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Leadership | NIAMS

NIAMS Acting Director

Anna E. Mazzucco, Ph.D.

Acting Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

Learn more about Anna E. Mazzucco

Anna E. Mazzucco, Ph.D.

NIAMS Senior Leadership

Rick Phillips

Executive Officer and Associate Director for Management and Operations, NIAMS

Tamara N. Alliston, Ph.D.

Tamara N. Alliston, Ph.D.

Scientific Director of Intramural Research, NIAMS

Robert A. Colbert, M.D., Ph.D.

Robert A. Colbert, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Director of Intramural Research, NIAMS

Erik Edgerton

Erik Edgerton

Acting Director of Division of Extramural Activities, NIAMS

Robert H. Carter

Robert H. Carter, M.D.

Senior Advisor to the Director, NIAMS

Susana A. Serrate-Sztein, M.D.

Senior Advisor to the Director, NIAMS

Previous Directors

Name	In Office from	To
Lawrence E. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.	April 1986	October 1994
Michael D. Lockshin, M.D. (Acting)	November 1994	July 1995
Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D.	August 1995	December 2018
Robert H. Carter, M.D. (Acting)	January 2019	February 2021
Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc.	February 2021	Present