Elaine 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 (TTCR) at the University of Michigan. Within DRDA, Brock is responsible for University-side oversight of all aspect of sponsored projects administration including such topics as clinical research, conflict of interest, intellectual property, export control, and data rights. She has 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 and various other aspects of industry-university relationships.

Brock has been an active participant in the Data Sharing and Intellectual Capital Workspace of the Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG®). As co-Director of the DSIC Knowledge Center, Brock is expanding discussion about issues related to data sharing and developing solutions and approaches to identified barriers.

Brock is currently a member of the Contracts and Intellectual Property Committee and the Board of Directors of the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR).

Brock has a B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a double major in psychology and political science, an M.H.S.A. from the University of Michigan in Health Planning and Administration, and a J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Michigan.