Brief Biography:
Paula Roberts is a program analyst at OBSSR. She tracks co-funding requests and serves as the office manager. Before joining OBSSR, Paula worked at the Center for Scientific Review as an administrative assistant with the Health of the Population Integrated Review Group (IRG), which later became the Population Sciences and Epidemiology IRG. In that role, she partnered with IRG staff to facilitate the review of grant applications, including coordinating review meetings. She also was the main contact for all administrative matters involving external reviewers. Paula joined OBSSR as a data analyst for the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (known as OppNet), where she managed budget tracking, planning, and overall project management. She earned her bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the University of Guyana in Georgetown, Guyana.
