Julia Bachman PhD
NINDS Scientific Project Manager: HEAL Initiative Program Lead for Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery, Development and Validation of Animal Models/Outcome Measures, and Program Manager for the PRECISION Human Pain Network, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Julia Bachman serves as a Scientific Program Manager within the Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience cluster in the Division of Neuroscience at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Her portfolio consists of early-stage translational projects for small molecule and biologic drug development as part of the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative. Dr. Bachman received a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular neuroscience from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, investigating molecular mechanisms of glutamate receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity in the context of learning and memory. Dr. Bachman did her postdoctoral training in electrophysiology and circuit mapping at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus, followed by an IRTA postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Dr. Bachman joined NINDS in 2019 as a Health Program Specialist in the Division of Translational Research, where she supported several translational programs including the Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE) program, the NINDS and HEAL Biomarker programs, and the Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network for Biologics (BPN-Biologics).