Office of the Director

Mission

The NIH is comprised of the Office of the Director and 27 Institutes and Centers. The Office of the Director is the central office at NIH. The OD is responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components.

The NIH Director provides overall leadership to NIH activities in both scientific and administrative matters. Although each institute within the NIH has a separate mission, the NIH Director plays an active role in shaping the agency's research agenda and outlook. With a unique and critical perspective on the mission of the entire NIH, the Director is responsible for providing leadership to the institutes for identifying needs and opportunities, especially for efforts that involve several institutes.

Parent Organizations

• National Institutes of Health

Subordinate Organizations

• Center for Cooperative Resolution
• Executive Secretariat
• Office of Community Liasion
• Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management
• Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy
• Office of Financial Management
• Office of the General Counsel
• Office of Human Resources
• Office of Management Assessment
• Office of Research Facilities
• Office of Technology Transfer

Immediate Staff Positions

• Director, Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni MD
  • Phone......: 301-496-2433
  • Fax........: 301-402-2700
  • E-mail.....: ZerhounE@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0148 (Room 126) Bethesda, MD 20892-0148
  • Web site...: http://www.nih.gov/about/director

• Deputy Director, Dr. Raynard S. Kington MD, PhD
  • Phone......: 301-496-7322
  • Fax........: 301-402-2700
  • E-mail.....: KingtonR@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0148 (Room 126) Bethesda, MD 20892-0148

• Deputy Director for Intramural Research, Michael M. Gottesman MD
  • Phone......: 301-496-1921
  • Fax........: 301-402-4273
  • E-mail.....: GottesmM@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0140 (Room 114) Bethesda, MD 20892-0140

• Deputy Director for Extamural Research (Acting), Belinda P. Seto Ph D
  • Phone......: 301-496-1096
  • Fax........: 301-402-3469
  • E-mail.....: setob@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0152 (Room 144) Bethesda, MD 20892-0152

• Deputy Director for Management, Charles E. Leasure Jr
  • Phone......: 301-496-3271
  • Fax........: 301-402-1759
  • E-mail.....: LeasureC@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0143 (Room 103) Bethesda, MD 20892-0143

• Associate Director for Research Services, Stephen A. Ficca
  • Phone......: 301-496-2215
  • Fax........: 301-402-0604
  • E-mail.....: ficcas@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0158 (Room 160) Bethesda, MD 20892-0158

• Associate Director for Disease Prevention, Barnett Kramer MD, MPh
  • Phone......: 301-496-1508
  • Fax........: 301-480-7660
  • E-mail.....: kramerb@od.nih.gov
  • Location...: 6100 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7523 (Room 2B03) Bethesda, MD 20892-7523

• Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (Acting), Virginia S. Cain MD, Ph D
  • Phone......: 301-402-1146
  • Fax........: 301-402-1150
  • E-mail.....: cainv@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0183 (Room 256) Bethesda, MD 20892-0183

• Associate Director for Administration, Leamon Lee Ph D
  • Phone......: 301-496-4466
  • Fax........: 301-402-5560
  • E-mail.....: leel@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 6011 Executive Boulevard, Room 605E Bethesda, MD 20892-0146

• Associate Director for Research on Women's Health, Vivian Pinn MD
  • Phone......: 301-402-1770
  • Fax........: 301-402-1798
  • E-mail.....: PinnV@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0161 (Room 201) Bethesda, MD 20892-0161

• Associate Director for Budget, Donald C. Poppke
  • Phone......: 301-496-4477
  • Fax........: 301-496-4332
  • E-mail.....: PoppkeD@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0134 (Room B1-22) Bethesda, MD 20892-0134

• Associate Director for Science Policy, Lana Skirboll Ph D
  • Phone......: 301-496-2122
  • Fax........: 301-402-1759
  • E-mail.....: SkirbolL@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0143 (Room 103) Bethesda, MD 20892-0143

• Associate Director for Legislative Policy and Analysis, Marc Smolonsky
  • Phone......: 301-496-3471
  • Fax........: 301-496-0840
  • E-mail.....: smolonsm@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0160 (Room 244) Bethesda, MD 20892-0160

• Associate Director for Communications and Public Liaison, John T. Burklow
  • Phone......: 301-496-5787
  • Fax........: 301-496-0017
  • E-mail.....: BurklowJ@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 1 Center Drive, MSC 0188 (Room 344) Bethesda, MD 20892-0188

• Associate Director for AIDS Research, Jack Whitescarver Ph D
  • Phone......: 301-496-0357
  • Fax........: 301-496-2119
  • E-mail.....: whitescj@mail.nih.gov
  • Location...: 2 Center Drive, Room 4E14 Bethesda, MD 20892