Contacts

For more information, email the NIH Plain Language staff(link sends e-mail) or see the list of plain language contacts below for each institute and center at NIH.

Abbreviation Institute, Center, or Office Contact Name Contact Phone
OCPL Office of Communications and Public Liaison Scott Prince(link sends e-mail)
Renate Myles(link sends e-mail)		 301-496-5787
CC Clinical Center Justin Cohen(link sends e-mail) 301-402-6202
CIT Center for Information Technology    
CSR Center for Scientific Review Lamont Williams(link sends e-mail) 202-329-7931
FIC Fogarty International Center Judith Coan-Stevens(link sends e-mail) 301-496-7361
NCCIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Catherine Law (link sends e-mail) 301-402-6958
NCI National Cancer Institute Lorna Patrick(link sends e-mail) 240-276-6521
NCATS National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Emily Marti(link sends e-mail)

 301-443-4836
NEI National Eye Institute Maria Zacharias(link sends e-mail) 301-451-2734
NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute Britny Kish(link sends e-mail) 301-594-0632
NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Michelle Bolek(link sends e-mail) 301-827-4198
NIA National Institute on Aging Cindy McConnell(link sends e-mail)  301-496-1752
NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Catherine Bullis(link sends e-mail) 301-594-3961
NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Jennifer Morgan Gray(link sends e-mail)

 301-496-8190
NIBIB National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Jessica Meade(link sends e-mail) 301-496-9651
NICHD Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Christina Stile(link sends e-mail) 301-496-5136
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse

Lanette Palmquist(link sends e-mail)

 301-480-3827
NIDCD National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Joanne Karimbakas(link sends e-mail) 301-827-8183
NIDCR National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Alisa Zapp Machalek(link sends e-mail) 301-827-7468
NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Leslie Curtis(link sends e-mail) 301-496-3583
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Christine Bruske Flowers(link sends e-mail) 919-541-3665
NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences Juli Rose(link sends e-mail) 301-594-1902
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health Samantha Helfert(link sends e-mail) 301-451-0274
NIMHD National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Kelli Carrington(link sends e-mail) 301-594-3984
NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Paul Girolami(link sends e-mail) 301-435-7753
NINR National Institute of Nursing Research Edmond Byrnes(link sends e-mail) 301-496-0235
NLM National Library of Medicine Christine Winderlin(link sends e-mail) 301-451-7454
OD Office of the Director — Executive Secretariat Patrice Allen-Gifford(link sends e-mail) 301-496-3976
OER Office of Extramural Research Megan Columbus(link sends e-mail) 301-435-2496
OIR Office of Intramural Research Christopher Wanjek(link sends e-mail) 301-402-4274
DPCPSI Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives    
OAMC

Office of Administrative Management

 Cynthia Schoonover(link sends e-mail) 301-496-8475
OAR

Office of AIDS Research

 Yvette Edghill Spano(link sends e-mail) 240-627-3042

OBSSR

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

Erica Moore(link sends e-mail)

 301-594-4392

ODP

Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)

Jody Engel(link sends e-mail)

 301-827-5554

ODS

Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Anne Thurn(link sends e-mail)

 301-435-3606

 

 

Claudia Faigen(link sends e-mail)

 301-435-2920
ODSS

Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS)

 Erin Walker(link sends e-mail)  301-827-9655

OEPR

Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Reporting (OEPR)

Sarah Rhodes(link sends e-mail)

 301-443-4851
ONR Office of Nutrition Research Nicholas Jury(link sends e-mail) 301-827-1234

ORIP

Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)

Patricia Newman(link sends e-mail)

 301-435-0864

ORWH

Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

Jasmin Bush(link sends e-mail)

 301-496-3934

OSC

Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC)

Rachel Britt(link sends e-mail)

 301-435-0968

THRO

Tribal Health Research Office (THRO)

 Bonnie Tabasko(link sends e-mail)

 301-451-4710

This page last reviewed on March 28, 2025