BTB Staff

Name	Title	Email
Melinda G. Hollingshead, D.V.M., Ph.D.	Chief	hollingm@mail.nih.gov
Michelle Gottholm Ahalt	Program Specialist	ahaltgottholmm@mail.nih.gov
Sergio Y. Alcoser, Ph.D.	Biologist	alcosers@mail.nih.gov
Bethany Asare, Ph.D.	Biologist	bethany.asare@nih.gov
Christian Battung	Biologist (Bioinformatics)	christian.battung@nih.gov
Justin Clabaugh	Documentation Coordinator/Processor II (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	justin.clabaugh@nih.gov
Donna W. Coakley	Programmer/Analyst III (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	coakleyd@mail.nih.gov
Lise M. Devore	Sr. Technical Operations Manager (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	devorelm@mail.nih.gov
Michelle C. Eugeni, RN	Nurse Specialist, Research	meugeni@mail.nih.gov
Yvonne A. Evrard, Ph.D.	Research Manager III (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	yvonne.evrard@nih.gov
Kristine Johnson	Documentation Specialist I (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	kristine.johnson@nih.gov
Kimberly Klarmann, Ph.D.	Biologist	klarmank@mail.nih.gov
Chelsea McGlynn	Documentation Specialist I (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)
Dianne L. Newton, Ph.D.	Biologist (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	newtondianne@mail.nih.gov
Annette M. Stephens	Documentation Specialist III (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	stephensam@mail.nih.gov
Cindy Timme	Scientist II (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	cindy.timme@nih.gov
Nicole Walters	Documentation Specialist II (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	nicole.craig@nih.gov
Jenny A. Yingling	Documentation Coordinator/Processor II (Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.)	yinglingja@mail.nih.gov

About the Branch Chief

Dr. Melinda Hollingshead has served as Chief of the Biological Testing Branch at NCI since 2005. The Biological Testing Branch (BTB) establishes patient derived xenograft (PDX) models, isolates cell lines from PDX models and conducts preclinical anti-cancer drug evaluations in relevant rodent models. Additionally, the BTB manages the distribution of cell lines and tumor samples from the DCTD Repository. More…