Dr. Chantel Fuqua has been a Program Director in the Diversity Training Branch of the NCI’s CRCHD since March 2023. Before joining NCI, Dr. Fuqua worked as a Program Director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) where she managed a National Science Foundation funded STEM education portfolio focused on broadening participation in science, workforce diversity and inclusive pedagogy at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral level. Prior to that, Dr. Fuqua worked as a Director of Faculty and Educational Initiatives at the Association of American Medical Colleges, where she managed the Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Grant Writers Coaching Workshop for National Institutes of Health Awards, and previously lead a pilot program at seven academic medicine centers focused on holistic review for faculty recruitment and retention to increase faculty diversity. In addition, Dr. Fuqua served as a 2016-2018 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for STEM Education, supporting the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program. Dr. Fuqua has also experience teaching biology, biochemistry, and chemistry at various types of higher education institutions, most recently at the University of Maryland Global Campus. Prior to joining NCI, Dr. Fuqua oversaw and managed several programs as a health science analyst at Leidos that provided scientific, evaluation, and technical support to the National Institutes of Health, along with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in the management of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and other federal scientific programs. Dr. Fuqua received her B.S. in Chemistry from Saint Louis University, and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Meharry Medical College.