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
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: BRAIN APPROPRIATIONS, IOPW, Inclusion Governance Committee (IGC), Legislative Updates, OLPA, P&E General, P&E Eval
Kelly Chandler, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst
ORWH Liaison: OSP
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
Charles H. Hawkins
Program Specialist
Helen Huang, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
ORWH Liaison: TAC, WgWBC, WgWBC Extramural Committee, Reentry
Chyren Hunter, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research
ORWH Liaison: CSR. EMPC, FDA-OWH, NIA, OER
Benjamin Johns, Ph.D.
Social and Behavioral Sciences Administrator
ORWH Liaison: NIDDK
Priscilla Logan-Waller, COR Level II
Program Analyst
ORWH Liaison: CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)
Samia Noursi, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Science Policy, Planning, and Analysis
ORWH Liaison: AHRQ, Biennial Report, CDC, DPCPSI Mentoring, HRSA, OD/OMA, OLPA, OSP, QDR IWG AHRQ, SAAVI, Trans-HHS Report, NIH-wide Strategic Plan WG, NIH-wide Strategic Plan for Women's Health
Tonya Parker
Management Analyst
ORWH Liaison: CIT, FOIA
Ching-yi Shieh, Ph.D.
Statistician/Health Science Policy Analyst
ORWH Liaison: CDE TF and SDOH, ECHO, MCS-WH, NIMHD Data Call Coordinator, NLM, ODSS, OEPR, OPA, RCDC
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
Melissa S. Wong. M.D., M.H.D.S.
Staff Physician Scientist
Karen Wylie, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst
ORWH Liaison: NIDCR, OADR