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Welcome to Workshop 2009! The NCURA membership is extremely fortunate to have experts among us who are leaders in their respective areas of research administration. We hope you'll take advantage of the diverse offerings. Each workshop includes a program level, which allows members to match offerings to their individual experience level. Pre-requisites note background and/or previous experience. The program levels are:

  • Basic - Assumes basic, fundamental research administration knowledge but cannot assume there is knowledge of course content.
  • Intermediate - Assumes basic knowledge and should introduce and develop topics that exceed basic knowledge. Sessions focus on building grant and contract competency.
  • Advanced - Assumes mastery of the subject and should focus on in-depth knowledge or a broader range of topics. Sessions should focus on mastering more difficult and complex scenarios.
  • Overview - Provides a general review of a subject area from a broader perspective.
  • Update – provides a general review of new developments.

Click on the workshop title for the full description and click on the faculty name to read their bio. We have also provided the email address of the lead faculty, if you have content-specfic questions about the workshop.

FULL DAY Workshops: 8:30 am — 4:30 pm TUESDAY, October 20

Program Level: Overview W1 NIH Day
Faculty
  • * Cynthia Dwyer, Communications Specialist, Division of Communications and Outreach, Office of Extramural Research | National Institutes of Health | dwyerc@od.nih.gov |
  • Megan Columbus, Acting Director, Division of Communications and Outreach/NIH Program Manager for Electronic Receipt of Grant Applications and Agency Integration, Office of Extramural Research | National Institutes of Health |
  • Scarlett Gibb, Lead, Customer Relationship Manager, ERA External Services Team, Office of Research Information Systems | National Institutes of Health

Program Level: Overview W2 NSF Day
Faculty
  • * Jean Feldman, Head, Policy Office, Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, | National Science Foundation | jfeldman@nsf.gov |
  • Jeremy Leffler, Outreach Specialist, Policy Office, Division of Institution and Award Support, Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management | National Science Foundation

FULL DAY Workshops: 8:30 am — 4:30 pm WEDNESDAY, October 21

Program Level: Basic W3 Pre-Award Basics
Faculty
  • * Cindy White, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs | Belmont University | whitec@mail.belmont.edu |
  • Diane Barrett, Associate Dean of Research, School of Human Ecology | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
  • Jamie Caldwell, Director, Office of Research Services | Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine |
  • Beth Seaton, Director of Sponsored Projects | Western Illinois University

Program Level: Basic W4 Post-Award Basics
Faculty
  • * Tracey Fraser, Senior Director of Cost Studies and Financial Compliance, | California Institute of Technology | tracey.fraser@caltech.edu |
  • Vivian Holmes, Assistant Director, Sponsored Research | The Broad Institute |
  • Rob Barbret, Director of Sponsored Program, Controller's Office | University of Michigan

Program Level: Basic W5 Department Administration Basics
Faculty
  • * Samantha Westcott, Grant Manager, Division of Biology | California Institute of Technology | westcott@caltech.edu |
  • Patricia Hawk, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs | Oregon State University |
  • Jennifer Crockett, International Program Administrator, School of Public Health | Harvard University |
  • Gary Smith, Senior Administrative Director - MGH Research Management | Massachusetts General Hospital

Program Level: Basic W6 Research Compliance Basics
Faculty

Program Level: Overview W7 Understanding the OMB Circulars
Faculty
  • * Cindy Hope, Director, Office for Sponsored Programs | The University of Alabama | cindy.hope@ua.edu |
  • Toni Lawson, Associate Director, Office of Research Administration and Advancement | University of Maryland, College Park |
  • Helena Moynahan, Manager, Contract and Grant Accounting | University of Maryland, College Park

Program Level: Intermediate W8 Effective Presentation Design and Facilitation
Faculty

Program Level: Advanced W9 Financial Compliance: What You Need to Know
Faculty

MORNING Workshops: 8:30 am — Noon WEDNESDAY, October 21

Program Level: Advanced W10 Advanced Issues in Subawards and Collaborations
Faculty
  • * Pamela Webb, Associate Vice President for Research Administration | University of Minnesota | pwebb@umn.edu |
  • Alexandra A. McKeown, Associate Dean for Research Administration, Bloomberg School of Public Health | Johns Hopkins University

Program Level: Intermediate W11 Troublesome Terms from Non-Profits, Foundations and Industry: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Faculty
  • * Katherine Ho, Associate Director, Office of Sponsored Research | Stanford University | katherine.ho@stanford.edu |
  • Jim Casey, Director of Contracts and Industrial Agreements | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
  • Marjorie Forster, Assistant Vice President for Research | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
  • Jeremy Trybulski, Technology Transfer Officer | University of California, Office of the President

Program Level: Advanced W12 Export Licenses and Other Government Approvals (ITAR)
Faculty
  • * Kelly Hochstetler, Senior Research Compliance Officer | University of Alaska Fairbanks | fnkjh1@uaf.edu |
  • Kay Ellis, Associate Director, Export Controls Officer, Office of Sponsored Projects | The University of Texas at Austin |
  • Adilia Koch, Director of Export Compliance | California Institute of Technology

Program Level: Intermediate W13 Clinical Trials: Practical Solutions for Complex Problems
Faculty
  • * Tesheia Johnson, Associate Director for Clinical Research Yale School of Medicine/Chief Operations Officer for the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation | Yale University | tesheia.johnson@yale.edu |
  • Ed Herran, Director, Office of Sponsored Projects | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
  • David Lynch, Associate Director, Industry Sponsored Research | Mayo Clinic

Program Level: Basic W14 Proposal Development - NIH
Faculty
  • * Betty Farbman, Associate Director, Office of Sponsored Programs | New York University | betty.farbman@nyu.edu |
  • Michael Sesma, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Developmental Translational Research | National Institute of Mental Health, NIH |
  • Vicki Krell, Research Advancement Supervisor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Research Advancement Office | Arizona State University

Program Level: Basic W15 Conflict of Interest: A Primer for Research Administrators
Faculty

Program Level: Advanced W16 Subrecipient Monitoring
Faculty
  • * Michiko Pane, Associate Director, Office of Sponsored Research | Stanford University | michiko@stanford.edu |
  • Aimee Howell, Assistant Director of Finance | University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language |
  • Catherine Boxwell, Senior Contract & Grant Officer, Office of Sponsored Research | Stanford University

Program Level: Advanced W17 Risk Assessment
Faculty
  • * Jane Youngers, Assistant Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | youngers@uthscsa.edu |
  • Gunta Liders, Associate Vice President for Research Administration | University of Rochester

Program Level: Advanced W18 Advanced Issues in A-21, A-122, A-110, A-133
Faculty
  • * Denise Clark, Assistant Vice President for Research Administration and Advancement | University of Maryland, College Park | dclark@umresearch.umd.edu |
  • Ann Holmes, Assistant Dean, Administration & Finance, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences | University of Maryland, College Park |
  • Tim Reuter, Executive Director, Cost Compliance | Boston University

Program Level: Intermediate W19 Cost Sharing on Sponsored Projects: Why No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Faculty
  • * Richard Seligman, Associate Vice President, Research Administration | California Institute of Technology | richard.seligman@caltech.edu |
  • Marti Dunne, Associate Vice Provost for Research Compliance and Administration | New York University |
  • Penny Cook, Executive Director, Grants & Contract Administration | Yale University School of Medicine

AFTERNOON Workshops: 1:00 — 4:30 pm WEDNESDAY, October 21

Program Level: Basic W20 FAR Basics
Faculty

Program Level: Basic W21 Negotiation Skills for the Research Administrator: Achieving the 'Best' Agreement
Faculty

Program Level: Intermediate W22 Creating and Negotiating an MTA, NDA, MOU, IPA, CRADA, OTA, and End Licenses
Faculty
  • * Marianne Woods, Senior Associate Vice President for Research Administration | The University of Texas at San Antonio | marianne.woods@utsa.edu |
  • Harlan Sands, Associate Provost for Administration and Finance | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
  • Elaine Brock, Senior Associate Director of the Division of Research Development and Administration | University of Michigan

Program Level: Advanced W23 Service Centers: How to Open and Operate Legally!
Faculty

Program Level: Intermediate W24 Reporting, Tracking and Management of Effort
Faculty

Program Level: Advanced W25 FAR and Federal Contracting
Faculty
  • * David Mayo, Director, Office of Sponsored Research | California Institute of Technology | david.mayo@caltech.edu |
  • Ty Lane, Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist, Office of Sponsored Projects | The University of Texas at Austin

Program Level: Intermediate W26 Issues and Hot Topics for PUIs
Faculty
  • * Pam Whitlock, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs (Retired) | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | whitlock@uncw.edu |
  • John Falconer, Director of Sponsored Programs | University of Nebraska at Kearney |
  • Barbara Gray, Director of Grants & Contracts and IRB and IACUC Administrator | Valdosta State University

Program Level: Advanced W27 The "How To's" of Dual-Use and OFAC Export Licensing: A Hands-On Approach to Commerce and Treasury Export Controls and Embargoes
Faculty

Program Level: Advanced W28 Proposal Development (Non-NIH)
Faculty
  • * Robert Lowman, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | lowman@unc.edu |
  • Jerry Pogatshnik, Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President for Research | Eastern Kentucky University |
  • LaJauna Ellis, Program Manager, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Georgia Institute of Technology

Program Level: Advanced W29 Developing Effective Conflict of Interest Management Processes and Plans
Faculty
  • * Carol Blum, Director, Research Compliance and Administration | Council on Governmental Relations | CBlum@cogr.edu |
  • Carol Zuiches, Associate Vice President for Research Administration & Director, University Research Administration | University of Chicago |
  • Ann Pollack, Assistant Vice Chancellor – Research; Campus Research Compliance Coordinator | University of California, Los Angeles

Program Level: Advanced W30 Preparing for Audits: Guidance for the Central Office and Departmental Administrators
Faculty

Program Level: Advanced W31 Developing Training Programs: Multi-Modal Delivery and Assessment
Faculty
  • * Danielle McElwain, Research Development Training Manager, Office of Research and Health Sciences | University of South Carolina | DMCELWAI@mailbox.sc.edu |
  • Jill Tincher, Senior Director, Medical Research Administration and Sponsored Programs Education & Training | University of Miami |
  • Julie Cole, Director of Research Costing Compliance | Duke University