Maureen Cusick Thomas - Small Business Outreach Coordinator for Translational Research in the Division of Extramural Activities at the National Institute on Aging (DEA/NIA), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In this role, Ms. Cusick Thomas collaborates with the DEA’s Translational Working Group on the advancement of NIA’s T1 and T2 translational research priorities through outreach and interactions with the national SBIR/STTR community. In addition, Ms. Cusick Thomas reports to the Chief, Small Business Research Office, NIA, working collaboratively to identify new outreach opportunities for NIA to identify and strengthen relationships with key audiences in the nation’s small business community to accelerate the level and quality of funding applicants.
The Small Business Research Office strengthens engagement and promotes outreach at the national level through conferences and by promoting outreach to the incubator and entrepreneurial communities, small business development centers, and tech transfer offices at university and research campuses across the country. Working with federal, state and regional community partners, the office’s goal is to attract high quality, innovative small-businesses to the NIA and increase the quality and quantity of applications for SBIR/STTR applications.
Ms. Cusick Thomas received her M.P.M. in Public/Private Sector Relations and Economics from the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her B.A. from Notre Dame of Maryland University with a major in Economics. In addition to her service as a Public Affairs Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, Ms. Thomas has worked in a variety of roles specializing in public/private sector partnerships at the federal, state and regional levels within the small business community for 15 years.
The Small Business Research Office strengthens engagement and promotes outreach at the national level through conferences and by promoting outreach to the incubator and entrepreneurial communities, small business development centers, and tech transfer offices at university and research campuses across the country. Working with federal, state and regional community partners, the office’s goal is to attract high quality, innovative small-businesses to the NIA and increase the quality and quantity of applications for SBIR/STTR applications.
Ms. Cusick Thomas received her M.P.M. in Public/Private Sector Relations and Economics from the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her B.A. from Notre Dame of Maryland University with a major in Economics. In addition to her service as a Public Affairs Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, Ms. Thomas has worked in a variety of roles specializing in public/private sector partnerships at the federal, state and regional levels within the small business community for 15 years.
