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Office of Research and Graduate Education Activities and Programs

The School of Medicine Office of Research and Graduate Education is involved in a variety of different activities on the University of Washington’s campus and with our external partners. Below RGE main activities and programs are outlined.


Vice Dean of Research and Graduate Education

  • Research and space planning and development
  • Research infrastructure development
  • Partner in SOM facility planning
  • Center and institute planning
  • FHCRC/UW/CHRMC Cancer consortium planning
  • Research cost center review
  • Institutional liaison with organizations such as FHCRC, CHRMC, SBRI, SIBCR, The Graduate School
  • Faculty recruitment and retention
  • Matching funds
  • Limited grant opportunity selection (at campus level)
  • Graduate education
  • Development, and News & Community Relations liaison for key projects
  • Committee processes: Basic Science Heads, Council on Research & Graduate Education, Research Planning Committee
Contacts
John T. Slattery, Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Education
email: jts@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-543-6116

Kathleen R. Bracy
Director
email: krb@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-543-6117




Planning and New Initiatives/Clinical Research

  • Office of Clinical Research Budget and Billing (CRBB) oversight
  • CRBB process improvement projects
  • Clinical trials process improvement initiative
  • Clinical trial start-up processes
  • Clinical trial web resources
Contact
Richard J. Meisinger, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Planning and New Initiatives
email: rjmjr@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-616-0750

Clinical Research Budget and Billing Office

  • Analyze proposed clinical research studies to determine whether or not they are deemed qualified according to Medicare's Clinical Trials Policy
  • Prepare and review clinical research study budgets
  • Price billable hospital costs for research study budgets
  • Liaison with Office of Sponsored Programs to assure efficient timelines
  • Negotiate clinical research study budgets with industry sponsors
  • Review clinical research study billing grids
  • Insure that consent form language, contracts, and budgets are in conformance
  • Insure that the appropriate research rates are used in billing
  • Insure that all research subjects are registered in the central database
  • Direct research charges to research accounts
Contacts
Diane Merz
Director, Clinical Research Budget and Billing Office
email: merz@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-598-9493

General inquiries: crbb@u.washington.edu
Research billing: crbills@u.washington.edu
Research budget: crbudget@u.washington.edu




RGE Harborview

  • Space planning
  • Research shared equipment management
  • Academic climate
Contacts

Sheila A. Lukehart, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
email: lukehart@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-897-5362

Miko Robertson
Program Manager and Assistant to Sheila Lukehart, Program Manager
email: mikor@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-897-5361




Institute for Translational Health Sciences

see website

  • Note: This is a Health Sciences-wide institute administered through SOM, involving multiple local partners (CHRMC, FHCRC, GHC, Benaroya, others)
  • Clinical and translational core services
  • NIH Roadmap training grants (K, T grants)
  • Faculty and staff training and development in clinical research
  • WWAMI research network

Contacts

Mary L. 'Nora' Disis, Ph.D
Associate Dean for Translational Health Sciences, Director of ITHS
email: ndisis@u.washington.edu
ph: 206 616-1823

Jim Presson
Director of Administration, Institute of Translational Health Sciences
email: jpresson@u.washington.edu
ph: 206 616-2980



South Lake Union

see website

  • Research site development and governance
  • Space and program development and coordination
  • Academic climate
  • Research facilities and services
  • Cost center administration
Contacts   
John T. Slattery, Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Education
email:
jts@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-543-6116

Matthew J. Curry
SLU, Research Services Administrator
email: mcurry@u.washington.edu
ph: 206 685-8769


Office of Regulatory Guidance

see website

  •  Faculty conflict of interest management processes
  •  Research contract language, purchasing & service agreements, MOU’s
  • Misconduct investigations
  • Outside professional work reviews
  • Significant financial interest reviews
Contacts

 

Denise Barnes
Administrative Manager
email: barnem@u.washington.edu

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Analytical & Data Services Unit

  • Research activity analysis
  • Policy analysis
  • Development of standard data tracking and reports
  • Liaison with campus institutional data resources
  • Special projects
Contact

Kathleen R. Bracy
Director
email: krb@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-543-6117




Grant Review Unit

see website

  • Dean’s level grant proposal review
  • Liaison with campus offices and other academic units
  • Facilitate SOM and Health Sciences grant preparer training
  • Administer limited grant opportunity selection processes within SOM
Contacts


Janell V. Douglas
Manager
email: douglas@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-685-7509


Janelle Erickson
Compliance Analyst
email: janerick@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-616-8025


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Administrative Services Unit

  • RGE internal operations management
  • Events coordination (Science in Medicine, First Year Graduate Student Reception, Bioscience Careers seminars)
  • Graduate education support services
    • Minority outreach and recruitment support
    • Interdisciplinary graduate program liaison
    • Fellowships administration
  • Web resources maintenance
  • Fiscal services
  • Special projects
    Contacts
Denise Barnes
Administrative Services Manager
email: barnem@u.washington.edu
ph: 206-685-8710



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