Research Investigators
Senior Clinicians

Benjamin Solomon, M.D.
- Clinical Director
- Office of the Clinical Director

Cynthia Tifft, M.D., Ph.D.
- Deputy Clinical Director
- Office of the Clinical Director

David Adams, M.D., Ph.D.
- Senior Clinician
- Office of the Clinical Director

Oleg A. Shchelochkov, M.D.
- Director
- Clinical and Laboratory Residencies and Fellowships
Senior Investigators

Joan E. Bailey Wilson, Ph.D.
- Chief & Senior Investigator
- Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch

Daphne W. Bell, Ph.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch

Diana W. Bianchi, M.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research

Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D.
- Director & NIH Distinguished Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research

David M. Bodine, Ph.D.
- Chief & Senior Investigator
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch

Lawrence Brody, Ph.D.
- Director
- Division of Genomics and Society

Shawn Burgess, Ph.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Translational and Functional Genomics Branch

Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research

Laura Elnitski, Ph.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Translational and Functional Genomics Branch

William A. Gahl, M.D., Ph.D.
- Senior Investigator, Medical Genetics Branch
- Director, Undiagnosed Diseases Program

Gary H. Gibbons, M.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch

Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D.
- NIH Distinguished Investigator, Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch
- Head, Inflammatory Disease Section

Laura M. Koehly, Ph.D.
- Chief & Senior Investigator
- Social and Behavioral Research Branch

Paul P. Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
- Deputy Scientific Director; Acting Chief, Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch
- Senior Investigator, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch

Elaine A. Ostrander, Ph.D.
- Chief & NIH Distinguished Investigator
- Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch

William J. Pavan, Ph.D.
- Chief & Senior Investigator
- Genetic Disease Research Branch

Adam M. Phillippy, Ph.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch

Charles Rotimi, Ph.D.
- Scientific Director and NIH Distinguished Investigator, Division of Intramural Research
- Director, Center for Research in Genomics and Global Health

Julie Segre, Ph.D.
- Chief & Senior Investigator
- Translational and Functional Genomics Branch

Philip Shaw, B.M. B.Ch., Ph.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Social and Behavioral Research Branch

Ellen Sidransky, M.D.
- Chief & Senior Investigator
- Medical Genetics Branch

Charles P. Venditti, M.D., Ph.D.
- Senior Investigator
- Metabolic Medicine Branch
Investigators

Neil A. Hanchard, M.B.B.S., D.Phil.
- Clinical Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research

Peter McGuire, M.S., M.B.B.Ch.
- Investigator
- Metabolic Medicine Branch

Meru J. Sadhu, Ph.D.
- Investigator
- Genetic Disease Research Branch
Senior Scientists

Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D.
- Head
- Computational Genomics Unit

Sharon K. Davis, M.Ed., M.P.A., Ph.D.
- Senior Scientist
- Social and Behavioral Research Branch

Jim Mullikin, Ph.D.
- Senior Scientist
- Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch
Associate Investigators

Adebowale A. Adeyemo, M.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch

Ivona Aksentijevich, M.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch

Stacie M. Anderson, B.S.
- Associate Investigator
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch

Benjamin E. Berkman, J.D., M.P.H.
- Associate Investigator
- Office of the Clinical Director

Vence L. Bonham Jr., J.D.
- Acting Deputy Director
- National Human Genome Research Institute

Sean P. Conlan, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Translational and Functional Genomics Branch

Settara Chandrasekharappa, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch

Randy Chandler, Ph.D., M.B.
- Associate Investigator
- Metabolic Medicine Branch

Michael R. Erdos, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research

Sergey Koren, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch

Irini Manoli, M.D., Ph.D.
- Clinical Associate Investigator and Senior Research Physician
- Metabolic Medicine Branch

Abdel G. Elkahloun, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch

Lisa Garrett, M.S.
- Associate Investigator
- Genetic Disease Research Branch

Lori Erby, Sc.M., Ph.D., C.G.C.
- Associate Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research

Chris Gunter, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Social and Behavioral Research Branch

Sara Chandros Hull, Ph.D.
- Director
- NHGRI Bioethics Core

Heidi Parker, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch

Susan J. Persky, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Social and Behavioral Research Branch

Raman Sood, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Translational and Functional Genomics Branch

Gustavo P. Sudre, Ph.D.
- Associate Investigator
- Social and Behavioral Research Branch

Oleg A. Shchelochkov, M.D.
- Associate Investigator
- National Human Genome Research Institute

James W. Thomas, Ph.D.
- Deputy Director
- NIH Intramural Sequencing Center
Scientific Cores

Stacie M. Anderson, B.S.
- Director
- Flow Cytometry Core

Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D.
- Director
- Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core

Benjamin E. Berkman, J.D., M.P.H.
- Deputy Director
- NHGRI Bioethics Core

Settara Chandrasekharappa, Ph.D.
- Director
- Genomics Core

Amalia Dutra
- Director
- Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core

Abdel G. Elkahloun, Ph.D.
- Head
- Microarray Core

Lisa Garrett, M.S.
- Director
- Embryonic Stem Cell and Transgenic Mouse Core

Sara Chandros Hull, Ph.D.
- Director
- Bioethics Core

Raman Sood, Ph.D.
- Director
- Zebrafish Core

Tyra Wolfsberg, Ph.D.
- Associate Director
- Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core
Adjunct Investigators

Manfred Boehm, M.D.
- Senior Investigator Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Carsten G. Bonnemann, M.D.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Medical Genetics Branch

Brian P. Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research

Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch

Joshua Denny, M.D., M.S.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research

Edward S. Giniger, Ph.D.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch

James Inglese, Ph.D.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch

Paul Meltzer, M.D., Ph.D.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch

Pamela Schwartzberg, M.D., Ph.D.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Genetic Disease Research Branch

Douglas Stewart, M.D.
- Adjunct Investigator
- Center for Precision Health Research
Scientist Emeritus

Alexander Wilson, Ph.D.
- Scientist Emeritus
- Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch
Last updated: May 23, 2022