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NHLBI Ambassador

Teri Gosselin

Meet your NHLBI NIH Well-being Ambassador!​

Hello! My name is​​​​​

Teri Gosselin


I'm so glad to be of service as your NHLBI NIH Well-being Ambassador representative!​​

​​I'll Be Your NIH Well-being Ambassador!​​

I'm very excited that I get to work with our staff!

In this role I will:
  1. Serve as a liaison to the ORS and its wellness partners (NIH Health and Wellness Council, NIH Child Care Board, Aging and Adult-Dependent Care Committee, and the Work-Life Committee).
  2. Represent and promote our IC's initiatives and research.
  3. Actively engage and support integrating well-being into our culture. 
  4. Receive suggestions and recommendations from our staff and the NIH community.
  5. Communicate to the appropriate stakeholder groups and provide input for consideration to the ORS on well-being initiatives, programs, and activities.
  6. Where possible, the Well-being Ambassador will participate in various stakeholder workgroups and committees. ​

Let Me Know How I Can Help

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I joined the NHLBI and got married in 2008 and both are still going strong.

 I began my career as a Workforce Planning Specialist and married my college sweetheart the same year. I transitioned into the Chief of Staff for the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences in 2012 where I still work.  My husband and I have two sons ages 14 and 11, and four furbabies​.

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I have a BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology and MS in Biodefense.

  I have leveraged my scientific education and my soft skills to become an expert in organizational planning and change management, workforce development and personnel management, staff and operational policy as well as performance management.



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I became a Stephen Minister in 2023, where I provide emotional and spiritual support to those experiencing difficulties in life.

I am passionate about providing care and support for mind, body, emotional and spiritual wellness.  In order to be effective at supporting others, I must also show myself the same love and care to my own wellness, and this looks like breathwork, walks outdoors, emotional and physical check-ins, and a variety of other practices. 


Well-being
​​Well-being is the state in which every individual:
    1. realizes his or her own potential;
    2. copes with the normal stresses of life;
    3. works productively; and
    4. is able to make a contribution to their community
  • ​The five interrelated well-being elements are: Financial, Physical, Social, Community, and Career.​
Well-being Ambassadors Program
  • ​​Mission:
– Work directly with key well-being stakeholders to promote, support, and engage the NIH community in advancing the concept of well-being and associated IC initiatives. 
  • ​Duties and Responsibilities:
– Liaison to the Office of Research Services (ORS) and its well-being stakeholder groups that actively support and engage in activities that support employee well-being.​
– Advocate who actively engages and supports integrating well-being into the IC’s culture.​​​
“The Whole Person Comes to Work”

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​Organizational Vision

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"Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind, and spirit - the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well-being."

- Greg Anderson

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Thank you for getting to know me, Your NIH Well-being Ambassador.

I am grateful for the warm welcome!​