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Clinical and Translational Science Institute

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CTSI Home

About the CTSI Home

The CTSI Home 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. The CTSI Home manages and administers CTSA-related grants.
  • Reporting. The CTSI Home organizes the extensive annual CTSA reporting activities.
  • Hiring. The CTSI Home provides full-service HR support for its programs.
  • Budgeting. The CTSI Home manages CTSA and institutional funds to ensure efficient use of resources.
  • Program development. Working with its constituents and governance groups, the CTSI Home develops new opportunities for clinical and translational science at UF and its partners.
  • Program support. CTSI Home 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. The CTSI Home coordinates activities with the national CTSA consortium.
  • Project planning and portfolio management. The CTSI has more than 80 active projects. The CTSI Home manages the project portfolio.
  • Tracking and evaluation, including development, collection, analysis and presentation of service and satisfaction metrics, vignettes, milestone reporting.

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For more information about the CTSI and its role in the development of clinical and translational science, please peruse this portal. If you need more information, please click below to send us an email.

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) 273-8700
Email: duane.mitchell@neurosurgery.ufl.edu
Elizabeth A Shenkman

Elizabeth A Shenkman Ph.D.

Department Chair And Professor
Phone: (352) 294-5975
Email: eshenkman@ufl.edu
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Brian J Sevier

Brian J Sevier

Director, Office Of Clinical Research And COO, CTSI
Phone: (352) 273-8280
Email: bjse@ufl.edu
William M Alday

William M Alday

Director Of Operations, Finance And Admin.
Phone: (352) 273-8700
Email: walday@ufl.edu
Edward W Neu

Edward W Neu

Director, Information Management
Phone: (352) 273-8895
Email: edneu@ufl.edu
Sandra N Smith

Sandra N Smith

Assistant Director, Finance
Phone: (352) 273-5390
Email: snsmith@ufl.edu
Megan K MacPherson

Megan K MacPherson

Associate Director, Communications (CTSI)
Phone: (352) 273-8872
Email: mkimmel@ufl.edu

Staff

April N Braxton

April N Braxton

Research Administration Manager
Phone: (352) 294-5880
Brian J Fischbach

Brian J Fischbach

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

Kristina E Forman

Communications Specialist
Phone: (352) 273-5517
Ricabuena Gagnè

Ricabuena Gagnè

Accountant II
Phone: (352) 294-5590
Robin R Hull-Kress

Robin R Hull-Kress

Fin Analyst II
Phone: (352) 273-8887
Cortney Butcher

Cortney Butcher

Administrative Specialist I
Phone: (352) 273-8871