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<p><strong>1954 </strong>— A central data-processing facility is established in the NIH Office of the Director, combining EAM (punched card) equipment and biometric expertise.</p>
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<p><strong>2014 </strong>— The NIH network is modernized to accommodate 10 times its capacity, or 100 Gbps, to meet the increasing big data needs of NIH research and to improve communication and collaboration between on and off campus research facilities and to the Internet 2.</p>
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<p><strong>November 2017 </strong>— HPC Biowulf was ranked #66 on TOP500’s list of top supercomputers in the world. NIH’s modernized high performance computing (HPC) capabilities are enabling innovations in scientific research in several areas, including genomics, computational chemistry, and most recently, cryo-electron microscopy imaging.</p>
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<p><strong>July 2018 </strong>— On July 24, 2018, at the Google Cloud NEXT conference, NIH launched the STRIDES (Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability) Initiative and announced Google Cloud as its first industry partner. The STRIDES Initiative, one of many NIH-wide efforts to implement the NIH Strategy for Data Science, harnesses the power of the commercial cloud in support of biomedical research. Its goal is to accelerate biomedical advances by reducing economic and technological barriers to data and resources. </p>
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<p><strong>September 2018 </strong>— CIT’s Training Program celebrates 50 years of providing training services to the NIH community. </p>
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<p><strong>March 2020 </strong>— CIT provides unprecedented access to virtual meeting and collaboration tools and resources to support the start of maximum telework for NIH staff during the Coronavirus pandemic.</p>
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<p><strong>July 2021 </strong>— Microsoft Azure joins the STRIDES Initiative. </p>
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<p><strong>October 2022</strong> — Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) launched as a pilot for the NIH community. VDI enables staff to access the NIH network from any personal, university, or contractor computer or location, providing a secure connection to many of NIH’s resources and applications without the need for government-furnished equipment (GFE). First developed as a proof of concept by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in 2017, VDI was leveraged in 2021/2022 to offer a remote version of NIH’s popular Summer Internship Program (SIP) before being transferred to CIT in late 2022 to test as an NIH-wide enterprise service.</p>
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<p><strong>December 2024</strong> — Adele Merritt, Ph.D., named NIH CIO and Director, NIH Office of the Chief Information Officer.</p>
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</picture><span class="caption">Sean Mooney, Ph.D.</span></div>
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<p>As the Director for CIT, he is responsible for managing a broad range of NIH-wide information and information technology services, including a new state-of-the market high-speed research network infrastructure, a high-performance scientific computing system ranked as one the top supercomputers in the world by Top500, cloud-based collaboration and communication platforms and tools, bioinformatics research programs, data center services, business solutions and applications, and 24/7 operations of NIH’s distributed IT environment.</p>
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<p>Before joining CIT, Dr. Mooney served as a Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine. He also served as Chief Research Information Officer of UW Medicine, Interim Director for the UW Institute for Medical Data Science, Associate Director of the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center, and Director of Informatics for the UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences.</p>
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<p>Dr. Mooney has a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of California, San Francisco and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was also the American Cancer Society John Peter Hoffman Fellow in the Department of Genetics and Stanford Medical Informatics and a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.</p>
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<h3>CIT Directors</h3>
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<td>James King (Acting)</td>
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<td>N/A</td>
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<td>N/A</td>
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<td>Dr. Eugene Harris (Acting)</td>
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<td>N/A</td>
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<td>August 1966</td>
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<td>Dr. Arnold W. Pratt</td>
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<td>August 1966</td>
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<td>May 1990</td>
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<td>Dr. David Rodbard</td>
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<td>November 1990</td>
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<td>April 1996</td>
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<td>William L. Risso (Acting)</td>
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<td>April 1996</td>
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<td>March 1998</td>
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<td>Alan S. Graeff</td>
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<td>March 1998</td>
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<td>November 2005</td>
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<td>Dr. John F. Jones, Jr. (Acting)</td>
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<td>November 2005</td>
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<td>February 2011</td>
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<td>Thomas G. Murphy (Acting)</td>
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<td>February 2011</td>
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<td>October 2011</td>
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<td>Andrea T. Norris</td>
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<td>October 2011</td>
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<td>December 2022</td>
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<td>Ivor D’Souza (Acting)</td>
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<td>January 2023</td>
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<td>March 2024</td>
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<td>Dr. Sean Mooney</td>
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<td>March 2024</td>
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<td>Present</td>
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<p>The Center for Information Technology (CIT) supports mission-critical research by delivering IT and scientific computing services and products through a network of service leads and their associated groups described below.</p>
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<li><strong>Office of the Director</strong>: Directs and evaluates the Center's programs, policies, and procedures and provides analysis and guidance in the development of services and systems.
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<li><strong>Operations Management Services</strong>: Directs and supports the CIT’s daily IT service management functions, including overseeing the Technology Operations Center--a state-of-the-art facility that allows NIH to monitor critical IT services and ensures rapid incident response for the NIH community.</li>
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<li><strong>Cloud Computing Services:</strong> Manages cloud computing infrastructure, tools, technologies, and other related services. Additionally, this service area provides support and training for NIH data science activities and the NIH research community.</li>
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<li><strong>Scientific Application Services:</strong> Develops and implements advanced algorithms and data visualization applications to quickly and efficiently meet the biomedical imaging and informatics needs of the broader NIH research community.</li>
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<li><strong>High-Performance Computing Services:</strong> Provides NIH's core enterprise-wide, high-performance computational environment—such as Biowulf, NIH’s supercomputer—training, and technical expertise to the NIH research community.</li>
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