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Office of the Vice President
Name Title Email address Shaban Demirel, OD, PhD Interim Vice President of Research sdemirel@lhs.org Erna Hibbitts Director, Research Operations & Administration ehibbitt@lhs.org Melissa Dang Manager, Research mmdang@lhs.org Geo Marin-De La Vega Project Specialist gmarinde@lhs.org Danielle Osborne, PhD Associate Staff Scientist/Career Development Coordinator dosborne@lhs.org Budget and Fiscal Affairs
Name Title Email address Angie Urrutia Financial Program Manager, Research aurrutia@lhs.org Grants Management
Name Title Email address Joanne Couchman Senior Grants Specialist jcouchman@lhs.org Information Technology
Name Title Email address Juan Reynaud Manager, Research IT jreynaud@lhs.org Anthony Velasquez Associate Analyst, Research IT avelasqu@lhs.org Regulatory Compliance and Intellectual Property Affairs
Name Title Email address Paul Newton Sr. Regulatory Specialist pwnewton@lhs.org Laura Allen Regulatory Compliance Coordinator llallen@lhs.org Valerie Stallings Research IRB Coordinator vstallin@lhs.org Safety and Compliance
Name Title Email address Peggy Smoot Research Laboratory Safety Specialist msmoot@lhs.org Department of Clinical and Outcomes Research
Name Title Email address Shaban Demirel, OD, PhD Director of Clinical Research sdemirel@lhs.org Megan Cahn, PhD Clinical Outcomes Research Scientist mcahn@lhs.org Bette Manulik Manager, Clinical Research bmanulik@lhs.org Department of Comparative Medicine
Name Title Email address Jennifer Wilk, DVM, DACLAM Director, Comparative Medicine jenwilk@lhs.org Rachel Morris Supervisor, Comparative Medicine rmorris@lhs.org Legacy Tumor Bank
Name Title Email address Danielle Osborne, PhD
Associate Staff Scientist dosborne@lhs.org
