Research Leadership

Dr. Carolyn Smith

Senior Vice President and Dean of Research

Carolyn Smith, Ph.D.

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Vice President of Research Administration

Winona Ward

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Chief Research Information Officer

Craig Rusin, Ph.D.

Julie Katkin

Associate Dean of Research Assurances

Julie Katkin, M.D.

Associate Dean, Experimental Therapeutics

Gail Eckhardt, M.D.

Fasiha Kanwal

Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research; Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Fasiha Kanwal, M.D., MSHS

Jessica Davila, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean, Research Informatics and Data Integration

Jessica Davila, Ph.D.

John Averill, M.B.A.

Executive Director, Research Operations

John Averill, M.B.A.

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Executive Director, Center for Comparative Medicine

Rebecca Blackwood, DVM, DACLAM

Dean P. Edwards, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Advanced Technology Cores

Dean Edwards, Ph.D.

Dr. Michael Dilling, BLG Director

Executive Director, Licensing

Michael Dilling, Ph.D.

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Executive Director, Business Operations, Finance

Pam Muscarello, MPA

Uma Ramamurthy, Ph.D.

Executive Director for Research IT

Uma Ramamurthy, Ph.D.

alejandro briceno

Senior Manager, Business Operations, Human Resources

Alejandro Briceno, MHRM, MBA, sHRBP, PHR, SHRM-C