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Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases Program

Scientific Program Manager

Tshaka Cunningham, PhD

Tshaka Cunningham, PhD, earned a BA degree in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and his doctoral degree in the same discipline from Rockefeller University in New York. He completed postdoctoral training at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France and at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Cunningham also serves as the Scientific Program Manager for the ORD-wide Historically Black College and University Research Scientist Training Program.

For inquiries regarding the RR&D Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases or ORD Historically Black College and University Research Scientist Training Program, please contact: email Tshaka Cunningham, PhD or phone (202) 443-5758.