Katrina Serrano, Ph.D.

Responsibilities & Activities

As a program director in the Office of Minority Health Research Coordination, I lead efforts to address health disparities among underserved populations as well as to promote scientific workforce diversity. I manage a portfolio in organ and tissue donation among populations that experience health disparities, a small grant program promoting diversity in health-related research, a partnership with professional societies to enhance scientific workforce diversity, and a mentoring program for early career individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. I also oversee a training/travel awards program in partnership with medical organizations that aims to support early career investigators who are underrepresented in biomedical research and academic medicine.

Committees & Working Groups

• NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee, NIDDK Secondary Representative
• NIDDK Women’s Health Working Group, Co-chair
• NIH Coordinating Committee on Research on Women’s Health, NIDDK Secondary Representative
• NIH Common Fund’s Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program, Working Group Member
• NIH Tribal Health Research Coordinating Committee, NIDDK Secondary Representative