Steering Committee
The TARA Steering Committee is composed of the TARA PI Leadership Team and TARA NIH Program Team. Together, the Steering Committee members will oversee the formation and evaluation of five TARA Working Groups housed within four “Cores” for the successful development of TARA. The four Cores include: Ontology; Atlas; Data; and TEAM.
TARA PI Leadership Team
 Vitaly Napadow, PhD, LAc TARA Steering Committee Chair and Principal Investigator Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
 Richard E. Harris, PhD LAc TARA Principal Investigator Endowed Chair and Professor Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care; University of California at Irvine |
 Karl Helmer, PhD TARA Principal Investigator Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
 Laura Triplett TARA Program Manager Executive Director, Society for Acupuncture Research |
TARA NIH Team
Emrin Horgusluoglu, PhD, Program Officer NCCIH |
Wen Chen, PhD, NCCIH |
Inna Belfer, PhD, NCCIH |
Alex Tuttle, PhD, NCCIH |
Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, PhD, ODSS |
NCCIH Senior Leadership
Helene Langevin, MD |
Emmeline Edwards, PhD |
Wen Chen, PhD |