Dr. Tiffani Bailey Lash- Innovate with Purpose

Dr. Lash is a national and international leader in biomedical technology innovation. Recently she was recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary for her leadership and distinguished service during the pandemic.
She has also been featured in Money magazine, Businessweek and was highlighted in Cosmopolitan as a “Fun and Fearless Female”


Dr. Tiffani Bailey Lash serves as a Health Scientist Administrator for the National Institutes of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Her research portfolio includes Point of Care Technologies and Digital Health, both with the goal of developing biomedical technologies through collaborative efforts that merge scientific and technological capabilities with clinical need. She also serves as co-coordinator for the NIH Common Fund's Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa. Dr. Lash has been selected as a science policy fellow for both the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Academy of Engineering. She also has a background in small business innovation and intellectual property. 

Dr. Lash earned her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from North Carolina State University via a collaboration between the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Hampton University. She is a boy mom.