Katrina Serrano, Ph.D.
Responsibilities & Activities
As a program director in the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, I oversee Career Development (“K”) awards related to digestive diseases, nutrition, and obesity. In addition, I manage the Silvio O. Conte Digestive Disease Research Core Centers (DDRCCs). I also manage a portfolio in organ and tissue donation, a small grant program and partnerships with professional societies to develop the scientific workforce, a mentoring program for early career individuals, and oversee a training/travel awards program in partnership with medical organizations that aims to support early career investigators interested in pursuing biomedical research and academic medicine careers.
Research Programs
Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers
Bringing together basic and clinical investigators to enhance the impact of their digestive and/or liver diseases research.
Select Experience
Program Officer, Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH, 2017-2019
Cancer Research Training Award Fellow, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI, NIH, 2014-2017
Research Manager, PMK Associates, Inc, 2013-2014
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2012
B.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005