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typeof="foaf:Document" class="node node--type-page node--view-mode-full clearfix"> <header> <span property="dc:title" content="Director’s Corner" class="rdf-meta hidden"></span> <span property="sioc:num_replies" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div property="content:encoded" class="text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><style> .col-md-3 { width: 25%; height: 50%; float:right; margin-left:1em; } .callout-top { background-color: #EBF1F0 !important; max-width: 30%; padding: 1.2em 2.25em 0.6em 2.25em; } </style><div class="callout-top"><ul><li><a href="#meet_the_director">Meet the Director</a></li><li><a href="#blogs_and_presentations">Blogs and Presentations</a></li><li><a href="#in_the_news">Dr. Gregurick in the News</a></li></ul></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-5 col-md-12"><h3 id="meet_the_director">Meet the Director</h3><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-5 col-md-3 callout"><figure><p><img style="max-width:215px;" src="/sites/default/files/Susan-Gregurick-Headshot-2023-282x400.png" alt width="100%" height="NaN" data-cke-saved-src="/sites/default/files/Susan-Gregurick-Headshot-2023-282x400.png"><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Headshot_Gregurickhi_v2.png" data-entity-uuid="0c24b44b-54c2-4d4c-bf4a-90afabaa072b" data-entity-type="file" alt width="416" height="416"></p></figure></div><p>Susan K. Gregurick, Ph.D., was appointed Associate Director for Data Science and Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on September 16, 2019. Under her leadership, ODSS leads the implementation of the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science through scientific, technical collaboration with the institutes, centers, and offices that comprise NIH. Dr. Gregurick received the 2020 Leadership in Biological Sciences Award from the Washington Academy of Sciences, which recognizes work of merit and distinction of scientists and leaders in the greater Washington area<sup>1</sup>.</p><p>Prior to joining ODSS, Dr. Gregurick was the Division Director for Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), where she led the institutes effort to reimagine the NIGMS technology programs through National and Regional Resources to support state-of-the-art facilities, equipment, technologies, research tools, software, and service.</p><p>Prior to government service, Dr. Gregurick was a professor of computational chemistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She received her B.S. in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Maryland.</p></div><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="callout"><p>To celebrate her one-year anniversary, Dr. Gregurick guest-authored a <a href="https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2020/09/15/women-in-tech-at-nih-togetherness-enables-transformation/">blog post</a> titled "<a href="https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2020/09/15/women-in-tech-at-nih-togetherness-enables-transformation/">Women in Tech at NIH: Togetherness Enables Transformation</a>" for the Musings from the Mezzanine blog.         <br><a href="/nih-women-data-science">Meet 11 women working with Dr. Gregurick to realize a modernized data ecosystem for NIH.</a></p></div><hr><p><sup>1</sup> <a href="https://www.washacadsci.org/awards-ceremony-2020/">https://www.washacadsci.org/awards-ceremony-2020/</a></p></div><div class="page-sections"><div class="group-header"><h3 class="page-section-title" id="blogs_and_presentations">Blogs and Presentations</h3></div><h4>Blogs</h4><ul><li>December 18, 2024: <a href="https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/science-health-public-trust/perspectives/public-trust-biomedical-research-era-artificial-intelligence-opportunities-challenges" title="Public Trust in Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges ">Public Trust in Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges</a></li><li>August 13, 2024: <a href="/director/directors-blog-radx-data-hub-further-enhances-covid-19-data-access-and-analysis-capabilities">RADx Data Hub Further Enhances COVID-19 Data Access and Analysis Capabilities</a></li><li>July 5, 2024: <a href="/director/directors-blog-join-us-our-upcoming-data-sharing-and-reuse-seminars"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden" style="box-sizing:inherit;">Join Us at Our Upcoming Data Sharing and Reuse Seminars</span></a></li><li>February 1, 2024: <a style="background-color:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0, 79, 186);text-decoration:none;" href="https://datascience.nih.gov/director/directors-blog-dataworks-winners-2024" hreflang="en" tabindex="-1"><span class="field-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Announcing the 2023 DataWorks! Prize Winners</span></a></li><li>December 1, 2023: <a style="background-color:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0, 79, 186);text-decoration:none;" href="https://datascience.nih.gov/news/ODSS-announces-RADx-TDR" hreflang="en"><span class="field-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Announcing the Launch of the RADx Tribal Data Repository</span></a></li><li>September 28, 2023: <a href="/content/“todos-somos-somos-uno-we-are-all-we-are-one”-odss-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month">“Todos Somos, Somos Uno: We Are All, We Are One!” ODSS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month</a></li><li>May 31, 2023: <a href="https://datasciencedev.prod.acquia-sites.com/director/directors-blog-may-2023-grei">The Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI): First Year Momentum Leads to Exciting Future Plans</a></li><li>May 2, 2023: <a href="https://datasciencedev.prod.acquia-sites.com/Tackling-Biomedical-Research-Challenges-with-Data-Science-Expertise">Data Scholars: Tackling Biomedical Research Challenges with Data Science Expertise</a></li><li>March 31, 2023: <a href="https://datascience.nih.gov/director/directors-blog-womens-history-month-2023">Women’s History Month: Celebrating NIH’s Women in Data Science</a></li><li>February 21, 2023: <a href="/node/30389">DataWorks! Prize Winners</a></li><li>January 26, 2023: <a href="/node/30388">Software sustainability and researcher engagement: a conversation with Dr. Daniel S. Katz</a></li><li>December 22, 2022: <a href="/node/30358">Preparing for the 2023 Data Management and Sharing Policy</a></li><li>November 30, 2022: <a href="/node/30330">Dr. Andrea Norris to Retire, Leaving Legacy of Successful Innovation</a></li><li>September 15, 2022: <a href="/directors-blog-conversation-with-coding-it-forward-civic-digital-fellow-snipta-mallick">Conversation with the Coding it Forward Civic Digital Fellow, Snipta Mallick</a></li><li>May 10, 2021: <a href="https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2021/05/10/enhancing-data-access-and-analysis-in-the-cloud-advances-nih-supported-discovery/">Enhancing Data Access and Analysis in the Cloud Advances NIH-Supported Discovery</a></li><li>Mar. 31, 2021: <a href="https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2021/03/31/one-year-of-rapid-acceleration-of-diagnostics-and-anticipating-new-challenges/">One Year of Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics, and Anticipating New Challenges</a></li><li>Oct. 6, 2020: <a href="\making-data-fair-to-combat-opioid-crisis">Making data “FAIR” to combat the opioid crisis</a></li><li>Sept. 15, 2020: <a href="https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2020/09/15/women-in-tech-at-nih-togetherness-enables-transformation/">Women in Tech: Togetherness Enables Transformation</a></li><li>July 31, 2020: <a href="https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2020/07/31/leveraging-standardized-clinical-data-to-advance-discovery/">Leveraging Standardized Clinical Data to Advance Discovery</a></li><li>July 28, 2020: <a href="https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2020/07/28/some-insights-on-the-roles-and-uses-of-generalist-repositories/">Some Insights on the Roles and Uses of Generalist Repositories</a></li><li>Sept. 18, 2019: <a href="https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2019/09/18/enhancing-data-sharing-one-dataset-at-a-time/">Enhancing Data Sharing, One Dataset at a Time</a></li></ul><h4>Presentations</h4><ul><li>Mar. 16, 2021: <a href="https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=41742">Leading the Way to a Modern Data Ecosystem: Stories of Women (and Men) Making an Impact in Data Science at NIH</a> <em>lecture</em> <em>at the “Women Leaders in Academic Research” series hosted by the NIH Center for Interventional Oncology</em></li><li>Feb. 24, 2021: <a href="https://vimeo.com/514172433/cb57478b19">Creating a Coordinated Data Approach to Help Address COVID-19</a> <em>keynote at the Advanced Scale Forum Roundtable</em></li><li>Aug. 26, 2020: <a href="https://youtu.be/UJZOBIpwEoI">STRIDES and NIH-Supported Biomedical Data Sharing</a> <em>presentation at the AWS Education Research Seminar Series</em></li><li>May 13, 2020: <a href="https://youtu.be/l_gTJgeqREA">Computational Biology and Biomedical Data Science</a> <em>webinar for the NIGMS Training Community</em></li><li>Feb. 10, 2020: <a href="https://www.sc-bdhs-conference.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Speaker-Suan-Gregurick.pdf">Enabling a FAIR Data Ecosystem</a> <em>presentation at the National Big Data Health Science Conference</em></li></ul></div><div class="page-sections"><div class="group-header"><h3 class="page-section-title" id="in_the_news">Dr. Gregurick in the News</h3></div><ul><li>December 2024: <a href="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2024/12/science-highlights/ai" title="Data science infrastructure fuels biomedical research ">Data science infrastructure fuels biomedical research</a></li><li>Dec. 28, 2022: <a href="https://governmentciomedia.com/new-nih-data-policy-harnesses-cloud-efforts-democratize-rising-data">New NIH Data Policy Harnesses Cloud Efforts to Democratize Rising Data</a></li><li>Apr. 5, 2021: <a href="https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/hpcwire-unveils-honorees-for-its-2021-people-to-watch-feature/">HPCwire Unveils Honorees for Its 2021 People to Watch Feature</a></li><li>Feb. 24, 2021: <a href="https://www.hpcwire.com/2021/02/24/asf-keynotes-showcase-how-hpc-and-big-data-have-pervaded-the-pandemic/">ASF Keynotes Showcase How HPC and Big Data Have Pervaded the Pandemic</a></li><li>Aug. 12, 2020: <a href="https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/08/close-conversations-federal-leaders-susan-gregurick/167562/">Up Close: Conversations with Federal Leaders, Featuring NIH Associate Director Dr. Susan Gregurick</a></li><li>Aug. 11, 2020: <a href="https://www.bio-itworld.com/2020/08/11/learning-the-language-of-data-science-and-pushing-science-forward.aspx">Learning the Language of Data Science and Pushing Science Forward</a></li><li>May 18, 2020: <a href="https://www.bio-itworld.com/news/2020/05/18/what-we-re-discovering-about-scientific-computing-during-a-pandemic">What We’re Discovering About Scientific Computing During A Pandemic</a></li><li>April 10, 2020: <a href="https://governmentciomedia.com/listen-susan-gregurick-director-nih-office-data-science-strategy">Listen: Susan Gregurick, Director of the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy</a></li><li>Jan. 8, 2020: <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/google-has-the-data-but-health-ai-researchers-need-your-consent">Google Has the Data, but Health AI Researchers Need Your Consent</a></li><li>Dec. 30, 2019: <a href="https://governmentciomedia.com/nih-prioritizes-cloud-migration-2020-it-ecosystem-plan">NIH Prioritizes Cloud Migration in 2020 IT Ecosystem Plan</a></li><li>Sept. 12, 2019: <a href="https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/selection-dr-susan-gregurick-associate-director-data-science-nih?fbclid=IwAR2x9FyIQwpOFTWRoFMWY-3qHd3EkhT4U5ItBIg6hElkFCOLlvQcJlL7TDs">Selection of Dr. Susan Gregurick as the Associate Director for Data Science, NIH</a></li></ul></div></div> <section class="field field--name-comment-node-page field--type-comment field--label-hidden comment-wrapper"> </section> </div> </article> </div> </div> </section> </main> </div> <div class="row lastupdated"> <p>This page last reviewed on March 14, 2025</p> </div> </div> </div> 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