasmin Bush, M.A.
Communications Director
ORWH Liaison: OCPL

Juliane Caviston, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst
ORWH Liaison: P&E Eval, P&E General, IOPW, Inclusion Governance Committee (IGC)

Kelly Chandler, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst
ORWH Liaison: DPCPSI Mentoring, Legislative Updates, OLPA, OSP, BRAIN Appropriations

Regine Douthard, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Medical Officer
ORWH Liaison: FIC, NEI, NIEHS, NIGMS, ODS. ONR, NIH-wide Climate Change and Health WG

Shari Feirman, Ph.D.
Statistician/Health Science Policy Analyst
ORWH Liaison: OSP 

Elena Gorodetsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator/Research Program Officer
ORWH Liaison: NCCIH, NICHD, NPERC COVID-19 WG, ORIP, PRGLAC, SGHD SIG, USPSTF

Chyren Hunter, Ph.D. 
Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research
ORWH Liaison: CSR, EMPC, FDA-OWH, NIA, OER, OPA

Benjamin Johns, Ph.D., M.P.A., M.A.
Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator
ORWH Liaison: CDE TF, NIDDK, ODSS

Priscilla Logan-Waller, B.S.
Program Analyst, COR Level II
ORWH Liaison: CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Thushani Nilaweera, Ph.D.
Detailee

Samia Noursi, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Science Policy, Planning, and Analysis
ORWH Liaison: HHS-HRSA, Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women's Health, QDR IWG AHRQ, AHRQ, OMA, Trans-HHS Report, SAAVI, NIH-wide Strategic Plan WG, Biennial Report, RCDC, OEPR, MCS-WH, PCORI, CDC

Balkissa Ouattara, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Physician

Tonya Parker, B.S.
Management Analyst
ORWH Liaison: CIT, FOIA

Sherrika Spriggs
Administrative Officer

Sarah Temkin, M.D.
Associate Director for Clinical Research
ORWH Liaison: Clinical Center, NCI, Office of Clinical Research at Clinical Center

Xenia Tigno, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Careers
ORWH Liaison: NHLBI, OITE, WgWBC Intramural Committee

David Thomas, Ph.D.
Special Advisor to the Director
ORWH Liaison: ABCD, BRAIN, HBCD, MMM TF HHS, MMM WG, MMMTF NIH, NCATS, NIAAA, NIDA, NINDS, OPPNET, Pain Consortium, Weekly Cabinet

Marquitta Jonisse White, Ph.D.
Detailee

Karen Wylie, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst
ORWH Liaison: NIDCR, OADR

John Yeh, M.D.
Health Scientist – AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow