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Organizational Phone List

Office of the Director - OD

NamePhone
Director - Dr. Michael Chiang, Building 31, 6A03301-496-2234
Deputy Director - Dr. Santa Tumminia, Building 31, 6A03301-496-2234
Executive Assistant - Rose-Minaff Hood, Building 31, 6A03  301-466-3360
Project Manager - Tonia Cumberledge, Building 31, 6A03301-451-3452

Office of International Program Activities

NamePhone
Associate Director for International Programs - Dr. Gyan “John” Prakash, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4281

Office of Data Science and Health Informatics - ODSHI

NamePhone
Assistant Director - Amberlynn Reed301-503-1050
Data Scientist - Syed Umair Haqqani240-552-1654
Executive Assistant - Natanya Malcolm301-496-5100
Program Manager - Erika Nelson240-401-1937
Biologist - Amelia Naik301-480-2188
eyeGENE Coordinator - Melissa Reeves301-594-9386
Senior Research Associate - Ranya Al Rawi301-496-3577

Office of Administrative Management - OAM

NamePhone
Deputy Director for Management/Executive Officer - Melanie Reagan, Building 31, 6A11301-435-0566
Deputy Executive Officer - Jessica Ryan, Building 31, 6A11301-435-0566
Program Specialist - Natalie Haynes301-802-0398
Senior Advisor - Nora Walsh301-443-8203
Space and Facilities Manager - Amy Mercado-Berton, Building 31, 6A23301-827-2378
Facilities Coordinator, Daniel Molina, Building 31, 6A23301-480-8189

Extramural Administrative Management Branch - EAMB

NamePhone
Chief - Shauna D. Schwartz301-827-4027
Administrative Officer - Melissa Trinchet301-642-0212
Administrative Officer - Sean Gejenski240-447-9571
Administrative Technician/NEI Travel Coordinator - Jackie Paniagua Calderon301-827-5836

Intramural Administrative Management Branch - IAMB

NamePhone
Chief - Melissa Shue, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233 
Lead Administrative Officer - Leslie Hertz, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233
Administrative Officer - Renata Baginski, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233
Administrative Officer - Anita Chukwu, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233
Administrative Officer - Bekky Philogene, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233
Administrative Officer - Laronda Elliott, Building 31, 6A52301-480-6153
Administrative Officer - Yvonne Jackson, Building 31, 6A52301-272-5240
Administrative Officer - Erica Vass, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233
Administrative Technician - Kayla Alston, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233
Chief Purchasing Agent - Tina Curington, Building 31, 6A52240-534-9153
Program Specialist - Lisa Reed, Building 31, 6A52 301-480-5848
Program Specialist, Purchasing – Barbara Wilson, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233
Purchasing Agent - George Harrell, Building 31, 6A52301-496-4233
Program Specialist - Rose May, Building 31, 6A52301-205-1598

Financial Management Branch - FMB

NamePhone
Budget Officer - Karen Colbert, Building 31, 6A16301-435-8822
Deputy Budget Officer - Nikitha Maan, Building 31, 6A16301-827-5193
Budget Analyst - Alexandra Fritz, Building 31, 6A16301-435-8819
Budget Analyst - Gentry Jones, Building 31, 6A16410-428-2407

Management Policy and Analysis Branch - MPAB

NamePhone
Property Custodian Officer - Jordan Ault 240-550-1062
Property Custodian Officer - Walter Davis301-204-6053
Property Custodian Officer - Billy Eatmon301-655-3298
Property Custodian Officer - Juan Carlos Franco227-216-6746
Property Custodian Officer - Ramaya Robertson 240-506-5837

Information and Technology Management Branch - ITMB

NamePhone
Chief Information Officer - Archana Mohale, Building 31, 6A29301-451-4441
Information System Security Officer - Boniface Lansiquot, Building 31, 6A29301-435-7924

Office of Science Communications, Public Liaison, and Education - OSCPLE

NamePhone
Acting Director - Kathryn DeMott301-496-5248

Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications - DECA

NamePhone
Director - Dr. Emily Chew, Building 10, CRC, 3-2531301-496-6583

Office of the Clinical Director - OCD

NamePhone
Clinical Director - Dr. Richard Lee, Building 10, CRC, 3-2531301-496-6583
Consult Services Section Chief - Dr. Teresa Magone, Building 10, 10C432A301-402-3771
Clinical Operations Chief - Dr. William Russell O'Donnell, Building 10, CRC, 3-2531301-496-9058
Clinical Trials Coordinating Section Chief - Dr. Wendy Holland, Building 10, 10D45301-435-1831
Clinical Informatics Section Chief - Dr. Elizabeth Murphy, Building 10, 10C440301-402-4145

Office of the Scientific Director - OSD

NamePhone
Scientific Director - Dr. Kapil Bharti, Building 10 - 10D45301-451-9372
Deputy Scientific Director - Dr. David Schneeweis, Building 10 - 10D45301-451-6763
Program Director - Mica McNair, Building 10 - 10D45301-451-6763
Scientific Information Officer - Duy Tran, Building 10 - 10D45 
Training Director – Dr. Cesar Perez-Gonzalez, Building 10 - 10D45301-451-6763
Technology Development Coordinator – Dr. Mala Dutta, Building 10 - 10D45301-451-2198
Program Analyst – Ellen Hilburn, Building 10 - 10D45301-451-6763
Program Specialist – Ieva Macionyte, Building 10 - 10D45301-451-6763
Executive Assistant to Scientific Director – Miranda Robinson – Building 10 - 10D45301-451-6763
Program Specialist - Cathy Geer – Building 31, 6A22301-496-5360
Program Specialist - Lucia Lawrence, Building 31, 6A22301-435-6149
Program Specialist - Jairo Mejia, Building 31, 6A22301-451-9939
Program Specialist - Debra Marshall, Building 10, 10N248301-435-5139
Biological Imaging Core Head - Dr. Robert Fariss, Building 6, 202301-496-2829
Molecular Structure and Functional Genomics Section Chief - Dr. Graeme Wistow, Building 6, 106301-402-3452
Flow Cytometry Core - Acting Head - Rafael Villasmil, Building 31, 6A22301-435-7563
Genetic Engineering Core - Head - Dr. Lijin Dong, Building 6, B102301-402-5296
Ocular Gene Therapy Core - Acting Head - Dr. Tiansen Li, Building 6, 206301-594-5376
Neuro-Immune Regulome Unit – Chief – Dr. Han-Yu Shih, Building 10, 5S261301-496-2612
Visual Function Core Head - Dr. Haohua Qian, Building 49, 2B04301-435-6275

Laboratory of Immunology - LI

NamePhone
Chief - Dr. Rachel Caspi, Building 10, 10N109301-435-4567
Experimental Immunology Section Chief - Dr. Igal Gery, Building 10, 10N208301-496-4159
Immunoregulation Section Chief - Dr. Rachel Caspi, Building 10, 10N222301-435-4567
Molecular Immunology Section Chief - Dr. Charles Egwuagu, Building 10, 10N248G301-496-0049

Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology - LRCMB

NamePhone
Chief - Dr. T. Michael Redmond, Building 6, 339301-496-0439
Molecular Mechanisms Section Chief - Dr. T. Michael Redmond, Building 6, 339301-496-0439
Protein Structure and Function Section Chief - Dr. S. Patricia Becerra, Building 6, 134301-496-6514
Retinal Ganglion Cell Biology Section Chief - Dr. Stanislav Tomarev, Building 6, 212301-496-8524

Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research - LSR

NamePhone
Chief - Dr. Richard Krauzlis, Building 49, 2A50301-496-9375
Eye Movements and Visual Selection Chief - Dr. Richard Krauzlis, Building 49, 2A50301-496-9375
Unit on Sensation, Cognition and Action Section Chief – Dr. Bevil Conway, Building 49, 2A50301-594-3238
Visual Decision-Making Section Chief – Dr. Hendrikje Nienborg, Building 49, 2A50301-496-3549
Thalamocortical Visual Processing Section Chief – Dr. Farran Briggs, Building 49, 2A50301-480-2764

Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration, and Repair Laboratory - NNRL

NamePhone
Chief - Dr. Anand Swaroop, Building 6, 338301-435-5754
Retinal Development, Genetics and Therapy Section Chief - Dr. Anand Swaroop, Building 6, 338301-435-5754
Retinal Cell Biology and Degeneration Section Chief - Dr. Tiansen Li, Building 6, 337301-443-2833

Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch - OGVFB

NamePhone
Chief - Dr. Brian Brooks, 10 CRC, Room 3-2531301-451-2238
Ophthalmic Clinical Genetics Section Chief (Acting) - Dr. Brian Brooks, Building 10, 10N109301-503-1305
Human Visual Function Section Chief - Dr. Brett Jeffrey, Building 10, 10N109301-496-8300
Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics Section Chief - Dr. Fielding Hejtmancik, 5635 Fishers LN, Suite 1120301-496-8300
Ocular Stem Cells and Translational Research Section Chief - Dr. Kapil Bharti, Building 10, 10B10301-451-9372
Pediatric Developmental, and Genetic Ophthalmology Section Chief - Dr. Brian Brooks, Building 10, 10B11301-451-2238
Clinical and Translational Imagining Section Chief – Dr. Johnny Tam, Building 10, 10N109301-435-7821
Ophthalmic Genomics Laboratory – Director, Dr. Bin Guan, Building 10, 9N240C301-594-0029

Division of Extramural Science Programs - DESP

NamePhone
Director, Dr. Sangeeta Bhargava, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8175
Health Specialist, Merideth Brown Shifflett, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400240-997-7709

Retina

NamePhone
Angiogenesis and Immunology, Program Director - Dr. Nataliya Gordiyenko, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8162
Bioengineering and Technology, Program Director – Dr. PaekGyu Lee, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8164
Photoreceptor/RPE Biology Cell and Molecular Technologies, Program Director – Dr. Lisa A. Neuhold, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-443-5401
Retinal Neuroscience, Program Director – Dr. Charles Wright, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-451-2020
Retina Development and Regeneration, Program Director - Dr. Ashley Fortress, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-827-8613
Retinal Diseases, Program Director – Dr. Tiffany Cook, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-480-6181

Cornea

NamePhone
Ocular Pain, Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8166
Structure, Function, and Diseases of the Cornea, Program Director - Dr. George A. McKie, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8152
Regenerative Medicine, Program Director - Dr. Ashley Fortress, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-827-8613

Lens and Cataract

NamePhone
Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8166

Glaucoma and Optic Neuropathies

NamePhone
Bioengineering and Technology, Program Director - Dr. Tony Gover, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-529-7370
Glaucoma, Program Director - Dr. Hongman Song, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-451-9768
Program Director (AAAS STP Fellow) - Dr. Steve Henle, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-594-5669
Regeneration, Program Director - Dr. Ashley Fortress, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-827-8613

Low Vision and Blindness Rehabilitation

NamePhone
Program Director - Dr. Cheri L. Wiggs, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-402-0276

Strabismus, Amblyopia and Visual Processing

NamePhone
Central Visual Processing, Program Director - Dr. Martha C. Flanders, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-827-5191
Development and Regeneration, Program Director - Dr. Edwin C. Clayton, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400240-987-8255
Myopia and Refractive Error, Program Director - Dr. Cheri L. Wiggs, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-402-0276
Oculomotor Systems, Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8166
Perception and Psychophysics, Program Director - Dr. Cheri L. Wiggs, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-402-0276
Strabismus and Amblyopia, Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8166

Collaborative Clinical Research

NamePhone
Collaborative Clinical Research, Program Director - Dr. Azadeh Shoaibi, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400240-408-8863
Program Director - Donald F. Everett, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8181
Program Director - Dr. Maryann Redford, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8173
Program Director – Dr. Negin Atri, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-480-5024
Program Director – Dr. Jimmy Le, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8160

Research Training

NamePhone
Program Director - Dr. Neeraj Agarwal, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8155
Program Director - Dr. Edwin C. Clayton301-480-9350

Research Resources

NamePhone
Conference Grants, Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8166
Informatics and Data Science, Program Director - Dr. James Gao, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-594-6074
Research Resource Officer, Program Director - Dr. PaekGyu Lee, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8164

Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer

NamePhone
Program Director - Dr. PaekGyu Lee, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-435-8164
Program Director - Dr. Tony Gover, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400301-529-7370

Division of Extramural Activities – DEA

NamePhone
Acting Director - Anna Han301-496-2234
Program Specialist - Lateefah Hill301-827-6127
Lead Program Analyst - Nathan Brown301-480-7076
Health Specialist - Keturah Williams301-827-2215

Grants Management Branch - GMB

NamePhone
Acting Chief GMO - Roland Jay Colbert301-451-4714

Grants Management Specialists

NamePhone
Shawn Adolphus301-827-7530
Renee Livshin301-435-8177
Leslie West-Bushby301-435-8176
Stephanie Blackford301-435-5588
Alexandra Gavrilovic301-402-6399
Carissa Reilly-Weedon301-435-8170
Alysia Champagne301-435-8167

Last updated: September 19, 2025