Scientific Management and Operations, Science Policy, Training
Anahid (Ana) Ebrahimi received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of California-Davis in 2012 and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware in 2018. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her research focused on understanding the muscle-tendon mechanics driving gait in cerebral palsy. She joined NINDS in the Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce (OPEN) as a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow from 2021-2022, later becoming a Health Program Specialist, and then serving as OPEN's Outreach and Engagement Specialist. She is now a Senior Health Science Policy Analyst in the NINDS Office of the Director.