Office of Biodefense Research Affairs (OBRA) - DMID
Dr. Michael Kurilla, Director
Dr. Clare Schmitt, Deputy Director
Marianne Baker, Biodefense Clinical Research Project Manager
Patricia Gottdiener, Biodefense Clinical Research Project Manager
Carol Ostrye, Biodefense Clinical Research Project Manager
Biodefense Drug Development Section
Dr. Helen Schiltz, Acting Chief & Program Officer, Drug Development Section
Dr. John Bogdan, Drug Development Program Officer
Dr. Ping Chen, Drug Development Program Officer
Beth Spinelli, Drug Development Program Officer
Biodefense Research Resources Section
Dr. Judith Hewitt, Chief, Biodefense Research Resources Section
Dr. Kenneth Cremer, Research Resources Program Officer
Dr. Kristin DeBord, Research Resources Program Officer
Dr. Thames Pickett, Research Resources Program Officer
Dr. Tracey MacGill, Research Resources Program Officer
Pier A. Minor, Extramural Program Assistant
Shunetta Powell, Extramural Program Assistant
Susan Peacock, Research Resources Program Officer
Biodefense Vaccine and Other Biologicals Product Development Section
Dr. Edwin Nuzum, Chief, Product Development Section
Dr. Martin Crumrine, Product DevelopmentProgram Officer
Sonia Gales, Product Development Project Manager
Freyja Lynn, Product Development Project Manager
Dr. Gopa Raychaudhuri, Product Development Program Officer
Dr. Lucy Ward, Product Development Program Officer
Nancy Wilkie, Product Development Program Officer
Extramural Biodefense Facilities Section
Nancy Boyd, Chief, Extramural Biodefense Facilities Section
Babak “Bob” Farahpour, Biocontainment Facilities Program Officer
Janyce Hedetniemi, Community Relations Advisor (Consultant)
Jean Patrice “Fred” Khoshbin, Biocontainment Facilities Program Officer
Ambrose (Buck) Lewis, Biocontainment Facilities Program Officer
Gary Zackowitz, Biocontainment Facilities Program Officer
Regional Centers, Translational Research and Biodefense Training Section
Dr. Rona Hirschberg, Chief, Regional Centers, Translational Research and Biodefense Training Section
Dr. William Angus, Regional Centers of Excellence Program Officer
Dr. N. Kent Peters, Regional Centers of Excellence Program Officer
Dr. Michael Schaefer, Regional Centers of Excellence Program Officer
Kimberly (JoJo) Stemple, Health Specialist/Program Manager
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