Marguerite Matthews, PhD is the Section Chief of Career Preparation in the Office of Training and Workforce Development. She manages funding opportunities that support the science education and research training of individuals at college, postbaccalaureate, early-stage graduate school, and clinical residency/fellowship levels. Prior to working at NINDS, Dr. Matthews came to NIH as a 2016-2018 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of Extramural Research, within the Division of Biomedical Research Workforce and the Division of Loan Repayment. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Oregon Health & Science University, where she examined the development of the human brain using functional and structural neuroimaging. She earned a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh, studying the development of the dopamine system during adolescence, and a BS in biochemistry from Spelman College.