Lisa Evans, Esq., has joined the NIH Office of Extramural Research as the agency’s first Scientific Workforce Diversity Specialist. For the past six years, Ms. Evans served as the Senior Advisor for Policy at the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Ms. Evans is an experienced litigator who worked in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice for six years, and was a Pro Se Law Clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City. Ms. Evans earned her B.A. from Amherst College and her J.D. from Columbia University.
Della Hann, Ph.D., will be joining the Office of Extramural Research to serve as Interim Deputy Director. Dr. Hann brings over 17 years of NIH experience, first serving as a program officer and most recently as Director, Office of Science Policy, Planning and Communication in the National Institute of Mental Health.
Ann Hardy, Ph.D., has been appointed Extramural Human Research Protection Officer in the Office of Extramural Programs (OEP), Office of Extramural Research (OER). Dr. Hardy will provide leadership on the overall administration of human subject protection issues related to NIH extramural research and will advise senior OER and NIH leaders on relevant human subject policy issues. Prior to joining OER, Dr. Hardy served as a Scientific Review Officer in NIH’s Center for Scientific Review for 7 years, in the Health of the Population Integrated Review Group (HOP IRG) where she established the Biostatistical Methods and Research Design study section. She also served for 3 years as the Deputy Chief of the HOP IRG. Before coming to NIH, Dr. Hardy spent 17 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working in the HIV/AIDS Program and at the National Center for Health Statistics.
Mr. Pete Morton has been appointed as the Acting Director for the OER Office of Research Information Systems. He previously served as the Acting Program Manager of eRA. Mr. Morton’s new position adds the responsibilities of the ORIS Division of Information Systems (DIS) and the ORIS Security Office. Before arriving at NIH, Mr. Morton completed his Master’s Degree in Theoretical Solid State Physics. He joined NIH as a health physicist in the Clinical Center and, after several years, moved to the Center for Information Technology (CIT). At CIT for 30 years, Mr. Morton managed the development of the original Electronic Council Book and the QVR systems.
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