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Research Software Engineer Career Award to Develop Open Science Tools for Environmental Health

Award Number: R50ES037963
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2025
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2027

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Research Software Engineer Career Award to Develop Open Science Tools for Environmental Health - This proposal seeks support for Michelle Audirac, as she advances her career in research software engineering to advance data science and accelerate environmental health research. Audirac is a Senior Data Science Specialist in the National Studies on Air Pollution and Health (NSAPH) group co-directed by Dr. Danielle Braun and Prof. Francesca Dominici at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). The group applies statistical methodologies to uncover the health impacts of environmental and extreme weather exposures, providing insights at the intersection of environmental science and public health. Audirac is currently leading data science engineering and research software efforts in several NIH-funded research programs conducted at NSAPH. Audirac's responsibilities include (a) managing data operations by automating software for data processing, including the development of new data pipelines and enhancing scalability of research workflows for high-performance computing and big data scenarios by leveraging emerging trends and technologies (b) mentoring early-career data scientists in best software engineering practices, including Development and Operations (DevOps), coding best practices, version control, data/metadata documentation, and agile project management; and (c) advancing dissemination of research software that enhance the accessibility, reproducibility, and efficiency of data science workflows, with a focus on creating FAIR resources. Audirac has presented her contributions in research software meetings, such as the United States Research Software Engineer (US-RSE) meeting, open source conferences, such as the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC), and is pursuing the publication of papers focused on her software contributions.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $218,164 )
2026	2026	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	1033 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 3	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02138	MIDDLESEX	USA	Environmental Health	000	2	8/7/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$218,164
														Subtotal = $218,164

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $227,286 )
2025	2025	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	1033 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 3	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02138	MIDDLESEX	USA	Environmental Health	000	1	8/27/2025	NEW	$227,286
														Subtotal = $227,286

Grand Total All Awards = $445,450

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Research Software Engineer Career Award to Develop Open Science Tools for Environmental Health

Award Number: R50ES037963

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2025

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2027

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