Marianne Rinaldo Woods, Ph.D., J.D., is the Senior Associate Vice President for Research Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio and faculty in the College of Public Policy. In her current position she oversees all aspects of the research administration, including the Office for Sponsored Programs (pre-award and post-award), Office for Research Integrity and Compliance, Office for Laboratory Animal Research, and Office for Contracts and Industrial Agreements. Formerly Associate Vice President of Research at The University of Alabama, she had oversight of all aspects of research administration, including IRB, IACUC, COI, Misconduct in science compliance, pre-award, post-award and accounting research administration, technology transfer and incubator facility. She has experience developing and negotiating F&A, development of recharge centers and specialized research units, and chemical inventory systems. Dr. Woods is a Board Member on the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) and serves as a member of the COGR Contract and Intellectual Property Committee. She is a Board member of The University/Industry Demonstration Partnership. She is also past board member of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama; the Texas Society for Biomedical Research; and, the Alabama State EPSCoR Steering Committee.
Dr. Woods has served on the National Council of University Research Administrator’s (NCURA) Board of Directors. She is a past recipient of the NCURA’s National Distinguished Service Award and NCURA’s Region V Distinguished Service Award. She is past co-editor of the NCURA Newsletter, and the former lead faculty on the NCURA Export Controls Seminar Series and NCURA’s Fundamentals of Sponsored Projects Administration Workshop.
