Director of Research attends RDCRN Face to Face Meeting April 1, 2015 by Kylie Karley Marilyn with Dr. Pam McInnes – Deputy Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 1/1/2015 – This week, Marilyn Hailperin, NKI’s National Director of Research attended the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network (RDCRN)’s Coalition of Patient Advocacy Groups (CPAG) face-to-face meeting in Rockville, MD. The meeting included patient advocacy groups that are associated with the rare disease consortia funded by the RDCRN (a program of the NIH), including the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE).