As data science workforce development lead in NIH’s Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS), Dr. Jessica Mazerik is leading efforts to recruit new and diverse computational talent to NIH, and build programs to enhance data science training for the broader NIH research community. Prior to joining ODSS, she served as a special assistant to the NIH Principal Deputy Director. She recently worked at the National Eye Institute, where she coordinated prize competitions to develop 3-dimensional retinal tissue models. Prior to that, Dr. Mazerik worked at the National Cancer Institute, where she started as a health communications. She then transitioned to a role as a program manager for an international initiative to create a biobank of patient-derived 3-D tumor culture lines with matched genomic and clinical data. Dr. Mazerik has a B.S. in biology from Ohio State and a PhD in cell biology from Vanderbilt University.