Team: Operations Team

Functional Area: Award Management and Tracking; Budget and Reporting; Program Evaluation and Analysis

Programs: Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI); Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG); Metabolomics; Common Fund Data Ecosystem(CFDE)

David Dzamashvili joined the Common Fund in the Office of Strategic Coordination as a program analyst contractor in February 2020. Prior to joining the Common Fund, Mr. Dzamashvili worked with The World Bank Group’s BPSPS (Budget, Performance Review and Strategic Planning). He brings years of experience in the financial industry. David received a Master’s in Financial Management and a Master’s in World Economy and International Relations.

Team: Catalytic Data Resources (CDR); Re-Engineering the Biomedical Workforce (RRE); Transformational Science and Discovery (TSD)

Functional Area: Other Transactions; Program Evaluation and Analysis; Program Management; Program Strategic Planning; Review Management; Science Policy

Programs: All Common Fund Programs for Other Transaction Activities; Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI); Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS); Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC)

Ms. Kristina Faulk joined the NIH in 2001 as a research assistant in the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases. Her research focused on pathogenesis and immunogenicity of Hepatitis C and E viruses, and GB virus B. Prior to joining NIH, Ms. Faulk was a research assistant in DuPont’s Agricultural Biotechnology division working on insect and disease resistance of rice plants, and a contractor in DuPont Merck’s Pharmacokinetics unit, which focused on HIV therapeutics. Ms. Faulk received her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Delaware and her certificate in technology transfer from the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences. She is currently pursuing dual master’s in biotechnology management and business administration through the University of Maryland University College. Ms. Faulk joined the Office of Strategic Coordination as a Health Specialist in 2013.

Team: Transformational Science and Discovery (TSD)

Functional Area: Communication and Outreach; Event Coordination; Program Evaluation and Analysis; Team Management

Programs: NIH Director's Early Independence Award (EIA); NIH Director's New Innovator Award (NIA); NIH Director's Pioneer Award (PA); NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (TRA)

Ms. Asanté Forde joined the Common Fund in the Office of Strategic Coordination as an Executive Assistant to HRHR. Before joining our office, Ms. Forde worked as an Executive Assistant at Maryland Oncology Hematology in Southern Maryland. While there, she partnered with doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other staff and their teams to understand business strategies, products, processes, and systems that help support the day-to-day basis of the clinics located in the Southern Maryland division. Ms. Forde earned her B.S. in Psychology from Bowie State University.

Team: Office Management Team

Functional Area: Office Management

Programs: Office-wide Engagement; Workforce Planning & Development

Haylee Gans joined the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) in May 2024. She serves as a Human Resources (HR) Specialist. She brings over six years of experience providing human capital services to both public and private sector organizations. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and her M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from George Mason University.

Team: Office Management Team

Functional Area: Office Management

Programs: Administrative & Budgetary Management; Management Analysis; Office-wide Engagement; Workforce Planning & Development

Cauprise Hagler joined the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) August 2024 to serve as an Operations Coordinator. Prior to joining OSC, Cauprise worked for the Chief Hand Surgeon at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital as an Administrative Officer. 

Team: Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communications (SPEC)

Functional Area: Communication and Outreach; Program Evaluation and Analysis; Program Strategic Planning; Science Policy; Website Content

Programs: Glycoscience; Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG); Metabolomics; NIH Director's Early Independence Award (EIA); NIH Director's New Innovator Award (NIA); NIH Director's Pioneer Award (PA); NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (TRA); Nutrition for Precision Health, powered by the All of Us Research Program; Somatic Mosaicism Across Human Tissues (SMaHT)

Dr. Brionna Hair joined the Office of Strategic Coordination in 2020. Prior to joining the Common Fund, she served as a Health Statistician for the Health Resources and Services Administration, where she managed and conducted research on federally qualified health centers. Previously, she was a Cancer Research Training Award Fellow at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Hair received a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, focusing on gene methylation in breast tissue. She also holds an MPH in epidemiology from Emory University and a BA in environmental studies from Brown University.

Team: Re-Engineering the Biomedical Workforce (RRE)

Functional Area: Program Management

Programs: Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST)

Dr. Michelle Hamlet joins us from the NIH All of Us Research Program, where she served as a Branch Director for the Healthcare Provider Organization (HPO) Branch within the Division of Cohort Development. In this capacity, she led a team responsible for enrollment and retention of All of Us cohort participants. Her career started at NIH as the first Training Program Coordinator at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). She oversaw the NHGRI Intramural Training Office, developed the NHGRI Health Disparities Research Fellowship and developed the first NIH Community College Day and Community College Summer Enrichment Program. Dr. Hamlet then served as Program Director at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for basic research and postdoctoral training portfolios in cell cycle regulation in the Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology and undergraduate and graduate student development programs in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity. Next in her career, she worked as a Program Director at the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in the Symptom Science and Genetics Branch overseeing clinical and pre-clinical portfolios focused on symptom biology, symptom assessment, and symptom clusters. Dr. Hamlet earned a BSLA in French from Georgetown University, a Master’s degree in zoology at Howard University, and a Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Harvard University. She conducted postdoctoral research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Team: Transformational Science and Discovery (TSD)

Functional Area: Program Management

Programs: 4D Nucleome (4DN); Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet)

Dr. Tanya Hoodbhoy joined the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where she managed tissue engineering and regenerative medicine grants. Before that, she spent a decade at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the NIH managing several grant portfolios in developmental biology for the Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She also managed postdoctoral research fellowships for the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity at NIGMS. She spent an initial six years at OSC prior to NIGMS overseeing several Common Fund programs. Dr. Hoodbhoy received her Ph.D. in biology from the University of California at Riverside and conducted postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the NIH.

Team: Immediate Office of the Director (IMOD)

Functional Area: All OSC Activities

Programs: All Common Fund Programs

Scott Jackson received his bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech, focusing on information systems and industrial/organizational psychology. He received a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Georgia. Mr. Jackson came to the NIH in 2005 as a Presidential Management Fellow and worked in various offices within NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of that fellowship. He began working in the precursor to the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) in 2006. Following his fellowship, he was hired into the OSC as the Process Manager, and later served as the Team Leader of the Common Fund Operations Team and Acting Team Leader of the Policy, Planning, Evaluation, and Communication (PPEC) Team. From 2020-2022, he was a Fellow in the White House Leadership Development Program where he managed the federal-wide Strategic Planning Working Group to help all federal agencies create FY 2022-2026 strategic plans. He also provided support to Equity Executive Orders (EOs 13985, 14035) and led a team to launch the first federal-wide employee pulse survey. Mr. Jackson now serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the NIH Common Fund, overseeing the Operations Team; the Strategic Planning, Evaluation, and Communication Team; and the Office Management Team.

Team: Re-Engineering the Biomedical Workforce (RRE)

Functional Area: Program Evaluation and Analysis; Program Management

Programs: Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS); Diversity Program Consortium (DPC): Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce; Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST); Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE); Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity; Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN)

Willie Jackson joined the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) in March 2023. He serves as a Program Analyst. Prior to joining OSC, he worked for the NCI as a Research Study Coordinator and NIH Clinical Center/NIAID as a Clinical Research Case Manager. He earned his B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University and M.S. in Management and Leadership. He is a board-certified Registered Nurse.

Team: Catalytic Data Resources (CDR)

Functional Area: Program Management

Programs: Common Fund Data Ecosystem(CFDE)

Dr. Kano joined the Office of Strategic Coordination in 2021, where she helps integrate data from multiple Common Fund programs with the Common Fund Data Ecosystem. Previously, Dr. Kano worked as a program manager with the Department of Veterans Affairs where she provided strategic program management support to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Innovation Ecosystem. In that role, she managed a large and complex support team and worked closely with program leadership to shape and execute strategic priorities. Christy received her Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from the George Washington University.