Contact Us

National Cancer Institute SBIR and STTR Programs

All general/media inquiries: ncisbir@mail.nih.gov

Leadership

Michael Weingarten, MA
Director
Email: weingartenm@mail.nih.gov

 

Greg Evans, PhD
Program Director & Team Leader
Email: evansgl@mail.nih.gov
Cancer Biology, E-Health, and Epidemiology

 

Deepa Narayanan, MS, CCDM
Program Director & Team Leader
Email: narayanand@mail.nih.gov
Cancer Imaging, Radiation Therapy, Clinical Trials, and Investor Initiatives

 

Kory Hallett, PhD
Program Director & Team Leader
Email: kory.hallett@nih.gov
Monoclonal Antibodies, Immunotherapy, Biologics, and Program Analysis

 

Program Directors

Jonathan Franca-Koh PhD, MBA
Program Director
Email: jonathan.franca-koh@nih.gov
Cancer Biology, Biologics, Small Molecules, and Cell Based Therapies

 

Xing-Jian Lou, PhD
Program Director
Email: loux@mail.nih.gov
In-Vitro Diagnostics, Theranostics, Early-stage Drug Development,  Bioinformatics, and Investor Initiatives

 

Amir Rahbar, PhD, MBA
Program Director
Email: rahbaram@mail.nih.gov
In-Vitro Diagnostics, Biologics, Therapeutics, and Proteomics

 

Patricia Weber, DrPH
Program Director
Email: weberpa@mail.nih.gov
Digital Health, Therapeutics, and Biologics

 

 

Ming Zhao, PhD
Program Director
Email: zhaoming3@mail.nih.gov
Cancer Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Cancer Control & Prevention, Molecular Imaging, Bioinformatics, and Stem Cells

 

Christie Canaria, PhD
Program Director
Email: christie.canaria@nih.gov
Cancer/Biological Imaging, Research Tools, Devices, Scientific Communications, and Special Initiatives

 

Monique Pond, PhD
Program Director
Email: monique.pond@nih.gov 
Biologics, Small Molecules, Therapeutic Devices, Digital Health, Regulatory Resources

 

 

Nancy Kamei, PharmD, MBA
Program Director
Email: nancy.kamei@nih.gov
Therapeutics

 

 

William Bozza, PhD
Program Director
Email: william.bozza@nih.gov
Biologics, Protein Therapeutics, Regulatory (CMC)

 

 

 

Program Staff

Tamar Boghosian
Program Analyst
Email: tamar.boghosian@nih.gov
Portfolio Analysis, Budget Tracking

 

Julienne Willis
Program Specialist
Email: willisj@mail.nih.gov
 

 

Lisa Yeom, MA
Communications Manager
Email: lisa.yeom@nih.gov
External Communications, Traditional and Digital Media, Success Stories, and SBIR Events

 

Kehui Zhang
Program Analyst
Email: kehui.zhang@nih.gov
 

 

Brittany Connors
Special Initiatives Manager
Email: brittany.connors@nih.gov
 

 

Bryce Geiling
Marketing Coordinator
Email: bryce.geiling@nih.gov  

 

Reema Railkar, PhD
Program Manager
Email: reema.railkar@nih.gov  

 

Sarra Djemil, PhD
Program Manager
Email: sarra.djemil@nih.gov