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Administration

Shawn Facini
Systems Administrator
412-383-0716
Chris Gerard, BS
Senior Systems Administrator
Tina Hay
Financial Analyst
412-383-0329
Casey Holderfield
Director of Data Analytics and IT
Mara Horwitz
Mara Horwitz, MD
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Protections
Natalie Kaczmarek
PERIS™ Project Manager
Steve Korbich
Director of Administrative Support
412-383-0776
Nancy Merz
Administrative Assistant
Lindsey Neyland
Senior Communications Specialist
Owen Sheridan
Systems Administrator
Bill Yates
Bill Yates, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Research Protections

Animal Research Protections

Marissa Arlet
Protocol Review Manager
412-383-2004
Tracy Bruno
Compliance Coordinator
412-383-1251
Deborah L. Chapman, PhD
Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
412-624-0774
Jeremy Dericco
Director of Animal Research Protections
412-383-2009
Chris Gubish
Training Coordinator
412-383-1737
Anna Jackson
Regulatory Coordinator
412-383-0682
Michael Kessler
Director of Regulatory Affairs
412-383-2018
Jody Mankamyer
Regulatory Specialist
412-383-2012
Susan Meyers
Compliance Coordinator - Congruency Reviews
412-383-2002
Lacey Mock
Compliance Coordinator

Biorisk Management

Cassaundra Ameel
Hazard Assessment Coordinator
412-648-3237
Katy Board, ARO
Associate Biosafety Officer
412-624-8768
Rebecca Lingenfelter
University Biosafety Officer
412-624-3054
Melanie Pfeifer
Hazard Assessment Manager
412-624-3587
Amy Simcik
Hazard Assessment Specialist
412-624-8642
Molly Stitt-Fischer, PhD, CPH, CBSP, SM (NRCM)
Director, Executive Biosafety Officer, and Responsible Official for Select Agents
412-624-8919
Maria Yanez, PhD
Associate Biosafety Officer

Conflict of Interest

Christina Gasdia, JD
Director
412-383-0901
Mara J. Horwitz, MD
Vice Chair, Conflict of Interest Committee
(412) 624-3007
John S. Maier, PhD, MD
Chair, Conflict of Interest Committee
412-383-2378
Heather Manda
COI Coordinator
412-648-7557
Lisa Parker, PhD
Co-Chair, Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee
412-648-7007
Allison T. Reinersmann, JD
COI Program Manager
412-383-1735
Kristin Thomas
COI Analyst
412-624-5957
Jessie Van Swearingen, PhD, PT, FAPTA
Co-Chair, Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee
412-383-6634

Education and Compliance Support

Mary Ellen Carey, RN, BSN, CCRC
ECS Coordinator
412-383-1736
Amy Crippen, BSN, RN
ECS Coordinator
412-383-3565
Kelly Dornin-Koss, RN, BSN, MPPM, CIP
Director
412-383-1711
Patrick Fawcett, BS
Information Disclosure Administrator
412-383-1733
Lisa Gaston, BS
ECS Coordinator
412-383-1519
Lisa Lane, BS
ECS Coordinator
412-383-0140
April Lehman, MPPM
IIS Regulatory Specialist
412-383-3411
Nita Missig-Carroll, RN, BSN, OCN, CCRC
Associate Director
412-383-1579
Kelli Moffa, JD, MEd
Monitoring Program Manager
412-383-1995
Margaret Soncini, BS, ADN
ECS Coordinator
412-383-2067
Courtney Wilkes, MA
IIS Coordinator
412-383-1502

Human Research Protection

Jean Barone, CIP
Director
412-383-1480
Emily Bird, MSW, CCRC
Research Review Analyst
Shawna Blacka
Research Review Coordinator
Beatrice Chen, MD, MPH
Vice Chair
Timothy Corcoran, PhD
Vice Chair
Lisa DeSantes, BS, CIP
Research Review Specialist
Dana DiVirgilio, MPH, CIP
Research Review Analyst
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Mollie Duerr, LSW
Research Review Analyst
Megan Frame, MS
Research Review Analyst
Adam Frisch, MD, MPH
Vice Chair
Amy Fuhrman, MPA, CIP
Research Review Analyst
Erin Holmes Grabowski, BS, CIP
Program Manager
Margaret Hsieh, MD, MS, CIP
Chair
412-383-1480
Melissa Ilnicki, RRT, RPSGT
Reliance Specialist
412-864-6685
Larry Ivanco, MSW
Regulatory Specialist
Carolyn Ivanusic, MSW, CIP
Exempt/Expedited Manager
Antoinette Kohlman, MHROD, MA, PhD
Reliance Specialist
Angela Laslavic, MS
Research Review Analyst
Juliet Mancino, MS, RDN, CDE, CIP
Full Board Manager
Judy Martin, MD
Vice Chair
Melissa Miklos, MSL, CIP
Associate Director
412-383-1480
Cheryl Moore, BA, MBA, BSN, RN
Research Review Analyst
Natalie Novak, BS, MSL
Reliance Specialist
Sara Onesi, BS, RN
Research Review Analyst
Deane W. Quillen, MPH
Associate Director, sIRB
Lauren Runkel, MA
Reliance Specialist
Amy Russell
Research Review Analyst
Sierra Schafelke, EdD
Research Review Analyst
Justin Snyder, PhD
Education Coordinator
Jamie Zelazny, RN, MPH, PhD, CIP
Vice Chair

Institutional Biosafety

Theresa Lynn Bodnar
Institutional Biosafety Coordinator
Kristine Cihil
Biosecurity and Compliance Specialist
Beverly Harding , MSL
Director
Eric Lagasse, Pharm, PhD
Chair, Human Stem Cell research Oversight (hSCRO)
William H. Walker, PhD
Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee

Radiation Safety

Donnie Baxter
Radiation Safety Technologist
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Kenneth G. Bennet, MD
Chair, Radioactive Drug Research Committee and Human Use Subcommittee
Ramon Boghozian, MS
Medical Health Physicist
412-624-0302
Alyssa Derringer, BS
Health Physicist
412-648–8116
Michael Drelich, BS, RRPT
Medical Health Physicist
412-624-4778
Mark Duranko, BS, MSHyg
Assistant Health Physicist
412-624-7964
Jim Esplen, BS
Radiation Safety Technologist
412-624-2739
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Derek Gee, DMP
Assistant Professor, Radiology
412-624-1692
Michael Hilliard
Radiation Safety Technologist
412-624-2722
John Holmes, DMP, DABR
Diagnostic Medical Physicist
412-624-2725
Michael J. Kennedy , MS
Health Physicist
412-624-7963
Kelly Mannella, MS, DABSNM
Associate Radiation Safety Officer
412-624-2084
Lara Renz Paciello, DrPH, CHP
Director, Radiation Safety Officer
412-624-2068
Matthew Stefanovski, BS
Assistant Health Physicist
412-383-2063
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Casey Tuxward, RT (R)
X-Ray Technologist
412-648-3063
Darunee Whitt, MS, DABR
Diagnostic Medical Physicist
412-624-7966
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Margarita Zuley, MD
Chair, Radiation Safety Committee

Research Integrity

Mara J. Horwitz, MD
Associate Research Integrity Officer
(412) 624-3007
Susan R. Sesack, PhD
Research Integrity Officer
412-624-5158

Research Security & Trade Compliance

Kristine Cihil
Biosafety and Compliance Specialist
Jacquelyn Correll
Assistant Director
412-624-0140
Allen DiPalma
Executive Director, Empowered Official
412-624-7415
Charles Lyon
Visitors Liaison, Senior Assistant
412-624-2116
Heather Stewart
Manager