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Grid List

Administration

Systems Administrator

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Chris Gerard, BS

Senior Systems Administrator

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

Director of Administrative Support

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Administrative Assistant

Lindsey Neyland

Senior Communications Specialist

Systems Administrator

Bill Yates

Bill Yates, PhD

Vice Chancellor for Research Protections

Animal Research Protections

Protocol Review Manager

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Compliance Coordinator

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Deborah L. Chapman, PhD

Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

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Director of Animal Research Protections

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Training Coordinator

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Regulatory Coordinator

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Michael Kessler

Director of Regulatory Affairs

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Regulatory Specialist

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Compliance Coordinator - Congruency Reviews

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Compliance Coordinator

Regulatory Coordinator

Biorisk Management

Cassaundra Ameel

Hazard Assessment Coordinator

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Katy Board, ARO

Associate Biosafety Officer

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Rebecca Lingenfelter

University Biosafety Officer

412-624-3054

Melanie Pfeifer

Hazard Assessment Manager

412-624-3587

Hazard Assessment Specialist

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Molly Stitt-Fischer, PhD, CPH, CBSP, SM (NRCM)

Director

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Maria Yanez, PhD

Associate Biosafety Officer

Conflict of Interest

Emily Bird, MSW, CCRC

Senior COI Analyst

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Christina Gasdia, JD

Director

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Mara J. Horwitz, MD

Vice Chair, Conflict of Interest Committee

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John S. Maier, PhD, MD

Chair, Conflict of Interest Committee

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COI Coordinator

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Lisa Parker, PhD

Co-Chair, Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee

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Allison T. Reinersmann, JD

COI Program Manager

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Sunil Saxena, PhD

Co-Chair, Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee

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COI Analyst

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Education and Compliance Support

Mary Ellen Carey, RN, BSN, CCRC

ECS Coordinator

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Amy Crippen, BSN, RN

ECS Coordinator

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Kelly Dornin-Koss, RN, BSN, MPPM

Director

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Patrick Fawcett, BS

Information Disclosure Administrator

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Lisa Gaston, BS

ECS Coordinator

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ECS Coordinator

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April Lehman, MPPM

IIS Regulatory Specialist

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Nita Missig-Carroll, RN, BSN, OCN, CCRC

Associate Director

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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

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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

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

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Melissa Ilnicki, RRT, RPSGT

Reliance Specialist

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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

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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

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

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

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

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Alyssa Derringer, BS

Health Physicist

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Michael Drelich, BS, RRPT

Medical Health Physicist

412-624-4778

Mark Duranko, BS, MSHyg

Assistant Health Physicist

412-624-7964

Radiation Safety Technologist

412-624-2739

Assistant Professor, Radiology

412-624-1692

Michael Hilliard

Radiation Safety Technologist

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John Holmes, DMP, DABR

Diagnostic Medical Physicist

412-624-2725

Michael J. Kennedy , MS

Health Physicist

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Kelly Mannella, MS, DABSNM

Associate Radiation Safety Officer

412-624-2084

Lara Renz Paciello, DrPH, CHP

Director, Radiation Safety Officer

412-624-2068

Jamison Pamer, BS

Radiation Safety Technologist

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Matthew Stefanovski, BS

Assistant Health Physicist

412-383-2063

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

Biosafety and Compliance Specialist

Jacquelyn Correll

Assistant Director

412-624-0140

Executive Director, Empowered Official

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Visitors Liaison, Senior Assistant

412-624-2116

Heather Stewart

Manager