Operations & Admin

About the CTSI Operations & Administration

The CTSI Operations & Administration provides basic organization and administration support for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and its activities. See below for members of the CTSI Home team, whose functions include:

CTSI Research Day
  • Strategic planning and governance. The CTSI organizes open, engaged strategic planning and governance processes to continuously revise and improve the CTSI mission, values, goals, strategies, tactics and measures of achievement. CTSI programs and resource allocation are aligned with the strategic plan.
  • Grants management. Manages and administers CTSA-related grants.
  • Reporting. Organizes the extensive annual CTSA reporting activities.
  • Hiring. Provides full-service HR support for its programs.
  • Budgeting. Manages CTSA and institutional funds to ensure efficient use of resources.
  • Program development. Working with its constituents and governance groups, the CTSI Operations & Admin team develops new opportunities for clinical and translational science at UF and its partners.
  • Program support. Provides planning, project, budget and administrative support to its programs.
  • Communications. The CTSI seeks to keep its constituents well informed. Communications take a variety of forms including this portal, email, news releases, social media, news feeds and more.
  • CTSA Consortium activities. Coordinates activities with the national CTSA consortium.
  • Project planning and portfolio management. Manages the CTSI’smore than 80 active projects.
  • Tracking and evaluation. Development, collection, analysis and presentation of service and satisfaction metrics, vignettes, milestone reporting.

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Leadership

Duane A Mitchell

Duane A Mitchell M.D., Ph.D.

Director – UF Clinical And Translational Science Institute; Assistant Vice President For Research – University Of Florida; Associate Dean – UF College Of Medicine
Phone: (352) 273-8880
Elizabeth A Shenkman

Elizabeth A Shenkman Ph.D.

Department Chair And Professor
Phone: (352) 265-7220
Edward W Neu

Edward W Neu

Director, Information Management
Phone: (850) 591-5948
Email: edneu@ufl.edu
Jennifer D Moses

Jennifer D Moses

Associate Director Of Communications
Phone: (352) 294-5399
E. Mendy Dunn

E. Mendy Dunn

Chief Operating Officer, CTSI
Phone: (352) 294-5797
LaWanna Duncan

LaWanna Duncan

Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (352) 273-8963

Staff

Sabaina Ahmed

Sabaina Ahmed

Research Administrator I
Phone: (352) 273-5144
Julia L Andresen

Julia L Andresen

Research Administrator II
Phone: (352) 294-8336
April N Braxton

April N Braxton

MGR, Research Administration
Phone: (352) 294-5880
Linda Carlin

Linda Carlin

Administrative Specialist II
Phone: (352) 294-5270
Brian J Fischbach

Brian J Fischbach

Data Management Analyst II
Phone: (352) 273-8896
Kristina E Forman

Kristina E Forman

Marketing And Comm Specialist
Phone: (352) 273-5517
Mary Gipson

Mary Gipson

Academic Program Spec II
Phone: (352) 294-8340
Joey A Goodman

Joey A Goodman

Assistant Director, Administrative Services
Phone: (352) 294-8347
Dre Gross

Dre Gross

Financial Analyst I
Phone: (352) 273-8887
Daniel J Holtzhouse

Daniel J Holtzhouse

HR Generalist II
Phone: (352) 273-6578
Angela Hunter-Edwards

Angela Hunter-Edwards

Research Assistant III
Phone: (352) 273-8886
Patricia A Johnson

Patricia A Johnson

Administrative Support Assistant 1
Phone: (352) 273-8883
Barbara Kays

Barbara Kays

AST DIR, Finance
Phone: (352) 273-8926
Blair Lawson

Blair Lawson

Academic Program Spec I
Phone: (352) 273-8479
Joanna H Lowenstein

Joanna H Lowenstein PHD

AST DIR, Research Admin
Phone: (352) 273-8816
Laura McCraw

Laura McCraw

Financials
Phone: (352) 273-8885
Audrey M Natwick

Audrey M Natwick

T32 Policy & Planning Analyst
Phone: (352) 294-8332
Tiffany Noble

Tiffany Noble

Research Administrator 1
Phone: (352) 273-8704
Brandon Ocheltree

Brandon Ocheltree

Financial Analyst I
Tiffany D Pineda

Tiffany D Pineda

Assistant Director, Clinical Research And Chair, DC3
Christian A Rodriguez

Christian A Rodriguez

Academic Program Spec II
Phone: (352) 294-8335
Sandra N Smith

Sandra N Smith

Assistant Director, Finance
Phone: (352) 273-5390
Casey Stauffer

Casey Stauffer

MGR, Operations
Phone: (352) 273-8819
Mariah Stearman

Mariah Stearman

Human Resources Generalist I
Phone: (352) 294-5406
Chantel R Thomas

Chantel R Thomas

MGR, Administrative Services
Phone: (352) 273-8154
Paulette M White

Paulette M White

Administrative Specialist II
Phone: (352) 273-8871
Jonny W White

Jonny W White

Fiscal Assistant III
Phone: (352) 294-5819
Janet K Wood

Janet K Wood

IT Analyst I
Phone: (352) 222-1578