Please send any inquires or comments to history@nih.gov.

Current Staff

Dierdre Andrews
Program Specialist, Office of Intramural Research
301.496.6610 | 301.496.3891

Hank Grasso, B.A., Exhibition Content Developer
phone: 301.443.4649
e-mail: grassohl@mail.nih.gov

Barbara Harkins, M.L.I.S., Archivist/Librarian
phone: 301.496.8856
e-mail: harkinsb@mail.nih.gov

Michele Lyons, M.A., Curator
phone: 301.496.7695
e-mail: lyonsm@mail.nih.gov

Christopher Wanjek, M.P.H., History Office Program Director
phone: 301.402.4274
email: wanjek@od.nih.gov

Associates

Victoria A. Harden, Ph.D., Founding Director and Special Volunteer
phone: 301.496.6610
email: vharden@outlook.com

Harriet Greenwald, A.B.D., Special Volunteer
phone: 301.496.6610
e-mail: nihalumni@yahoo.com

Daniel Lednicer, Ph.D., Special Volunteer
phone: 301.496.6610

Gordon Margolin, M.D., Special Volunteer
phone: 301.496.6610
email: margolineg@od.nih.gov

Alan Schechter, M.D., Consultant
phone: 301.496.5408
e-mail: aschecht@helix.nih.gov

Former Directors

David Cantor, Ph.D. (Acting Director 2012-2013)
email: djcantor@hotmail.com

Robert Martensen, M.D., Ph.D., (Director 2007-2012)

Alan Schechter, M.D., (Acting Director 2006-2007)
phone: 301.496.5408
e-mail: aschecht@helix.nih.gov

Victoria A. Harden, Ph.D., (Director 1986-2006)
phone: 301.496.6610
email: vharden@outlook.com

Former Fellows

Eva Åhrén, Ph.D., Research Fellow
Research and study of the life and work of Joseph J. Kinyoun (1860-1919) 

Judith Friedman, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow
Research study of the NIH role in the study of non-Mendelian forms of inheritance

Grischa Metlay, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2011-2013
History of NIH involvement in alcohol and drug research

Sejal Patel, Ph.D., Senior Research Historian, 2009-2012
History of statistical methods and management at NIH

Johanna Crane, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2010-2011
History of HIV/AIDS research and the Fogarty International Center

Marian Moser Jones, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2010-2011
History of homelessness research at the NIH

Brian Casey, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2009-2011
NIMH and the history of psychiatry research

Chin Jou, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2009-2011
History of obesity and obesity research

Sharon Ku, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2009-2011
History of the NCI's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory

Eric Boyle, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2008-2010
History of complementary and alternative medicine, NCCAM

Todd Olszewski, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2008-2010
History of scientific proof, causality, and consensus, OMAR

Laura Stark, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2008-2010
History of IRBs

Doogab Yi, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2008-2010
History of cancer virus research

Joseph November, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2007-2008
History of Biomedical Computing

Lisa Kay Walker, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2005-2006
History of U.S. and Soviet biomedical research collaborations

Claudia Wassmann, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2005-2006
History of emotion and brain imaging techniques at the NIH

Maya Ponte, M.D., Stetten Fellow, 2004-2005
History of prion research

Leo B. Slater, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2003-2004
History of science administration, malaria

Sara Shostak, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2003-2004
History of molecularization in biomedicine

Jessie Saul, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2001-2002
History of blood safety

John Rosser Matthews, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2001-2002
History of epidemiology, science and policy in the case of cerebral palsy

David Cantor, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2000-2001
History of cancer research, National Cancer Institute

Ingrid Farreras, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 2000-2001
History of NIMH's Laboratory of Psychology

Buhm Soon Park, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 1999-2000
History of intramural research at the National Institutes of Health

Marcia Lynn Meldrum, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 1998-1999
History of pain research

Mark Parascandola, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 1997-1998
History of epidemiology, lung cancer, and smoking

Eric Francoeur, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 1994-1995
History of the use of biochemistry and molecular models

Caroline Acker, Ph.D., Stetten Fellow, 1993-1994
History of drug development, detection, and policy