Roles

Linda Nace

Director of Fiscal Operations

 lnace@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
 215-573-9159

 

Grant Support

421 Curie Blvd., 1250 BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA 19104

 PHARM_grants@lists.upenn.edu
 Fax: 215-746-8941

Adrian Fenesan
Laurie Cesaro
Tim Coady
Kristina Moritz

A grants manager/coordinator’s responsibilities are, but not limited to the following:

  • Preparing & reviewing research proposals including budgets for investigators
  • Monitoring grant expenditures, producing, reviewing, and distributing monthly reports with summaries
  • Assisting investigators & research services with financial status reporting
  • Preparing & assisting with the completion of effort reports
  • Advising investigators to ensure compliance, responsible for all pre and post award management
  • Preparing  and maintaining salary grids/distribution sheets for investigators and
    staff
  • Completing appropriate journal entries
  • Reviewing & approving travel requests, c-forms, etc.
  • Obtaining documentation & reviewing payroll reallocations for compliance, maintaining faculty salary grids and lab distribution sheets which are distributed quarterly 
 

Amy Paglione, Staffing Manager

  • Supervises Faculty Affairs/Payroll coordinator
  • Handles all the HR issues for our department and will work directly with
    all departmental personnel
  • Process paperwork for hiring, terminations, LOA, benefits, salary increases,
    immigration, visas, etc.
  • Works directly with PSOM HR/Main HR for all personnel and performance issues
 

Christopher Weekly, Faculty Affairs Coordinator

  • Faculty Affairs business: appointments, reappointments, promotions, new hires and recruitment
  • HIPAA compliance
  • PennCard Door Access
  • Updates Other support pages and maintains Biosketches.
  • Support to Amy, Staffing Manager
  • Workday allocation updates and weekly timesheet processing
 

Michelle Ludwig, Financial Coordinator

  • Handles all the requisition and Purchase Orders for our dept
  • ProCard holder
  • Non-PO requests for payments
  • Check Deposits
  • Express mail (UPS) allocator
  • Archiving
 

Kevin Mairs, Facilities Manager

  • Equipment inventory and tagging administrator
  • Issues with labs that require maintenance calls
  • ISC liaison including phone line set ups
  • Key requests and work order requests
  • Supervises sterilization attendant