NHGRI: Erin Ramos, Lisa Chadwick
Erin Ramos has been appointed as director and Lisa Chadwick as deputy director of the Division of Genome Sciences (DGSci) at the National Human Genome Research Institute. DGSci funds large-scale initiatives such as the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project, the Human Genome Reference Program, and the Impact on Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium. Ramos joined NHGRI in 2007 as a program director. She holds a BS in biology from Pennsylvania State University, as well as MPH and PhD degrees in public health genetics from the University of Washington. Chadwick was previously a program director at DGSci.