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Research Investigators

Senior Clinicians

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Benjamin Solomon, M.D.
  • Clinical Director
  • Office of the Clinical Director
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Cynthia Tifft, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Deputy Clinical Director
  • Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine Training Program
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David Adams, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Senior Clinician
  • Office of the Clinical Director
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Oleg A. Shchelochkov, M.D.
  • Director
  • Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine Training Program

NIH Distinguished Investigators

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Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D.
  • Director & NIH Distinguished Investigator
  • Center for Precision Health Research
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Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D.
  • NIH Distinguished Investigator
  • Medical Genetics Branch
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Elaine A. Ostrander, Ph.D.
  • Chief & NIH Distinguished Investigator
  • Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch
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Charles Rotimi, Ph.D.
  • Scientific Director and NIH Distinguished Investigator, Division of Intramural Research
  • Director, Center for Research in Genomics and Global Health
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Julie Segre, Ph.D.
  • Chief and NIH Distinguished Investigator
  • Translational and Functional Genomics Branch

Senior Investigators

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Daphne W. Bell, Ph.D.
  • Senior Investigator
  • Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch
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Diana W. Bianchi, M.D.
  • Senior Investigator
  • Center for Precision Health Research
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Lawrence Brody, Ph.D.
  • Director
  • Division of Genomics and Society
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Shawn Burgess, Ph.D.
  • Co-Deputy Director
  • Division of Intramural Research
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Laura Elnitski, Ph.D.
  • Senior Investigator
  • Translational and Functional Genomics Branch
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William A. Gahl, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Senior Investigator, Medical Genetics Branch
  • Director, Undiagnosed Diseases Program
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Neil A. Hanchard, M.B.B.S., D.Phil.
  • Senior Investigator
  • Center for Precision Health Research
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Laura M. Koehly, Ph.D.
  • Chief & Senior Investigator
  • Social and Behavioral Research Branch
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Paul P. Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Senior Investigator
  • Translational and Functional Genomics Branch
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Adam M. Phillippy, Ph.D.
  • Director and Senior Investigator
  • Center for Genomics and Data Science Research
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Ellen Sidransky, M.D.
  • Chief and Senior Investigator
  • Medical Genetics Branch
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Charles P. Venditti, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Chief and Senior Investigator
  • Metabolic Medicine Branch

Investigators

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Peter McGuire, M.S., M.B.B.Ch.
  • Investigator
  • Metabolic Medicine Branch
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Meru J. Sadhu, Ph.D.
  • Stadtman Investigator
  • Center for Genomics and Data Science Research

Senior Scientists

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Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D.
  • Head
  • NIH Office of Intramural Research
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James W. Thomas, Ph.D.
  • Senior Scientist
  • NIH Intramural Sequencing Center

Associate Investigators

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Adebowale A. Adeyemo, M.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Center for Genomics and Data Science Research
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Ivona Aksentijevich, M.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Inflammatory Disease Section
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Stacie M. Anderson, B.S.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Office of Scientific Core Facilities
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Benjamin E. Berkman, J.D., M.P.H.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Office of the Clinical Director
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Vence L. Bonham Jr., J.D.
  • Acting Deputy Director
  • Office of the Director
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Sean P. Conlan, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Microbial Genomics Section
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Settara Chandrasekharappa, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch
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Randy Chandler, Ph.D., M.B.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Organic Acid Research Section
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Abdel G. Elkahloun, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch
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Lori Erby, Sc.M., Ph.D., C.G.C.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Center for Precision Health Research
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Michael R. Erdos, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Molecular Genetics Section
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Valer Gotea, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Translational and Functional Genomics Branch
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Sergey Koren, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Genome Informatics Section
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Lisa Garrett, M.S.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Office of Scientific Core Facilities
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Chris Gunter, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Social and Behavioral Research Branch
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Sara Chandros Hull, Ph.D.
  • Co-Deputy Director
  • Division of Intramural Research
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Eirini Manoli, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Senior Research Physician
  • Organic Acid Research Section
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Heidi Parker, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch
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Susan Persky, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Social and Behavioral Research Branch
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Raman Sood, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • Office of Scientific Core Facilities
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Oleg A. Shchelochkov, M.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • National Human Genome Research Institute
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James W. Thomas, Ph.D.
  • Associate Investigator
  • NIH Intramural Sequencing Center

Scientific Cores

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Stacie M. Anderson, B.S.
  • Director
  • Flow Cytometry Core
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Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D.
  • Director
  • Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core
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Benjamin E. Berkman, J.D., M.P.H.
  • Deputy Director
  • Bioethics Core
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Settara Chandrasekharappa, Ph.D.
  • Director
  • Genomics Core
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Abdel G. Elkahloun, Ph.D.
  • Head
  • Microarrays and Single-Cell Genomics Core
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Lisa Garrett, M.S.
  • Director
  • Embryonic Stem Cell and Transgenic Mouse Core
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Sara Chandros Hull, Ph.D.
  • Director
  • Bioethics Core
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Raman Sood, Ph.D.
  • Director
  • Zebrafish Core
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Tyra Wolfsberg, Ph.D.
  • Associate Director
  • Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core
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Clesson Turner, M.D.
  • Director
  • Reverse Phenotyping Core
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Stephen Wincovitch Sr., M.S.
  • Director
  • Advanced Imaging and Analysis Core

Adjunct Investigators

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Manfred Boehm, M.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Office of the Clinical Director, NHGRI
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Carsten G. Bonnemann, M.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Medical Genetics Branch
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Brian P. Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Center for Precision Health Research
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Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Medical Genetics Branch
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Joshua Denny, M.D., M.S.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Center for Precision Health Research
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Edward S. Giniger, Ph.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Medical Genetics Branch
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James Inglese, Ph.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Metabolic Medicine Branch
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William M. Klein, Ph.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Center for Precision Health Research
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Paul Meltzer, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch
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Sean Mooney, Ph.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Center for Genomics and Data Science Research
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Pamela Schwartzberg, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Center for Genomics and Data Science Research
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Douglas Stewart, M.D.
  • Adjunct Investigator
  • Center for Precision Health Research

Scientist Emeriti

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Alexander Wilson, Ph.D.
  • Scientist Emeritus
  • Division of Intramural Research
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Joan E. Bailey-Wilson, Ph.D.
  • Scientist Emerita
  • Center for Genomics and Data Science Research

Last updated: March 1, 2025