Office of Communications
The Office of Communications (OC) leads corporate communications about the research and programs supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).
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![Sarah A. Bates](/sites/default/files/media/images/2019-04/bates.jpg)
Sarah A. Bates, M.S., M.A.
- Communications Director
- Office of Communications
![Britny J. Kish](/sites/default/files/media/images/profiles/11284862.jpg)
Britny J. Kish
- Deputy Director
- Office of Communications
![Sonja Soo](/sites/default/files/media/images/2022-07/Soo_Sonja.jpg)
Sonja Soo, Ph.D.
- Science Writer
- Office of Communications
![Anna Rogers](/sites/default/files/media/images/2022-09/Rogers_Anna.jpg)
Anna Rogers, M.A.
- Science Writer
- Office of Communications
![Montooth](/sites/default/files/media/images/2019-04/Montooth.jpg)
Jenny Montooth, M.A.
- Lead Public Affairs Specialist
- Office of Communications
![Christopher R. Donohue](/sites/default/files/media/images/profiles/2001101860.jpg)
Christopher R. Donohue, Ph.D.
- Historian
- Office of Communications
![Zach M. Utz](/sites/default/files/media/images/profiles/2002701125.jpg)
Zachary M. Utz, M.A.
- Archivist
- Office of Communications
![Mukul S. Nerurkar](/sites/default/files/media/images/profiles/11404638.jpg)
Mukul Nerurkar
- Digital Information Specialist
- Office of Communications
![Darryl Leja](/sites/default/files/media/images/profiles/10149379.jpg)
Darryl Leja, M.F.A.
- Senior Graphic Artist/Scientific Illustrator
- Office of Communications
![Ernesto Del Aguila III](/sites/default/files/media/images/2019-04/2001640445.jpg)
Ernesto Del Aguila III
- Digital Communications Specialist
- Office of Communications
![Julia Fekecs](/sites/default/files/media/images/2022-08/Fekecs_Julia.jpg)
Julia Fekecs
- Visual Information Specialist
- Office of Communications
![Alvaro W. Encinas](/sites/default/files/media/images/profiles/11412028.jpg)
Alvaro W. Encinas
- Audiovisual Production Specialist
- Office of Communications
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Kenya R. Smith
- Web Developer
- Office of Communications
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Ellaha Sadat
- Front-End Web Developer
- Office of Communications
![Liz Dietz](/sites/default/files/media/images/2023-08/elizabeth-dietz.jpg)
Elizabeth Dietz, Ph.D.
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Bioethics Core/Institutional Review Board
![Theo Tiffney](/sites/default/files/media/images/2023-08/tiffney_theo.jpg)
Theo Tiffney, Ph.D.
- Communications Specialist
- Office of Communications
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Jacqueline Cohen, M.P.H.
- ASHG-NHGRI Genomics Communications Fellow
- Office of Communications
![Kayla Calvin](/sites/default/files/media/images/2024-08/calvin_kayla.jpeg)
Kayla Calvin
- Operations Coordinator
- Office of Communications
Last updated: September 19, 2024