Activities

• Assists with budget and financial matters
• Manages requests related to fellowships, tuition, tuition waivers, conference travel, and health benefits

Activities

• Develops, manages, and leads programs related to graduate student and postdoctoral fellows' career and professional development
• Strengthens academic data research and analysis and submits grant proposals for funds from private foundations, corporations, and government agencies
• Collaborates with biopharma companies, nonprofit research organizations, contract research organizations, and educational institutions to enhance biomedical sciences training and education

Activities

• Administration and assessment of professional development and cross-disciplinary activities for the entire graduate community in areas such as scientific communication, ethics and responsible research, mentoring, outreach, and preparation for jobs and careers
• Manage collaborations and partnerships with individual graduate programs and with internally and externally funded programs

Activities

• Founding director of GradFund, which provides Fellowship Advising through peer mentoring to graduate students applying for honorific, extramural fellowships, and grants to support graduate work
• Manages the development and curation of the GradFund digital platform and knowledgebase
• Coordinates SGS managed fellowship competitions including: Fulbright IIE, Fulbright Hays, DAAD, PEO Scholars Award, Boren Fellowship

Research

Cellular and molecular mechanisms in traumatic brain injury

Activities

• Coordinates iJOBS career development program for biomedical PhD students and postdoctoral fellows
• Oversees academic enrichment initiatives for biomedical PhD students including training in Responsible Conduct of Research, Rigor and Reproducibility, Individual Development Plans, and Communicating Science
• Assists with Student Affairs for biomedical PhD students and postdoctoral researchers
• Organizes STEM community outreach and summer undergraduate research program activities

Research

Use of human and mouse genetics to understand the biological basis of human disorders such as autism and neural tube defects (NTDs)