Stavroula K. Osganian, M.D., Sc.D., M.P.H.

Responsibilities & Activities

As program director in the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition at NIDDK, I provide scientific oversight and administration of a portfolio of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts that encompass studies of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of pediatric obesity and its complications that are performed in clinical settings and/or delivered by clinical personnel as well as those studies with linkage and bidirectional feedback to medical settings. I serve as scientific advisor on obesity and related disease research in children, providing advice to NIDDK and various cross institutional NIH working groups.

I also serve as a program official of Career Development ("K") award clinical trials for the DDN Division. These awards support individuals with a Ph.D., M.D., or an equivalent degree to receive training in clinical research related to digestive and hepatobiliary diseases, nutrition, obesity, and pancreatic diseases. In conjunction with this program, I oversee small grant R03 awards for K01/K08/K23 recipients, which are meant to amplify the candidate's research progress in areas that will lead to independent research project grant funding (e.g. R01).

Committees & Working Groups

• NIDDK Obesity Research Working Group, Member
• NIDDK Training Program Directors Committee, Member
• NIDDK Clinical Trials Working Group, Member