Monday, March 30, 2026
The Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH) introduced that Elisabeth Armstrong, DBe, has been named chief of workers within the NIH Workplace of the Director. As chief of workers, Dr. Armstrong will oversee the Workplace of the Director. She will present strategic counsel to the NIH Director and different key leaders inside NIH, along with managing course of, operations, and data flows.
“Dr. Armstrong is an impressive addition to NIH’s management staff. Her distinctive background and vary of private and non-private sector expertise will assist drive optimistic motion and innovation at NIH,” stated NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Armstrong beforehand served as Director of the Workplace of the Government Secretariat on the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2025 offering strategic steering to the FDA Commissioner and senior management on coverage, agency-wide initiatives, choices, and priorities. On this place, she designed and oversaw data flows all through the company — designing environment friendly informational pathways and implementing complicated cross-agency initiatives. She additionally directed the growth of complete briefing supplies, government correspondence, and high-level experiences — along with the administration of hundreds of paperwork together with guidances, rules, memoranda, and Studies to Congress.
Previous to the FDA, Dr. Armstrong labored in healthcare coverage fairness analysis for Raymond James & Associates’ World Equities and Funding; held bioethics positions with Eventide Asset Administration’s Biotech Group, Actuality Labs’ Mind Laptop Interface Group (Meta), and CommonSpirit Well being; consulted as an advisor for biotech traders, biotechnology corporations, and hospital methods; and superior strategic investments, integrations, and communications for the main care firm Proactive MD as it grew to serve tens of hundreds of sufferers all through the nation. Previous to this, she labored as an EMMY-nominated broadcast journalist in markets throughout the southeast U.S. and filed experiences for nationwide and worldwide information shops together with FOX Information Channel and i24 in Tel Aviv.
Dr. Armstrong earned a doctorate in bioethics and well being coverage from Loyola College Chicago Stritch College of Drugs, a Grasp of Science diploma in drug growth and product administration from College of California San Diego, a Grasp of Science diploma in bioethics from Columbia College within the Metropolis of New York, and twin Bachelor of Arts levels in political science and philosophy from Colorado Christian College, Lakewood, the place she additionally served on college. Dr. Armstrong holds the Healthcare Ethics Advisor Certification from the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and has served as a member of the advisory board for Bioethics Worldwide.
Concerning the Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH): NIH, the nation’s medical analysis company, contains 27 Institutes and Facilities and is a part of the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies. NIH is the first federal company conducting and supporting primary, medical, and translational medical analysis, and is investigating the causes, therapies, and cures for each widespread and uncommon illnesses. For extra details about NIH and its packages, go to www.nih.gov.
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