Anne R. Pariser MD

Anne Pariser joined NCATS in January 2017 as the deputy director of the Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR). As of February 2018, she is the ORDR director and works to advance diagnosis and treatment for rare diseases through research. Pariser comes to NCATS from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where she had worked since 2000, mainly on the development of drug and biological products for rare diseases. Most recently, she served as associate director for knowledge management in the FDA’s Office of Translational Sciences, which is part of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).

Pariser received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., where she also completed her training in internal medicine. Pariser is board certified in internal medicine.