Kenneth Gibbs, Ph.D., is director of the Division of Training and Workforce Development (TWD), which supports the Institute's research training, career development, and activities to promote broad participation through a number of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty levels.
Gibbs was previously chief of the the Cross-Disciplinary Pathway Programs Branch in TWD, where he oversaw the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program, grants on the Science of Science Policy in the biomedical research enterprise, and scientific conference grants (R13). He also managed research grants in the areas of stem cell biology for the Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Other roles at NIGMS included managing the Postdoctoral Research Associate Training program and serving as program analyst in the Institute’s former Office of Program Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation.
Prior to joining NIGMS, Gibbs completed postdoctoral training as cancer prevention fellow at the National Cancer Institute and was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation.
Gibbs earned a B.S. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he was an NIGMS Maximizing Access to Research Careers scholar; an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University; and a Ph.D. in immunology from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
To contact Gibbs, send email to kenneth.gibbs@nih.gov.
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