Director’s Corner

Meet the Director

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 area¹.

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.

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.