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Dr. AnthonyHayward
Director
Division forClinical Research Resources
Dr. Hayward hasdirected the Division for Clinical Research Resources at the National Centerfor Research Resources since 2001. He obtained a first degree in Physiology atUniversity College, London, in 1964, followed by a medical degree in 1967. Hetrained as a pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Stin London and obtained a Ph.D. in Immunology in 1972. He moved to theUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1978, where he was Professorof Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology with additional appointments atNational Jewish Center and The Children's Hospital.
His research focusedon immunity development, primary immunodeficiency syndromes and also onimmunization strategies to reduce the burden of post-herpetic neuralgia. He isauthor or co-author on over 160 original articles and contributed to over 40books. The Division for ClinicalResearch Resources at NCRR supports programs such as the Clinical andTranslational Science Awards and the General Clinical Research Centers, as wellas career development programs and specific initiatives in genotyping, genevector production and islet cell recovery.
Ms. Lili M. Portilla, MPA
Senior Advisor to the Director
National Center for Research Resources,NIH
Ms. Portilla hasworked in the area of technology transfer at the NIH since 1989. She serves as Senior Advisor to theDirector of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). Ms. Portilla advises NCRR on all facetsof technology transfer, intellectual property and public private partnershipsissues. She has extensiveexperience in negotiating and developing commercialization strategies forcomplex, and multi-party Collaborative Research and Development Agreements(CRADAs), Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), clinical trial agreements,software license agreements, and Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs). She also serves as the technologytransfer advisor for the Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Consortium and theNational Swine Research Resource Center funded by the NCRR.
She also served asthe Director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Officeof Technology Transfer and Development (OTTAD). In this capacity, Ms. Portilla supervised and managedprofessional and support staff as well as the OTTAD budget. She served as NHLBI main advisor forall Institute technology transfer law/policy and intellectual propertyissues. She established andchaired the NHLBI Technology Evaluation Advisory Committee that reviewsinventions reports submitted by NHLBI researchers. Ms. Portilla established an in-house training program fornewly hired intramural researchers which addressed invention reporting,conflict of interest issues, patent law and procedures, and NIH technologytransfer policy.
Ms. Portilla alsoestablished the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Technology Transfer ServiceCenter to provide technology transfer services to other NIH Institutes andPublic Health Service offices, which include the National Institute ofEnvironmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institute of Deafness andCommunication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institute Arthritis and MusculoskeletalSkin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), NationalInstitute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), and National Center forResearch Resources (NCRR). Ms.Portilla served as the Chair of the Public Health Service TechnologyDevelopment Coordinators Committee.
Ms. Portillareceived a Masters in Public Administration in 1992 from American UniversitySchool of Public Affairs, Washington, DC and a Bachelor in BusinessAdministration, majoring in both Finance and Spanish Literature in 1986 fromStephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas.
