Genevieve Grimes, MS

Genevieve Medley Grimes, MS, is a Program Director in the Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch of the Healthcare Delivery Research Program (HDRP).

Genevieve came to HDRP from the NCI Office of Science Planning and Assessment (OSPA) where she worked for 10 years. In her previous role, she contributed to the development of NCI’s annual plan and budget proposal, The Nation’s Investment in Cancer Research. She was responsible for reporting on initiatives that cut across the mission of NCI, covering biomedical research program areas. As the Deputy Women’s Health Officer for NCI, she led the coordination and submission of the NCI response to the Women’s Health Research Biennial Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-12 and FY 2013-14. As part of OSPA’s Strategic Planning Service center, Genevieve was also the project team lead on various strategic planning activities across NCI. Her experience includes the use of various strategic planning and science planning methods to analyze clinical and operational issues associated with the NCI biomedical research program.

Genevieve’s career at NIH began at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine as a Health Program Specialist in the Extramural Research and Training Division. In that position, she served as Active Grants Database Administrator, charged with improving the overall database structure and quality control. Prior to joining the NIH, Genevieve worked in the area of community health as an asthma counselor at the Howard University School of Medicine under an NIH grant. In this capacity Genevieve provided interventions tailored to optimize treatment/management of asthma patients. Genevieve served as lecturer for an undergraduate health course at Howard University while completing her graduate work.

Genevieve is a graduate of Howard University with a B.S. in Physiology and an M.S. in Health Education. She is currently pursuing her M.P.H from Purdue University Global.