Personnel summary
Program Director
Contact information
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Email rferrell@nsf.gov
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Phone (703) 292-8740
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Direct (703) 292-7850
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Fax (703) 292-9068
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Room W 13144
Program responsibilities
- Biological Anthropology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (BA-DDRIG)
- Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR)
- High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (HRRBAA)
- Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)
- Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II (PIPP Phase II Centers Program)
Biography
Dr. Ferrell is a program director for the Biological Anthropology Program in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences. Dr. Ferrell also serves as the Steering Committee Co-Chair for NSF’s CHIPS and Science Act Ethics Working Group, and the Co-Chair for the CHIPS and Science Act National Academy of Sciences Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research Working Group.
Dr. Ferrell’s research in biological anthropology has focused on paleodemography and reproductive aging. Before joining NSF, she was a scientific review officer at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, an assistant professor of anthropology at Howard University, and a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Population and Health. Dr. Ferrell received both her Ph.D. and master’s degree in Anthropology from The Pennsylvania State Universi