Division of Communication & Outreach (DCO)

Mission

Empowering the extramural research community, internal and external to NIH, to advance science by providing them with:

  • Accurate and timely information on grant opportunities, policies, processes, and systems
  • Insight into the NIH extramural leadership perspective

Major Responsibilities

Key products and services supported by the office include:

DCO Leadership

Director – Megan Columbus
Deputy Director for Innovation and Technology – David Rosen

Ben Roberts – AAAS Fellow – Legislative, Peer Review 

Leadership

Rosalina Bray, Ph.D. – Extramural Staff Training
Sheri Cummins – Content Development and User Experience
Cynthia Dwyer – Outreach
David Kosub, Ph.D. – Legislative, Communications, Press
Elise Rabin – Legislative, Communications, Press
David Rosen – Innovation and Technology, and Web Development

Teams

Web Development and Technology Branch 

Provides technical management and web development of numerous OER public and staff web sites and system utilities that support the NIH grants process.

David Rosen – Chief
Μichael Dοrsey – Senior Web Developer
Mauricio Flores Cortez – Web Developer
Marshall Heyda (contractor) – Web Developer
Emrul Islam – Senior Web Developer
Abdul Khan (contractor) – System Administrator
Euna Kim – UX/UI Designer
Frank Newman – Senior Web Developer
Emma Saiz (contractor) – UX/UI Designer
Priyanka Sharma (contractor) – Web Developer
Alessio Van Keulen (contractor) – Web Developer

Content Development and User Experience 

Sheri Cummins – Team Lead
Sophie Barry – Social Media, Web Content
Victoria Gee (contractor) – Instructional Designer
Betsy Hall (contractor) – User Experience Engineer 
Jeffrey Harvey (contractor) – Communications Specialist
Jen Sacchetti – Strategic Communications

OER Outreach

Cynthia Dwyer – Team Lead
Kimberly Biondi (contractor) – Communications Specialist
Angel Fitzpatrick – Communications Specialist

Extramural Staff Training

Rosalina Bray – NIH Staff Training Officer and Team Lead
Angela Bates – Senior Policy Analyst/Project Manager
Henrietta Bush Sawyerr (contractor) – Program Coordinator
LaKisha Greenwade – Training Specialist
Paul Guansing – Training Specialist/Instructional Designer
Sarah Shane – Program Analyst

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