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NICHD Director
John Gaitanis, M.D.
Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
NICHD Leadership
Rebekah Rasooly, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Extramural Activities, NICHD
Una Grewal, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director for the Division of Population Health Research, Division of Intramural Research, NICHD
Theresa Hayes Cruz, Ph.D.
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, NICHD
Previous Directors
| Name | In Office from | To |
|---|---|---|
| Robert A. Aldrich | March 1, 1963 | October 1964 |
| Donald Harting | July 8, 1965 | 1966 |
| Gerald D. LaVeck | October 9, 1966 | September 1, 1973 |
| Gilbert L. Woodside (Acting) | September 1, 1973 | September 1, 1974 |
| Norman Kretchmer | September 1, 1974 | September 30, 1981 |
| Betty H. Pickett (Acting) | September 30, 1981 | June 30, 1982 |
| Mortimer B. Lipsett | July 1, 1982 | January 7, 1985 |
| Duane Alexander | February 5, 1986 | September 30, 2009 |
| Susan Shurin (Acting) | October 1, 2009 | November 30, 2009 |
| Alan Guttmacher (Acting) | December 1, 2009 | July 21, 2010 |
| Alan Guttmacher | July 22, 2010 | September 30, 2015 |
| Catherine Y. Spong (Acting) | October 1, 2015 | October 31, 2016 |
| Diana W. Bianchi | November 1, 2016 | 2025 |