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Welcome to the Office of Clinical Research

Announcement

Change to clinical research courses in Knowledge Link as of Jan 1^st 2023

As of January 1st, Sunday 2023, many clinical research training modules from the Office of Clinical Research changed platforms and the way you access them. OCR’s clinical research training content provider ACRP (Association of Clinical Research Professionals) has changed their training website of choice, from

Pro-ficiency to Moodle Workplace. Please see this Guide on how to navigate this change once you find a course of choice in Knowledge Link.

NIH Data Management & Sharing Plan Requirements. This new page NIH Data Management & Sharing Plan Requirements is intended to inform the Penn community about the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy. The current NIH policy on sharing research data expires January 25, 2023.

Meet the Team

Mission Statement

The Office of Clinical Research (OCR) is a central office in the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) designed to support the management and conduct of clinical research while promoting compliance. This is accomplished through standardizing the approach to clinical research across the various research centers and departments in the Perelman School of Medicine, and supporting investigative teams through regulatory and operational assistance, and enhancements in study management and oversight.

OCR seeks to promote human research for the advancement of healthcare while ensuring the highest level of research participant safety and facilitating the highest quality research by:

Realizing the best research standards through adherence to university and government research policies and regulations;
Supporting investigators and research teams through process improvement, innovative technologies, and education and training initiatives;
Propagating best operational practices to maximize the efficiencies of research activities;
Collaborating with University organizations involved with human research.

Meet the Team

LEADERSHIP

	Emma A. Meagher, M.D. Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology Vice Dean, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System Phone: 215-898-6125 Email: emma@upenn.edu
	Lorri Schieri, MBA Chief Operating Officer, Clinical and Translational Science Phone: 215-573-0900 Email: schieril@upenn.edu

COMPLIANCE

	Stacy Mercado, MS, CHRC, CCRC Director Phone: 215-573-7240 Email: mercados@upenn.edu
	Matthew MacDonald Associate Director Phone: 215-573-7087 Email: mmacdona@upenn.edu
	Ro-Pauline Doe Associate Director Phone: 215-392-4553 Email: ropaulkd@upenn.edu
	Mary Ferrara Associate Director Phone: 215-392-4542 Email: ingramm@upenn.edu
	Tiffany Barnette Sr. CR Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-573-4781 Email: tiffbarn@upenn.edu
	Elena Carranco Chavez CR Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-573-7148 Email: carranco@upenn.edu
	Nicole Clayton CR Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-898-5092 Email: claytonn@upenn.edu
	Sarah Murray CR Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-898-5610 Email: murrs@upenn.edu
	Thomas Moore CR Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-573-7011 Email: mooretho@upenn.edu
	Timothy Reilly CR Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-383-2048 Email: tbreilly@upenn.edu
	Dorothy Brill Compliance Coordinator-Clinical Trials.gov Phone: 215-392-4519 Email: dcbrill@upenn.edu

FINANCE

	Jason Molli Director of Research Finance Phone: 215-573-4954 Email: molli@upenn.edu
	Alicia Fenerty Clinical Research Billing Manager Phone: 215-746-4952 Email: afenerty@upenn.edu
	Margaret (Peggy) Fendt Clinical Research Financial Manager Phone: 215-898-4105 Email: mfendt@upenn.edu
	Xiaoshuang He Clinical Research Financial Manager Phone: 215-573-9351 Email: hexiaos@upenn.edu
	Veronica (Ronnie) Kain Clinical Research Financial Manager Phone: 215-898-5760 Email: kain@upenn.edu
	Christine Master Clinical Research Financial Manager Phone: 215-392-4508 Email: cmaster@upenn.edu
	Natalie Rosetti Clinical Research Financial Manager Phone: (215) 662-7891 Email: rosettin@upenn.edu
	Tracey Ung Clinical Research Financial Manager Phone: 215-746-2951 Email: ungt@upenn.edu
	Taskina Akhter Clinical Research Financial Specialist Phone: 215-898-5608 Email: takhter@upenn.edu
	Katie Linder Clinical Research Financial Specialist Phone: 215-746-4885 Email: klinder@upenn.edu
	Christina Nguyen Clinical Research Financial Specialist Phone: 215-746-5669 Email: ngch@upenn.edu
	Collin McNamara Clinical Research Financial Specialist Phone: 215-573-6100 Email: collinjm@upenn.edu

LEGAL

	Donya Short, Esq. Associate General Counsel and Sr. Director Phone: (215) 573-6705 Email: shortdj@upenn.edu
	Patricia Eynard, Esq. Sr. Associate Director Phone: (215) 746-5730 Email: peynard@upenn.edu
	Jody Chance, Esq. Associate Director Phone: (215) 898-5743 Email: jchance@upenn.edu
	Hilary Cornell, Esq. Associate Director Phone: (215) 746-6355 Email: hcornell@upenn.edu
	Cynthia Covie, Esq. Associate Director Phone: 215-573-9026 Email: ccovie@upenn.edu
	Lisa Goldman, Esq. Associate Director Phone: (215) 746-5731 Email: lisalg@upenn.edu
	Sufei Hu, Esq. Associate Director Phone: (215) 746-5072 Email: sufeihu@upenn.edu
	Alexandra (Ali) Tomich, Esq. Associate Director Phone: (215) 746-5064 Email: atomich@upenn.edu
	Angie Sydnor Sr. Contract Administrator Phone: (215) 573-8597 Email: Asydnor@upenn.edu
	Michelle Buono Contract Administrator Phone: (215) 746-8913 Email: mbuono@upenn.edu
	Kimberly (Kim) Wilson Contractor Adminstrator Phone: (215) 573-9970 Email: kimjwils@upenn.edu

OPERATIONS

	Laura Fluharty Executive Director, Clinical Research Operations Phone: 215-746-6334 Email: lauraee@upenn.edu
	Mahasweta Dutt Associate Director Training and Facilitation Phone: 215-898-2558 Email: mdutt@upenn.edu
	Lori Conley Associate Director Clinical Research Monitoring Phone: 215-898-5546 Email: conley@upenn.edu
	Eian More Sr. Clinical Research Operations Specialist Phone: 215-573-4875 Email: eian@upenn.edu
	Kathy Tang Sr. Clinical Research Operations Specialist Phone: 215-573-0649 Email: kathyt@upenn.edu
	Ted Kolwicz Clinical Research Operations Specialist Phone: 215-746-5078 Email: tkolwicz@upenn.edu
	Ellen Lindner Clinical Research Operations Specialist Phone: 215-746-2942 Email: elindner@upenn.edu
	Rosalyn McNeill Sr. Training Specialist Phone: 215-898-5583 Email: rmcneill@upenn.edu
	Elaine Spangler Sr. Clinical Research Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-898-5735 Email: espangle@upenn.edu
	Autumn Nanassy Sr. Clinical Research Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-898-9313 Email: autumnn@upenn.edu
	Brianna Soreth Sr. Clinical Research Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-898-9406 Email: sorethb@upenn.edu
	Ann Zalokoski-Monroe Sr. Clinical Research Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-898-5589 Email: annzalo@upenn.edu
	Dipti Patel Clinical Research Monitoring Specialist Phone: 215-898-5788 Email: diptip@upenn.edu
	Paul M. Sanborn Data Manager Phone: 215-746-5081 Email: sanborn@upenn.edu
	Thomas Hohing Recruitment Specialist Phone: 215-746-5699 Email: thohing@upenn.edu
	Nevine Mikhail Administrative Coordinator Phone: (215) 6 62-4484 Email: nevinem@upenn.edu

REGULATORY

	Deanna Didonato Director of Regulatory Services Phone: 215-573-4759 Email: deannad@upenn.edu
	Maria Caturla Associate Director Phone: 215-898-2327 Email: caturm@upenn.edu
	Steven Emanuel Associate Director Phone: 215-573-0199 Email: emanues1@upenn.edu
	Inna Strakovsky Associate Director Phone: 215-573-7101 Email: innastr@upenn.edu
	David Blatcher Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist Phone: 215-898-5617 Email: blatcher@upenn.edu
	Andrew Carter Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist Phone: 215-746-5434 Email: andcar@upenn.edu
	Melissa Ignagtowski Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist Phone: 215-573-7009 Email: igmel@upenn.edu
	Lauren Karpf Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist Phone: 215-746-4394 Email: lkarpf@upenn.edu
	Lauren Ann Quinn Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist Phone: 215-746-5462 Email: klquinn@upenn.edu
	Nahrin (Naila) Ahmed Regulatory Affairs Specialist Phone: 215-746-1759 Email: nahrin@upenn.edu