SPONSORED PROGRAMS - Key Persons


Adesola Abimbola

Job Titles:
  • Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

Alpana Gautam

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  • Senior Accountant

Amy Cavanah

Job Titles:
  • Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

Angela Behrend

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  • Senior Grants Administrator

Angie Michael

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  • Cash Accountant

Anjula Joseph

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  • Senior Director of Finance

Asa Lopatin

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  • Lead Contract Negotiator

Bill Schoelwer

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  • Lead Contract Negotiator & Interim Assistant Director of Pre - Award

Bri Holland

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  • Executive Assistant

Catherine P. Bradshaw

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  • Senior Faculty Fellow

Catina Seitz

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  • Assistant Director of Post Award

Celeste Chilton

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  • Contract Negotiator

Cheryl Wagner

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  • Chief of Staff

Christa Albanez

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  • Senior Accountant

Christine Estes

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  • Senior Accountant

Cooper Drady

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  • Senior Contract Negotiator

Dale Brent

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  • Lead Contract Negotiator

Darcy Rugar

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  • Senior Accountant

David J. Hudson

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  • Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Research Integrity Officer

Debby Kessler

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  • Manager of Electronic Research Administration

Ebony Turner

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  • Accountant

Emily Wallace

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  • Grants and Contracts Administrator

Eric Warren

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  • Grants and Contracts Assistant

Fiona Greenland

Job Titles:
  • Senior Faculty Fellow

Frederick H. Epstein

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice President for Research / Frederick H. Epstein
Frederick H. Epstein Interim Vice President for Research Frederick H. Epstein is the Interim Vice President for Research (VPR). As UVA's Chief Research Officer, Fred is responsible for executing a research growth strategy, managing and protecting a $550M UVA research enterprise. Frederick H. Epstein, PhD, is the Mac Wade Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UVA. He has served as Chair of UVA's Biomedical Engineering Department and as Associate Dean for Research for the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He is internationally recognized for research contributions to the field of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including for the development of highly accurate methods for quantifying cardiac function and for using MRI to discover fundamental biological mechanisms underlying heart disease. Dr. Epstein received his B.S. in Physics and B.A. in Mathematics at the University of Rochester, and then went on to get his M.S. in Engineering Physics and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at UVA. He did his Post-Doc in Radiology at UVA and worked as a research scientist at GE Medical Systems and at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) before becoming a faculty member at UVA in 2000. Dr. Epstein has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, has been continuously funded as principal investigator by the NIH for more than 20 years, has 16 issued or pending patents, served on numerous study sections and expert panels for the NIH and the American Heart Association, and served as Chair of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Academic Council. Dr. Epstein is an elected Fellow of three major societies, namely the ISMRM (2013), the American Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering (2014), and the American Heart Association (2014). In addition, he was recently named a Distinguished Investigator of the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research.

Gareth Evans

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  • Associate Director of Post Award

Jaime Petrasek

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  • Senior Grants Administrator

James Bowen

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  • Senior Accountant

Jeanne Flores

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  • Accountant

Jeanne Hucek

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  • Grants and Contracts Administrator

Jeff Wolford

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  • Computer Systems Engineer

Jeffrey Blank

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  • Associate Vice President for Research

Jenna Phillips

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  • Grants and Contracts Assistant

Jessica Maciaszek

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  • Accountant

John McGraw

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  • IT Support Specialist

Judy Mallory

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  • Senior Grants Administrator

Karen C. Johnston

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  • Associate VP for Clinical & Translational Research

Kelly Hochstetler

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  • Interim Assistant Vice President, Operations, Policy, and Compliance

Kelly Mays

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  • Assistant Director of Financial Compliance

Kimberly M. Mayer

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  • Associate Vice President for Research Development

Laura Williams

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  • Senior Contract Negotiator

Leora Payne

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  • Grants and Contracts Administrator

Lynn Koplin

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  • Associate Director of Contracts

Marguerite Guilford

Job Titles:
  • Grants and Contracts Administrator
Marguerite Guilford, Grants and Contracts Administrator | mgg2f | (434) 924-2791

Mary Riggins

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  • Compliance Analyst
  • Member of Committee

MaryBeth Spaulding

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  • Assistant Director of Pre - Award

Matt Darring

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  • Research Intelligence Analyst

Matt Dooley

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  • Limited Submissions Coordinator

Maureen Olmsted

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  • Research Development Specialist

Meredith Cole

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  • Director of Communications and Marketing
  • Media and Communications Inquiries

Mia Abernathy

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  • Senior Contract Negotiator

Miranda Martin

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  • Accountant

Monica Kent

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  • Office Coordinator
  • Member of Committee

R. Tom Leonard

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  • Director, Environmental Health and Safety

Raphael Malbrue

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  • Director & Attending Veterinarian, Center for Comparative Medicine

Rita Lam

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  • Business Operations & Training

Rob Merhige

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  • Assistant VP for Commercialization & Compliance

Sairam Vegesana

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  • Senior ERA Analyst / Developer

Samantha Bryant

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  • Senior Grants Administrator

Sara Cole

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  • Contract Negotiator

Saraa Lkhagvasuren

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  • Accountant

Sarah Brown

Job Titles:
  • Senior Contract Negotiator

Sharon Taraska

Job Titles:
  • Lead Contract Negotiator

Shenika Knox

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Electronic Research Administration

Sherri Gabbert

Job Titles:
  • Research Development Specialist

Shuzhen (Janet) Shi

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  • Accountant

Silvia LaRue

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  • Director
  • Member of Committee

Simon Butcher

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  • Grants and Contracts Manager - Outgoing Subawards

Stephanie Steen

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  • Accountant

Stephen Cross

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  • Applications System Analyst / Developer

Stewart Craig

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  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Contact Leadership Team
  • Executive Director of the Office
  • Executive Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs / Financial

Tammy Sutton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accountant

Tim Spaulding

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  • Senior Contract Negotiator

Tina Schmookler

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  • Cash Accountant Assistant

Urmila Bajaj

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  • Member of the Contact Leadership Team
  • Director of Post Award
  • Director of Post Award / VP Research Leadership & Organizational Chart

Vonda Durrer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Contact Leadership Team
  • Senior Director of Electronic Research Administration

Zach Weeks

Job Titles:
  • Grants and Contracts Assistant