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NIDDK Ambassador

​Meet your NIDDK NIH Well-being Ambassador!​

Hello! My name is​

Tiffany Kittrell

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I'm so glad to be of service as your NIDDK​ 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. ​​

Fun Facts About Me

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Work Experience

​ I have worked at NIH for 23 Years. I started in the “stay in school" program. My first job was in the clinical center. Over the years I have worked at five institutes and was an NIH Management Intern!​


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Where I'm from

​I was born in Washington, DC and have lived in the Washington DC metro area my entire life! I even went to college in DC. Proud Howard University graduate.



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My Interests

​Although I majored in business in college, I had a knack for languages. I studied Russian, German, and Spanish, and Latin!​



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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"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."  

- Eleanor Roosevelt​

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

I am grateful for the warm welcome!​​