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:

- 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 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
Elizabeth A Shenkman Ph.D.
Department Chair And Professor
Phone:
(352) 294-5975
Email:
eshenkman@ufl.edu
Staff
April N Braxton
MGR, Research Administration
Phone:
(352) 294-5880
Email:
abraxton@ufl.edu
Linda Carlin
Administrative Specialist II
Phone:
(352) 294-5270
Email:
l.carlin@ufl.edu

Brian J Fischbach
Data Management Analyst II
Phone:
(352) 273-8896
Email:
pelirojo23@ufl.edu

Kristina E Forman
Marketing And Comm Specialist
Phone:
(352) 273-5517
Email:
kforman4@ufl.edu

Susan E Gardner
Academic Program Spec II
Phone:
(352) 294-8335
Email:
sgard@ufl.edu
Mary Gipson
Academic Program Spec II
Phone:
(352) 294-8340
Email:
mary.gipson@medicine.ufl.edu
Joey A Goodman
Assistant Director, Administrative Services
Phone:
(352) 294-8347
Email:
j.goodman@ufl.edu

Dre Gross
Financial Analyst I
Phone:
(352) 273-8887
Email:
andreas.gross@ufl.edu
Daniel J Holtzhouse
HR Generalist I
Phone:
(352) 273-6578
Email:
agean09@ufl.edu
Angela Hunter-Edwards
Research Assistant III
Phone:
(352) 273-8886
Email:
afhunter@ufl.edu
Lacey A Jackson
Team Lead, Financials
Phone:
(352) 273-8292
Email:
ljackson2@ufl.edu
Patricia A Johnson
Administrative Support Assistant 1
Phone:
(352) 273-8883
Email:
pjohnson1@ufl.edu

Barbara Kays
AST DIR, Finance
Phone:
(352) 273-8700
Email:
barbara.kays@ufl.edu
Blair Lawson
Academic Program Spec I
Phone:
(352) 273-8479
Email:
blawson@ufl.edu
Joanna H Lowenstein PHD
AST DIR, Research Admin
Phone:
(352) 273-8816
Email:
jlowenstein@phhp.ufl.edu
Laura McCraw
Financials
Phone:
(352) 273-8885
Email:
lmccraw@ufl.edu
Tiffany Noble
Research Administrator 1
Phone:
(352) 273-8704
Email:
tnoble@ufl.edu

Brandon Ocheltree
Financial Analyst I
Email:
b.ocheltree@ufl.edu
Sandra N Smith
Assistant Director, Finance
Phone:
(352) 273-5390
Email:
snsmith@ufl.edu

Casey Stauffer
MGR, Operations
Phone:
(352) 273-8819
Email:
caseystauffer@ufl.edu
Chantel R Thomas
MGR, Administrative Services
Phone:
(352) 273-8700
Email:
c.dorsey@ufl.edu
Kelsey L Walter
Financials
Phone:
(352) 273-5399
Email:
kreese91@ufl.edu
Paulette M White
Administrative Specialist II
Phone:
(352) 273-8871
Email:
pmzednek@ufl.edu
Diamund Williams
Conference-Event Coordinator
Phone:
(352) 273-7656
Email:
williams.diamund@ufl.edu

Janet K Wood
IT Analyst I
Phone:
(352) 222-1578
Email:
janetksherwood@ufl.edu
Kenneth G Wynn
Academic Program Specialist
Phone:
(352) 294-8336
Email:
kanh26@ufl.edu