David Saslowsky, Ph.D.
- Deputy Director: Division of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
- Program Director: Division of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
Responsibilities & Activities
As Deputy Director of the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (DDN), I help coordinate the development of initiatives and research priorities and also facilitate overall administrative management of the Division. Additionally, I serve as the Chief of the Data Sciences Group for the Division.
I also serve as a program director, overseeing a subset of the Career Development ("K") awards for DDN Division. These awards support individuals with a Ph.D., M.D., or an equivalent degree to receive training in both basic and clinical research related to digestive and hepatobiliary diseases, nutrition, obesity, and pancreatic diseases. In conjunction with this program, I coordinate a small grant program for K01/K08/K23 recipients (R03 award mechanism), which is meant to amplify the candidate's research progress in areas that will lead to independent research project grant funding (e.g. R01). Additionally, I coordinate the NIH Loan Repayment program for NIDDK and DDN and serve as the Program Official for the Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium (ISCC).
Committees & Working Groups
- NIDDK Training Program Directors Committee, Member
- NIH Training Advisory Committee Representative, NIDDK
- NIH Program Leadership Committee, Co-chair
Select Experience
Deputy Director, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (DDN), NIDDK, NIH, 2018- present
Program Director, DDN, NIDDK, NIH, 2015-present
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2011-2015
Instructor, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2005-2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK, Department of Pharmacology, 2001-2003
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2000