Elaine L. Brock is the Senior Associate Director of the Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA) and, for some years, was also the Director of the Medical School Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Research at the University of Michigan. Within DRDA, Brock has primary responsibility for sponsored activity, particularly industry-sponsored projects, for the entire University. Brock serves on committees and task forces within the University dealing with such topics as clinical research, conflict of interest, technology transfer, export control, and media rights. She has also served on statewide, regional, and national committees developing policies and procedures affecting university-industry interactions.

She is a frequent presenter at national conferences on conflict of interest. Ms. Brock is an active participant in the Data Sharing and Intellectual Capital Workspace of the National Cancer Institute Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG®) project.