COLUMBIA RESEARCH - Key Persons
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- Senior Financial Analyst, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Assistant Director for Research Compliance
Anderson Smith is the Assistant Director for Research Compliance Education for the Office of Research Compliance and Training. His work focuses on creating educational programs on research compliance and research ethics for the Columbia research community, including faculty and staff, students, and post-doctoral research fellows.
Biography
Dr. Smith has conducted seminars and lectures at various conferences, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA), and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), around literacy and metacognition. His research focused on the effects of literature when used in service to people with criminal conviction histories post-incarceration. He has also taught creative writing and spoken-word poetry in both medium and maximum-security prisons in New York. Dr. Smith earned his Ph.D. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also earned a Master's in Philosophy and a Master's in Education for the teaching of English. He received his Master's in Fine Arts for Creative Writing from Manhattanville College.
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- Assistant Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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- Director, Business Systems, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Administrative Coordinator, Sponsored Projects Administration
Connie Eng, PharmD, is a Research Pharmacist. She provides essential investigational drug services to investigators and research personnel according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the applicable regulatory requirements of FDA and JCAHO. Investigational Drug Services include but are not limited to: dispensation, inventory management, communication with clinical team, communication with study sponsors, sterile compounding of hazardous and non-hazardous agents, creating study specific pharmacy guidelines, handling of on-call studies and conducting Site Initiation Visits (SIV), Close Out Visits (COV) and Monitor Visits (MV).
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Financial Analyst, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Senior Financial Analyst, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Financial Analyst, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
Jennifer Rojas, CPhT, is a Research Pharmacy Coordinator. She signs out and delivers study medication and conducts site qualification visits and interim monitoring visits in addition to managing drug inventory and pharmacy supplies ordering.
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Administrative Assistant, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
Lucy Liu, PharmD, is a Research Pharmacist. She provides essential investigational drug services to investigators and research personnel according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the applicable regulatory requirements of FDA and JCAHO. Investigational Drug Services include but are not limited to: dispensation, inventory management, communication with clinical team, communication with study sponsors, sterile compounding of hazardous and non-hazardous agents, creating study specific pharmacy guidelines, handling of on-call studies and conducting Site Initiation Visits (SIV), Close Out Visits (COV) and Monitor Visits (MV).
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- Senior Business Analyst, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Director of the Spanish Translation Center
Magaly Garcia, MD, is the Director of the Spanish Translation Center. She coordinates all aspects of the translation and review of documents at Columbia University and outside institutions to be used by Hispanic participants in research.
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- Financial Analyst, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Clinical Trials Administrator
Maritza Pardave-Martinez is the Clinical Trials Administrator with the Clinical Trials Office. Maritza provides document services to the Columbia University Medical community by managing the contract routing process and maintaining the contract repository.
Marta Scotto, RPh, is a Research Pharmacist. She provides essential investigational drug services to investigators and research personnel according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the applicable regulatory requirements of FDA and JCAHO. Investigational Drug Services include but are not limited to: dispensation, inventory management, communication with clinical team, communication with study sponsors, sterile compounding of hazardous and non-hazardous agents, creating study specific pharmacy guidelines, handling of on-call studies and conducting Site Initiation Visits (SIV), Close Out Visits (COV) and Monitor Visits (MV).
Rahel James is a Senior Budget Analyst with the Clinical Trials Office. She is responsible for determining financial feasibility and negotiating directly with pharmaceutical companies to ensure compliance with University policies and procedures.
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- Senior Financial Analyst, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Director of Operations, Mailman School of Public Health, Sponsored Projects Administration
Stephanie is responsible for educating and updating the Columbia University and Columbia University Irving Medical Center communities on policies and procedures impacting the day to day management of proposals and awards. She has over twenty years' experience in all aspects of pre-award sponsored projects administration, and has led many special projects involving the implementation and change management of major policies and systems. Stephanie has conducted many training initiatives on complex topics such as, but not limited to, the Uniform Guidance, federal public access policies, and the Fly America Act. She is currently the co-chair of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) Communications Committee, and a member of their Executive Committee. Previously she was the co-chair of the FDP Subawards Subcommittee. She holds a Master's Degree in Epidemiology, is a Certified Research Administrator (CRA), and is a member of member of the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA).
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
Wendy Lora is a Pharmacy Technician. She signs out and delivers study medication and conducts site qualification visits and interim monitoring visits in addition to managing drug inventory and pharmacy supplies ordering.
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- Manager of Contract Negotiations, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Administrative Manager, Sponsored Projects Administration
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- Senior Project Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration