Research Resources

Research Administration Staff Directory

Support Staff Directory

Office of the President and Chief Research Officer (OCRO)

Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO)

Email: OCOO@luriechildrens.org

Office of the Chief Research Informatics Officer (OCRIO)

Communications and Education Support for Research Administration Teams

Please complete a request form. 

Information Management

For IM support, call 312.227.3445 

Office of Clinical and Community Trials (OCCT)

Clinical Research Services (CRS)

  • Kathryn Sparks, Director, Clinical Research Services
  • Jillian Benedetti, Associate Director, Clinical Research Services – In-patient Research
  • Jamie Burgess, Associate Director, Clinical Research Services, Department of Surgery
  • Monica Newmark, Associate Director, Clinical Research Services, CCBD
  • Mary Riordan, Associate Director, Clinical Research Services – Out-patient Research
  • Anne Barber, Sr. Project Manager – Research, Advanced Therapeutics Initiative (ATI)
  • Cynthia Padilla, Sr. Project Manager – Research, Center for Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Research and Innovation (PACCRI)

Clinical Research Finance (CRF) 

Research Operations and Conduct (ROC)

Nursing Research and Operations

  • Lauren Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCRN, FCCM, FAAN, Senior Director, Nursing Research and Operations
  • Meera Sotor, MPH, BSN, RN, Manager, Clinical Research Unit (CRU)

Email: researchdevelopment@luriechildrens.org

Office of Research Integrity and Compliance (ORIC)

Jessica H. Poppenk, JD, Senior Director Research Compliance Officer
Phone: 312.503.7120

Human Research Protection Program

For general IRB inquiries, contact irb@luriechildrens.org.

Tricia Eifler, MBA, CIP, Director, Human Research Protection Program
Phone: 312.227.2448
Gretchen Anding, MA, CIP, Assistant Director, Office of Research Integrity & Compliance
Allison Harris, MPP, CIP, Lead Research Compliance Coordinator – sIRB
Phone: 312.503.2657
Lorraine Rich, MA, CIP, Research Compliance Coordinator III
Laura Smith, MBA, CIP, Research Compliance Coordinator III
Katie Duvall, MA, Research Compliance Coordinator III
Bisma Manzoor, MA, Research Compliance Coordinator I
Liliana San Miguel, BS, Research Compliance Coordinator I
Grace Shi, BS, Human Research Protection Program Coordinator

IRB Chairs

IBC Chair

Research Compliance

For Research Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of Commitment (COI-COC) inquiries, contact researchCOI@luriechildrens.org.
For Export Control and International Activities inquiries, contact exportcontrol@luriechildrens.org.
For other general Research Compliance inquiries, contact researchcompliance@luriechildrens.org.

Aaron DeLee, MFA, Director, Research Compliance
Phone: 312.227.5740
Carol Macpherson, Compliance Program Manager 
Phone: 312.503.7028
Michael Nottke, JD, Senior Research Compliance Analyst
Jeffrey Bearden, MS, CCRC, ECoP®, Research Compliance Coordinator II
Adam Miller, Research Data Compliance Specialist

Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance

For Regulatory and Quality Assurance inquiries, contact ResearchRegQA@luriechildrens.org.
For clinicaltrials.gov inquiries, contact ctgov@luriechildrens.org.

Erica Dahlmeier, MPH, Director, Regulatory and Quality Assurance
Phone: 312.227.5720
Benjamin I. Lee, MPH, Compliance Program Manager
Jaston Lewis, MS, Regulatory Affairs Specialist 

The fax number for any member within the Office of Sponsored Programs is 312.503.7059.

 

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