Summary

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.

NINDS supports and performs basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience research; funds and conducts research training and career development programs to increase basic, translational and clinical neuroscience expertise; and promotes the timely dissemination of scientific discoveries and their implications for neurological health to the public, health professionals, researchers, and policy-makers.

Information

Website:  ninds.nih.gov YouTube Channel:  youtube.com/user/NIHNINDS Wikipedia Entry: wiki/National_Institute_of_Neurological_Disorders_and_Stroke Follow NINDS

For health or medical questions and general information:

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For inquiries regarding NINDS Extramural Programs:

NINDS – Neuroscience Center Division of Extramural Research 6001 Executive Boulevard Suite 3309 Bethesda, MD 20892- 9531*

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Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Co-chair, BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG)

Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D. was selected Director of NINDS on June 11, 2015. Dr. Koroshetz joined NINDS in 2007 as Deputy Director, and he served as Acting Director from October 2014 through June 2015. Before joining NINDS, Dr. Koroshetz served as Vice Chair of the neurology service and Director of stroke and neurointensive care services at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

 

Information

NINDS Webpage: ninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/bio_walter_koroshetz Twitter:  @NINDSdirector

Email: koroshetzw@ninds.nih.gov

Address: NIH/NINDS Building 31, Room 8A52 31 Center Dr MSC 2540 Bethesda, MD 20892

 

Biosketch

Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D. was selected Director of NINDS on June 11, 2015. Dr. Koroshetz joined NINDS in 2007 as Deputy Director, and he served as Acting Director from October 2014 through June 2015. Previously, he served as Deputy Director of NINDS under Dr. Story Landis. Together, they directed program planning and budgeting, and oversaw the scientific and administrative functions of the Institute. He has held leadership roles in a number of NIH and NINDS programs including the NIH’s BRAIN Initiative, the Traumatic Brain Injury Center collaborative effort between the NIH intramural program and the Uniformed Health Services University, and the multi-year work to develop and establish the NIH Office of Emergency Care Research to coordinate ...

Messages below from NINDS Director’s Messages

BRAIN 2015 profile of Walter Koroshetz, MD

New Award Creates Stable Funding for Outstanding Neuroscience Investigators

Director’s Messages July 16, 2105 by Walter Koroshetz, Director of NINDS and co-Director of the BRAIN Inititative

As NINDS Director, my goal is to optimize the progress of basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience research. One issue that slows the pace of discovery is that, rather than directly engaging in research, many principal investigators spend a great deal of their time writing and administering grant proposals. This is a consequence not only of the current constrained budget climate, but also of the fact that NIH grants fund individual projects that are relatively short in duration.

We feel that it is time to free up smart, talented people with innovative ideas to focus their time and effort on doing excellent science. To empower investigators to use their time more productively, NINDS is piloting a new funding mechanism – the Research Program Award (RPA) (see FAQs). Rather than funding a single project, an RPA will support an NINDS investigator’s overall research program for up to eight years. This initial pilot program aims to fund up to 30 investigators in FY 2016 who have demonstrated strong potential to ...

Director, NINDS/NIH Division of Extramural Research Co-Chair of the Interagency Working Group on Neuroscience

Dr. Robert Finkelstein has been the Director of the NINDS Division of Extramural Research since November 2004. In this capacity, he is responsible for planning and policy, coordinating scientific programs funded by the Institute, and overseeing the scientific review, grants management, and administrative services of the extramural program.

 

Web Information

NINDS web page: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/pdbio_robert_finkelstein.htm

Contact Information

Email: rf45c@nih.gov

Address: Neuroscience Center, Room 3307 6001 Executive Blvd MSC 9531 Bethesda, MD 20892-9531

 

Biosketch

Finkelstein earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1973, and his Ph.D. in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987; at MIT he worked on oncogene expression in neuroblastoma and teratocarcinoma cells. He pursued postdoctoral training in the department of genetics at Harvard Medical School. During this time he began studies of genetic regulation of nervous system development in the fly, which he continued as an assistant and then as a tenured associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

During his tenure at NINDS, he has served as scientific team leader for the neurogenetics cluster and as NINDS representative on a number of trans-NIH committees. He also formulated a 5-year agenda for tuberous ...

Postdoctoral Scientist, Boston University PhD in Neuroscience from George Mason University

Michele’s research focus is on Whole-cell Electrophysiology, Biotechnology, Optogenetics, Neuropharmacology, and Computational Models.  Michele employs Electrophysiology in brain slices – patch clamp and neuropharmacology. implements biophysically realistic models of neurons.

 

Web Information

Research Gate webpage: researchgate.net/profile/Michele_Ferrante

LinkedIn webpage:   inkedin.com/pub/michele-ferrante/6/333/634

Twitter: @mferr133

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Acting Deputy Director, NINDS, Office Of The Director Designated Federal Official for the Multi-Council Working Group

Dr. Willard served as the Deputy Director of the NINDS Extramural program, Chief of the Scientific Review Branch and the Referral Officer for NINDS. He was a tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology and the Curriculum in Neurobiology, where his research interests were in the areas of developmental neurobiology and synaptic physiology.

Web Information

NIH Webpage:  ninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/srabio_alan_willard

Contact Information

Email: aw135y@nih.gov

Phone:  301-496-9248

Address: NIH/NINDS Building 31, Room 8A52 31 Center Dr MSC 2540 Bethesda, MD 20892-2540

Biosketch

Dr. Alan Willard is the Acting Deputy Director of NINDS.  Prior to this position, he served as the Deputy Director of the NINDS Extramural program, Chief of the Scientific Review Branch and the Referral Officer for NINDS. He previously worked as the Scientific Review Officer of the NINDS NSD-C study section. Before joining NINDS, he was a tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology and the Curriculum in Neurobiology, where his research interests were in the areas of developmental neurobiology and synaptic physiology. He was also actively involved in graduate and medical student education ...

 

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Program Director, Neural Engineering at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Staff, Multi-Council Working Group 

Dr. Ludwig is the Scientific Lead for the Translational Devices Program at NINDS, is a Co-Lead of the Project Team responsible for developing and executing three of the six NIH Funding Opportunities Announcements for the B.R.A.I.N. Initiative, and led a trans-NIH planning team in developing the ~$250M Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) Program to stimulate advances in neuromodulation therapies for organ systems.  

Information

NINDS webpage: ninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/pdbio_kip_ludwig.htm Neural Interfaces webpage: ninds.nih.gov/research/npp/ LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kip-ludwig/4/6b9/b6

Email: kip.ludwig@nih.gov Phone: 301-496-1447 and 301-480-1080 Address: NIH/NINDS Neuroscience Center, Room 2207 6001 Executive Blvd MSC Bethesda, MD 20892

Biography

Prior to coming to the NIH, Dr. Ludwig worked in Industry as a research scientist, where his team conceived, developed and demonstrated the chronic efficacy of a next-generation neural stimulation electrode for reducing blood pressure in both pre-clinical and clinical trials. Through his industry work he oversaw Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP studies enabling clinical trials in Europe and the United States, as well as participated in the protocol development and execution of those trials, leading to approval for sale in the European Union and a U.S. Pivotal trial. His electrode concept is now for sale in seven countries around ...

 

Program Director, Extramural Research Program for National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Multi-Council Working Group (Staff)

Dr. Talley was a Research Assistant Professor at UVA and initiated investigations into the CNS functions of two-pore-domain potassium channels, with an emphasis on their modulation by neurotransmitters and clinically important drugs. His work on these channels included extensive mapping of their CNS expression patterns, identification of molecular bases for their modulation using mutational and biochemical analyses, and investigations into their functions in vivo by generating knockout mouse lines.

Web Information

NINDS Webpage: ninds.nih.gov/find_people/ninds/pdbio_edmund_talley

Contact Information

Email: talleye@ninds.nih.gov

Phone: 301-496-1917

Address: NIH/NINDS Neuroscience Center, Room 2132 6001 Executive Blvd MSC 9521 Bethesda, MD 20892-9521

Biosketch

Specialties: synaptic transmission, neuromodulation, signal transduction

Edmund (Ned) Talley joined the NINDS in 2005 as a Program Director for Channels, Synapses and Circuits. His program at the NINDS is focused on basic research in synaptic transmission and neuromodulation. Dr. Talley received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Virginia, where he studied the physiology and pharmacology of motor neurons involved in respiration. After his Ph.D., he remained at UVA as a Research Assistant Professor, and initiated investigations into the CNS functions of two-pore-domain potassium channels, with an emphasis on their modulation by neurotransmitters and clinically important drugs. His work on these channels included extensive mapping ...

Director, Office of Scientific Liaison, NINDS

Dr Adams leads OSL efforts to provide a seamless flow of information on research advances and initiatives to the various stakeholders including  scientific and academic communities, as well as policy-makers, patients, and the public.

Web Information

NINDS page: https://ned.nih.gov/search/ViewDetails.aspx?NIHID=0011929572

LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/amy-adams/36/ab8/192

Contact Information

Email: amy.adams2@nih.gov

Phone: 301-435-0110

Address: BG 31 RM 8A31D 31 CENTER DR BETHESDA MD 20814

 

Biosketch

Dr. Amy Bany Adams currently serves as Director of the Office of Scientific Liaison (OSL) at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at NIH, where she leads OSL efforts to provide a seamless flow of information on research advances and initiatives to the various stakeholders including  scientific and academic communities, as well as policy-makers, patients, and the public.  OSL manages the NINDS website, an important tool in broadly conveying this information.  Previously, she served as the Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Office of Science Policy and Analysis (OSPA) since 2008, where she was responsible for coordinating scientific planning efforts, policy analysis, and providing evaluating and reporting services for the NIDCR.  Prior to joining NIDCR, Dr. Adams served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of the (NIH) Director, and ...

Senior Science Policy Analyst, NINDS

Dr. Ramos supports the coordination and oversight of three main NINDS efforts: the NIH BRAIN Initiative; the work of NINDS’s Office of Scientific Liaison communicating information on the basic and translational research funded by NINDS to diverse scientific audiences; and the work of the Office of Pain Policy. She also serves as Executive Secretary and NIH liaison for the Neuroethics Workgroup of the BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group.

Web Information

LinkedIn web page: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/khara-ramos-ph-d/58/b6b/8b2

Twitter handle: @KharaRamos

Contact Information

Email: Khara.Ramos@nih.gov

Phone: 301.594.2614

Address: 31 Center Drive, Building 31 room 8a311 Bethesday, 20892

 

Biosketch

Stanford University Bachelor of Science (BS), Symbolic Systems 1997 – 2001

University of California, San Diego Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neurosciences 2002 – 2007

University of Colorado at Boulder Postdoctoral Fellow September 2007June 2012(4 years 10 months)

Studied the role of central nervous system (CNS) endothelial cells in mediating chronic pain states and opioid-induced CNS inflammation

Selected Publications

From Google Scholar

Activation of adult rat CNS endothelial cells by opioid-induced toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling induces proinflammatory, biochemical, morphological, and behavioral sequelae PM Grace, KM Ramos, KM Rodgers, X Wang, MR Hutchinson, MT Lewis, … Neuroscience 280, 299-317   (2014)

Morphine activates neuroinflammation in a manner parallel to endotoxin X Wang, LC Loram, K Ramos, AJ ...

National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NANDS) Council Meetings May 28, 2015 and Sept. 10-11, 2015.

September 10, 2015 Meeting

Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, Conference Room E1/E2 Bethesda, Maryland  20892 Closed Circuit Viewing Overflow on September 10 (Conference Rooms F1/F2 and D) NIH Videocast Website: http://videocast.nih.gov/

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AGENDA

September 10, 2015

OPEN SESSION

8:00 a.m.

I.  Call to Order and Opening Remarks

Dr. Walter Koroshetz Chairperson Director,NINDS

8:05 a.m.

II.  Report of the Director, Division of Extramural Research, NINDS

Dr. Robert Finkelstein Executive Secretary Director, Extramural Division, NINDS

A.    Consideration of Minutes of May 28, 2015, Meeting B.    Confirmation of Dates for Future Council Meetings

February 4-5, 2016 (Thursday and Friday) May 26-27, 2016 (Thursday and Friday) September 15-16, 2016 (Thursday and Friday) February 9-10, 2017 (Thursday and Friday) May 18-19, 2017 (Thursday and Friday) September 7-8, 2017 (Thursday and Friday)

C.    Other Items Expedited Review Process Extramural Announcements

 

8:15 a.m.

III.  Report of the Director, NINDS

Dr. Walter Koroshetz

 

9:30 a.m. BREAK

 

9:45 a.m.

IV.  NINDS Budget Presentation

Dr. Walter Koroshetz

10:15 a.m.

V.  The NIH Strategic Plan

Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak Principal Deputy Director National Institutes of Health

11:00 a.m.

VI.  Extramural Policy Discussion:

a. Future of the Javits Award b. Funding New Investigators………………………………………………..Dr. Robert Finkelstein

VIII.  Update on the BRAIN Initiative

Dr. Alan Willard Acting Deputy Director, NINDSDr. Ned Talley Program Director, NINDS Channels, Synapses and Circuits Cluster

 

 

May 28, 2015 Meeting

The National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NANDS) Council was convened for its 193rd meeting on May 28, 2015, in Building 31, C Wing, 6th Floor, Conference ...