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NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE)
Building 2, second floor, 2 Center Drive MSC 0240, Bethesda MD 20892-0240 Voice: 301.496.2427 \| Fax: 301.594.9606
Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, 301.594.2053 milgrams@mail.nih.gov
Patricia M. Sokolove, PhD, Deputy Director, 301.402.3889 sokolovp@mail.nih.gov
Toni Fields, Administrative Assistant, 301.496.2555 fieldst@mail.nih.gov
Postbaccalaureate and Summer Research Program
Deborah F. Cohen, Director, Postbac and Summer Program Services, 301.402.1907 cohend@mail.nih.gov
Yolanda D. Mock Hawkins, PhD, Director, NIH Academy, 301.435.8014 hawkinsy@mail.nih.gov
Lizette Hutchins, Program Assistant, Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP), 301.443.8215 hutchinsl@mail.nih.gov
Darryl M. Murray, PhD, Director, UGSP, 301.594.2222 murrayda@mail.nih.gov
Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP)
Betsey Wagener, PhD, Deputy Director, GPP, 301.443.4430 wagenerel@mail.nih.gov
Pat Wagner, PhD, Director of Admissions & Registrar, 240.476.3619 wagnerpa@od.nih.gov
Philip Y. Wang, PhD, Director of Student Services, 301.451.8268 wangph@mail.nih.gov
Shawn Mullen, PhD, Student Services Coordinator, 301.451.7420 mullensh@mail.nih.gov
Adrian Warren, IRTA Program Manager, 301.402.3831 warrenad@mail.nih.gov
Barbara Ward, Executive Assistant, 301.594.9605 wardb@od.nih.gov
Susan Richardson, Program Coordinator, 301.594.9339 richardsonsa@mail.nih.gov
Office of Postdoctoral Services (OPS)
Lori Conlan, PhD, Director, OPS, 301.435.7231 conlanlo@mail.nih.gov
Patricia A. Cole, PhD, Director, Intramural Loan Repayment Programs (ILRP), 301.402.1283 colep@mail.nih.gov
Natalie Moses, Administrative Assistant, ILRP, 301.402.3262 mosesn@mail.nih.gov
Career Services Center
Elaine M. Diggs, Career Counselor, NCC, NCCC, 301.443.9945 diggse@mail.nih.gov
Julie Gold, MSW, Leadership and Professional Development Coach, 301.594.9603 goldje@mail.nih.gov
William Higgins, PhD, Pre-professional Advisor higginsw@mail.nih.gov
Anne Kirchgessner, Career Counselor, LCPC, NCC, 301.443.8350 kirchgessnera@mail.nih.gov
Denise Saunders, PhD, Career Counselor saundersd2@mail.nih.gov
Marketing
Shirley C. Forehand, Director of Marketing, 301.402.2174 forehans@mail.nih.gov
Steve Alves, Website Programs Specialist, 301.402.1294 alvess@mail.nih.gov

The Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) is responsible for ensuring that the biomedical research experiences of trainees in the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) are as rewarding as possible. The NIH IRP offers programs for high school and college students, recent college graduates, graduate students, professional students, and postdoctoral and clinical fellows. OITE staff members recruit trainees to the various IRP programs, both in person, by attending professional conferences and other events, and via the OITE website, which facilitates communication between potential trainees around the world and the NIH IRP.

Research should be the highest priority for NIH trainees in the IRP; OITE aims to ensure that they also take part in relevant career development activities, learn all they can possibly learn from the scientific staff at the NIH and from their fellow trainees, and have a good time. In addition, OITE staff members are available to help trainees resolve any problems that might arise during their time at the NIH. Staff members in OITE encourage all trainees to:
Take part in orientation sessions when they arrive at the NIH to make certain they get off to a good start.
Subscribe to one or more electronic mailing lists so that they are aware of ongoing activities and job opportunities.
Visit the OITE Web site regularly to check for new opportunities.
Stop in at OITE "Open Offices" for refreshments and a chance to talk with OITE staff members and other trainees.
Participate in career and professional development workshops.
Make use of the OITE Virtual Career Center and Career Library.
Register for free courses, such as Writing about Science, Speaking about Science, Interviewing, and Improving Spoken English.
Attend the many scientific seminars, lectures, and lecture series offered at the NIH.
Get involved in training program governance and planning.
Share their research with the NIH community at Poster Days.
Explore and contribute to the community around them.
OITE programs complement the training activities of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). OITE collaborates with the Medical Education Program to support clinical trainees and works closely with the Fellows Committee to plan activities for postdoctoral, research, and clinical fellows and with the Postbaccalaureate IRTA Committee to develop programs for trainees who are recent college graduates.

OITE is housed on the second floor of Building 2. The office maintains an open-door policy and welcomes trainees to drop by anytime.

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