At this time, she is principal investigator (PI) of numerous grants, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored Pediatric Division of the Cooperative Human Tissue Network, and contact PI of the NCI-sponsored grants supporting the Biospecimen Banks of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and SWOG. Since 2014, Dr. Ramirez is the Convenor of Working Group 2 - Biobank and Bioresources of the US Technical Advisory Group to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 276-Biotechnology; she also represents the College of American Pathologists (CAP) in that committee. At the CAP she is a member of the Biorepository Accreditation Program (BAP) Committee, and the National Commissioner of the CAP BAP. Dr. Ramirez represents COG and SWOG in the Group Banking Committee of the NCI’s Cancer Diagnosis Program and is also a member of the NCI-sponsored Frederick National Laboratory Advisory Committee.