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Leadership & Staff

NIDCR leadership is responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating the nation’s dental, oral, and craniofacial research and training programs and activities.

  • The NIDCR Acting Director has a unique multi-level perspective on the entire Institute. The Acting Director provides leadership and constantly identifies critical needs and opportunities, especially for efforts that span the NIH and the federal government.
  • NIDCR Executive Staff, including the Deputy Director, assist the NIDCR Director and share in the overall direction of the Institute’s activities. The Executive Staff advises the NIDCR Director on issues concerning the Institute, NIH, and the broader dental, oral, and craniofacial research community. 
  • More than 400 NIDCR staff support the scientific, administrative management, information technology, communication, and clinical trial and management activities needed to effectively lead and manage the world’s largest oral health research enterprise.

NIDCR Executive Staff

Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Acting Director
(301) 496-3571
jennifer.webster-cyriaque@nih.gov
Diana Rutberg, M.B.A.
Diana Rutberg, M.B.A.
Acting Associate Director for Management/Executive Officer
Office of Administrative Management
(301) 594-4798
diana.rutberg@nih.gov
Aaron Condon
Aaron Condon
Deputy Executive Officer
Office of Administrative Management
(301) 496-4985
aaron.condon@nih.gov
Stacked version of the NIDCR Logo.
Vivian Pham
Budget Officer
Financial Management Branch
Office of Administrative Management
(301) 480-6483
vivian.pham@nih.gov
Dara Kessler, D.M.D.
Dara Kessler, D.M.D.
Chief of Staff
Office of the Director
(240) 691-2078
dara.kessler@nih.gov
Joy E. Postell, Senior Advisor
Joy E. Postell
Senior Advisor
Office of the Director
(301) 451-9662
joy.postell@nih.gov
John Prue
John Prue, M.S.
Technology Officer
Office of the Director
(240) 271-1618
jprue@mail.nih.gov
Dr. Lu Wang.
Lu Wang, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor of Data Science
Office of the Director
(301) 594-4846
wanglu@mail.nih.gov
Anna Nicholson
Anna Nicholson, M.S.H.S.
Director
Office of Clinical Trials Operations & Management
(301) 594-1852
nicholsona@mail.nih.gov
Alisa Machalek, Director, Office of Communications and Health Education, NIDCR
Alisa Machalek, M.S.
Director
Office of Communications & Health Education
Acting Chief
Health Information & Public Liaison Branch
(301) 594-7554
alisa.machalek@nih.gov
Aubrey Callwood
Aubrey Callwood, M.S.
Director
Office of Information Technology
(301) 435-6848
aubrey.callwood@nih.gov
Rachel Scheinert, Ph.D.
Rachel Scheinert, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Science Policy & Analysis
rachel.scheinert@nih.gov
Indu Ambudkar, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Indu Ambudkar, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Senior Investigator
Secretory Physiology Section
(301) 496-5298
Indu.Ambudkar@nih.gov
Janice Lee
Janice Lee, D.D.S., M.D., M.S.
Clinical Director
Office of the Clinical Director
Craniofacial Anomalies & Regeneration Section
(301) 827-1647
janice.lee@nih.gov
Lillian Shum, Ph.D.
Lillian Shum, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Extramural Research
(301) 594-0618
lillian.shum@nih.gov
Michele McGuirl, Ph.D.
Michele McGuirl, Ph.D.
Chief
Research Training & Career Development Program
Acting Director
Division of Extramural Activities
michele.mcguirl@nih.gov
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