Amy Wernimont

Amy Wernimont serves as the Associate Director of Research for CCAPS at Cornell University since July 2025. Prior to this role, Wernimont was Chief of Staff at the National Institutes of Health's Center for Scientific Review from July 2016 to July 2025, and previously worked as a Scientific Review Officer. At the University of Toronto's Structural Genomics Consortium from November 2005 to July 2016, Wernimont held positions as Project Manager for the Structure-guided Drug Discovery Coalition and Senior Research Associate, leading significant research initiatives related to neglected diseases. Wernimont's experience includes a postdoctoral fellowship at EMBL and early career roles at Northwestern University and Abbott Laboratories. Educational qualifications include a Ph.D. in Biology with a focus on Molecular and Cellular Biology from Northwestern University and a BS in Biochemistry from Iowa State University.