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Office of Research Staff

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Name Position Phone E-mail
Office of Research - Biotech One, Suite 115
Frank Macrina, PhD Vice President for Research 827-2262 macrina@vcu.edu
Jane Lalich Executive Assistant, VP for Research 827-2262 jslalich@vcu.edu
Cathleen Finnerty Administrative Assistant/ Personnel Administration 828-3536 cafinner@vcu.edu
Herbert H. Hill, M.A. Coordinator for Undergraduate Research 828-4450 hhill@vcu.edu
Michael Newsome Assist Vice President/ Director of Finance & Administration 827-2265 manewsom@vcu.edu
Ann Nichols-Casebolt Assoc VP for Research Development 827-2267 acasebol@vcu.edu
Andrekia E. Branch Coordinator, Office of Postdoctoral Services 827-6036 aebranch@vcu.edu
Jessica Venable Grant Analyst 827-1443 jcvenable@vcu.edu
Lisa R. Ballance Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research 827-2262 lballanc@vcu.edu
Monika Markowitz Research Integrity Office 827-2157 msmarkow@vcu.edu
 
Office of Sponsored Programs - Biotech One, Suite 113
Susan Robb, CRA Assistant Vice President for Research Administration and Compliance 828-6772 sarobb@vcu.edu
Annie Publow, MFA, CRA Director, OSPA Government
Non-profit
828-6772 ajpublow@vcu.edu
Jose Alcaine, MBA, CRA Senior Administrator 828-6772 jgalcaine@vcu.edu
Don Howe, CRA Senior Contract & Grant Administrator 828-6772 dbhowe@vcu.edu
Juanita Lawrence, MEd, CRCP Senior Contract & Grant Administrator 827-4993 ljuanita@vcu.edu
Melanie Wiggins Director - OSPA Industry 827-4992 mwiggins@vcu.edu
Kathy Gabriel Senior Contract & Grant Administrator 828-6772 gabrielkp@vcu.edu
Georgiana Ball Contract & Grant Administrator 828-6772 ballag@vcu.edu
Leslee Key Contract & Grant Administrator 828-6772 mccullenlr@vcu.edu
Leigh Sprague Contract & Grant Administrator 828-6772 lsprague@vcu.edu
Jason Withers Senior Contract & Grant Administrator, ARRA Reporting Manager 828-6772 jwithers@vcu.edu
Nina Goodman Research Administrative Assistant 828-6772 ngoodman@vcu.edu
Salina Mann-Ghee Intake & Records Manager 827-0610 smmann@vcu.edu
Christy Morris Intake & Records Assistant 828-6772 cmorris6@vcu.edu
Amy Lutero Post-Award Manager 828-6772 luteroah@vcu.edu
Tarsenna Davis Research Administative Assistant 827-4991 tmgardner@vcu.edu
Joshua Dickerson Post Award Administrator 828-6772 jddickerson@vcu.edu
 
Office of Technology Transfer - Biotech One, Suite 113
Ivelina Metcheva, PhD, MBA Executive Director 827-1213 ismetche@vcu.edu
Clara Sine Office Manager 828-5188 casine@vcu.edu
Allen Morris, PhD, MBA Associate Director 827-2211 amorris5@vcu.edu
Wendy M Reid Licensing Associate 827-2213 wmreid@vcu.edu
Nicole M. Colomb Enterprise and Economic Development Executive 804-828-4200 nmcolomb2@vcu.edu
 
Office of Research Subjects Protections - Biotech One, Suite 114
Michelle Stickler, DEd, CIP Director 828-0131 mcstickler@vcu.edu
Susan Kimbrough, CIP Assistant Director 827-1533 sdkimbrough@vcu.edu
Sherrie Dabney-Washington Administrative Assistant 828-0868 ssdabneywash@vcu.edu
Mary Emanuelson IRB Intake Coordinator 827-1735 memanuelson@vcu.edu
Nichole Haywood IRB Protocol Analyst 827-2272 nsrichar@vcu.edu
Stephan Hicks IRB Panel Administrator
Panel A
828-9876 hickssa2@vcu.edu
Jason Elswick IRB Panel Coordinator
Panel A
827-2302 jselswick@vcu.edu
Jenny Rice, CIP IRB Panel Administrator
Panel B
828-3992 jlrice@vcu.edu
Donna Gross IRB Panel Coordinator
Panel B
827-2261 dsgross@vcu.edu
Ingrid Rosiuta, MPA IRB Panel Administrator
Panel C
827-1446 ilrosiuta@vcu.edu
Dawn Anderson IRB Panel Administrator
Panel D
827-1445 djanderson2@vcu.edu
Elicia Preslan, MS IRB Panel Coordinator
Panels C & D
827-0899 preslaned@vcu.edu
Bianca Parker, MBA IACUC Coordinator 828-5301 bmparker@vcu.edu
Thaddaeus Yaktin IACUC Coordinator 827-0894 toyaktin@vcu.edu
 
Office of Education and Compliance Oversight - Biotech One, Suite 113
Monika Markowitz, PhD Director 827-2157 msmarkow@vcu.edu
Amy Chuang, MPH Compliance Officer 828-6587 kchuang@vcu.edu
Patty Gerber Research Liason Specialist 828-8586 pcgerber@vcu.edu
Zena Bailey Administrative Assistant 827-2156 zbailey@vcu.edu>
Enid Virago Research Liaison Specialist 828-7712 viragoea@vcu.edu
Charles McCarthy Special Assistant to VP 828-3536 crmccart@vcu.edu
 
Division of Animal Resources - Sanger Hall
Mark Bates, Ph.D., DVM, DACLAM Interim Director, DAR and Attending Veterinarian 828-3897 mcbates@vcu.edu
Bobby Collins, DVM Assistant Director for Veterinary Services 828-9837 brcollins@vcu.edu
Peter Tetlow Manager, Finance and Administration 828-5774 pwtetlow@vcu.edu
Robert Nelms, LATG, LVT Operations Manager 828-2706 rnelms@vcu.edu
Kathy Person Business Manager 828-9837 kpperson@vcu.edu
 
Office of Research Resources - Biotech One
Paul Fawcett, Ph.D. Director of Research Resources 827-0975 pfawcett@vcu.edu
Bryan Rowland Manager of Research Resources 828-9862 blrowlan@vcu.edu
 
Office of Research Information Systems - Biotech One, Suite 113
James Ward, MS, MBA Executive Director 827-2159 jhward@vcu.edu
Cynthia Beck VCUeRA Administrator 827-2274 clbeck@vcu.edu
Ramanie Garrett, MS Network Administrator 827-2158 rgarrett2@vcu.edu
Sarah Zeigler Website Developer   szeigler@vcu.edu
Anithaa Karthikeyan Application Analyst 827-2343 akarthikeya2@vcu.edu
Bryan Kelley Application Services Team Lead 628-3317 bkelley@vcu.edu
Deborah Baines VCUeRA Application Developer 628-3313 dlbaines@vcu.edu
Weston Spivey VCUeRA Administrator 628-3315 jwspivey@vcu.edu
Ryan Hawkins VCUeRA Help Desk Analyst hawkinsrt@vcu.edu
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