Robin Broughton, Ph.D., is a program director in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity. She administers the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE), a development program for students from underrepresented groups. Before joining NIGMS, Broughton was an AAAS science and technology policy fellow at NCI, where she served as a project manager in the Office of Cancer Genomics. Prior to that, she was an assistant professor in the department of microbiology and immunology at Meharry Medical College. Broughton earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from Wake Forest University. She conducted postdoctoral research on the role of cellular membrane proteins in HIV budding patterns at John Hopkins University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
To contact Robin Broughton, send e-mail to broughtonrs@mail.nih.gov or call 301-594-3900.