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

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.
Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator
ORWH Liaison: NIDCD, OAR, OBSSR, OBSSR Methods WG, ODP, SGMRO

Lisa Begg, Dr.P.H., RN
Senior Research Program Officer
ORWH Liaison: BIRCWH, CTOW, Lupus Federal WG, NIAMS, NINR, VA, Violence Against Women

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

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

Helen Huang, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
ORWH Liaison: NLM, WgWBC, WGWBC-Extramural Community, TAC, Reentry

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)

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

Miya Whitaker, Psy.D., M.A.
Health Scientist Administrator/Program Officer
ORWH Liaison: NIMH, NIMHD, THRO, U3 Coordinator

Jamie White, M.S.
Health Science Strategy and Relations Lead
ORWH Liaison: All of Us, GUIRR, SBIR

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