Dr. Mike Minnicozzi is a senior Program Officer for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH. In his current position, Mike works in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation (DAIT) where he administers and oversees a research portfolio of grants, cooperative awards and contracts, on topics such as Allergy, Asthma, Atopic Dermatitis and Sepsis. In addition to his oversight of the typical award mechanisms associated with the NIH e.g., RO1s, Mike represents the DAIT as the primary contact point for all the division’s interests Small Business applicants, including clinical trial proposals.

Prior to working for the NIAID, Mike worked at the Schering Plough Research Institute as a Senior Principal Scientist, where his projects included; small animal model development for allergic and non-allergic airway inflammatory diseases, the use of these animal models for the identification of novel inhibitory compounds of disease progression (e.g., anti-IL5, PDE4, anti-VCAM, inhaled steroids), in vitro antibiotic drug screening, novel immuno-assay development, in vitro analysis of lipid metabolism, development of biomarkers for use in monitoring disease progression, in-licensing candidate evaluations and as a project manager for drug development.

Dr. Minnicozzi holds a Ph.D. in medical physiology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (formerly known as UMDNJ-School of Biomedical Sciences).