Email:agallach@usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-5780

Oversee services provided by COPH Research Administration including proposal services, award negotiation, award transfers, post award financial management, and financial research compliance.

• Responsible for a broad range of pre- and post-award activities that relate to research funding.
• Interfaces with faculty and administrative staff to facilitate grant and contract planning, and program administration.
• Assists principal investigators with proposal development including budget preparation, review of sub-recipient budgets, technical assistance related to financial research compliance, proposal submission.
• Assists principal investigators in obtaining prior approvals such as change of PI, extensions, carryover, change in project scope, change in PI effort.
• Assists new faculty in transfer of existing awards from other institutions to USF.
• Serves as a College liaison with sponsoring agencies.
• Serves as liaison with DSR related to issuance, negotiation and establishment of subrecipient agreements for awards that involve external collaborators.

Email: bcullum@usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-3167

• Serves as principal assistant to the Research Director.
• Responsible for a broad range of pre- and post-award activities that relate to research funding.
• Assists principal investigators with proposal development including budget preparation, review of sub-recipient budgets, technical assistance related to financial research compliance, proposal submission.
• Assists new faculty in transfer of existing awards from other institutions to USF.
• Interfaces with faculty and administrative staff to facilitate grants and contracts planning, program administration.
• Serves as liaison with DSR related to issuance, negotiation and establishment of subrecipient agreements for awards that involve external collaborators.
• Monitors the processes for each subcontract in order to assure quality control and internal/external audit requirements.

Email: mditizio@usf.edu
Phone: 813-974- 8833

• Serves as principal assistant to the Research Director.
• Responsible for a broad range of pre- and post-award activities that relate to research funding.
• Assists principal investigators with proposal development including budget preparation, review of sub-recipient budgets, technical assistance related to financial research compliance, proposal submission.
• Assists new faculty in transfer of existing awards from other institutions to USF.
• Interfaces with faculty and administrative staff to facilitate grants and contracts planning, program administration.
• Serves as liaison with DSR related to issuance, negotiation and establishment of subrecipient agreements for awards that involve external collaborators.
• Monitors the processes for each subcontract in order to assure quality control and internal/external audit requirements.

Email: lisaz@usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-4356

• Serves as principal assistant to the Research Director.
• Responsible for a broad range of pre- and post-award activities that relate to research funding.
• Assists principal investigators with proposal development including budget preparation, review of sub-recipient budgets, technical assistance related to financial research compliance, proposal submission.
• Assists new faculty in transfer of existing awards from other institutions to USF.
• Interfaces with faculty and administrative staff to facilitate grants and contracts planning, program administration.
• Serves as liaison with DSR related to issuance, negotiation and establishment of subrecipient agreements for awards that involve external collaborators.
• Monitors the processes for each subcontract in order to assure quality control and internal/external audit requirements.

Email: ekent@usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-6622

As Student Research Grants Coordinator:

• Provides COPH graduate students with information about internal and external funding opportunities.
• Coordinates the COPH Student Research Scholarship and Student Honorary Award for Research and Practice.
• Facilitates process for COPH students to be involved in special research symposia at USF.
• Ensures that students receive recognition for their research accomplishments.

Email: psundown1@usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-4609