As a program director in the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, my portfolio includes research conducted by small businesses (SBIR & STTR), technology development efforts, and translational research in the areas of kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases. I also manage the conference grants (R13) program for the division.
I am a Project Scientist for the NIDDK (Re)Building a Kidney Consortium (www.rebuildingakidney.org), which is working to optimize approaches for the isolation, expansion, and differentiation of appropriate kidney cell types and their integration into complex structures that replicate human kidney function.
My other professional activities include participating in several NIDDK and NIH working groups (see below). I am also the NIDDK representative to the NCATS BrIDGs and TRND programs.