NIH Deputy Directors

This page provides a list of current and past deputy directors within the NIH Office of the Director.

Principal

Name From To
Lawrence Tabak November 9, 2023 Present
Tara Schwetz (Acting) December 20, 2021 November 8, 2023
Lawrence Tabak August 23, 2010 December 19, 2021
Raynard Kington August 17, 2009 August 20, 2010
Lawrence Tabak (Acting) November 2008 August 2009
Raynard Kington February 9, 2003 October 30, 2008
Ruth Kirschstein May 21, 2002 February 8, 2003
Yvonne Maddox (Acting) January 1, 2000 May 18, 2002
Ruth Kirschstein November 1993 December 1999
Jay Moskowitz March 1993 October 1993
Thomas Malone March 24, 1977 August 1, 1986
Ronald Lamont-Havers August 4, 1974 September 25, 1976
John Sherman November 1, 1968 March 16, 1974
Stuart Sessoms August 1, 1962 July 31, 1968
David Price July 1, 1960 June 30, 1962
C.J. Van Slyke December 3, 1958 December 1, 1959

Associate 

Name From To
Anna E. Mazzucco (Acting) September 18, 2023 November 8, 2023
Courtney Aklin (Acting) December 20, 2021 September 17, 2023
Tara Schwetz January 6, 2019 December 19, 2021

Extramural Research

Name From To
Michael Lauer October 19, 2015 Present
Sally Rockey August 15, 2010 September 15, 2015
Norka Ruiz Bravo October 30, 2003 October 31, 2008
Wendy Baldwin February 1994 December 2002
John Diggs August 1990 June 14, 1993
Katherine Bick May 19, 1987 March 1990
William Raub (Extramural Research and Training) April 3, 1983 November 1991

Intramural Research

Name From To
Nina Schor  November 6, 2022 Present
Nina Schor (Acting) August 1, 2022 November 5, 2022
Michael Gottesman November 1993 July 31, 2022
Lance Liotta July 6, 1992 August 1993
Joseph Rall June 1983 May 1991
G. Burroughs Mider (Director, Laboratories and Clinics) July 1, 1960 May 19, 1968

Management

Name From To
Alfred Johnson May 29, 2016 Present
Colleen Barros May 30, 2004 September 2015
Charles Leasure, Jr. October 7, 2001 February 3, 2004
Anthony Itteilag January 7, 1996 October 2001
John Mahoney March 21, 1993 February 19, 1995

Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives

Name From To
Tara Schwetz November 9, 2023 Present
Robert Eisinger (Acting) July 1, 2022 November 8, 2023
James Anderson September 27, 2010 June 30, 2022
Alan Krensky (Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives) July 8, 2007 October 31, 2008

Science

Name From To
Kathy Hudson (Science, Outreach, and Policy) October 24, 2010 January 2, 2017
Jay Moskowitz (Science Policy and Technology Transfer) March 1993 October 1993
Philip Chen, Jr. (Acting) June 7, 1982 March 18, 1983
Joseph Rall July 2, 1981 June 6, 1982
Robert Goldberger September 11, 1979 June 26, 1981
DeWitt Stetten, Jr. March 17, 1974 September 11, 1979
Carl Leventhal September 1973 February 1974
Robert Berliner February 23, 1969 September 1, 1973

This page last reviewed on November 9, 2023