Emily Ko Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

In this role, I serve as the Program Manager for the LCCC P30 Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG). This includes:- Management of the annual noncompetitive renewal application.- Management of the competitive renewal application.- Management of all NCI CCSG supplemental applications.- Management of all CCSG-related pilot projects.Key Responsibilities:- Manages a daily team of direct reports (Research Program Coordinators, Metrics and Analytics Coordinator, and Project Analysts).- Acts as point lead on strategic discussions with Executive Leadership on research initiatives, talent acquisition, and financial planning which contributed to programmatic restructuring of 3 Research Programs to foster collaborative science and impact, recruitment and onboarding of 30 peer-reviewed faculty and fiscal management of a $73.3M annual operating budget. - Oversees key planning and evaluation activities including External Advisory Committee Meetings, Internal Advisory Committee Meetings, Research Retreats, Translational Working Group Meetings, and monthly Research Seminars.- Develops comprehensive dashboards for funding, publications, and clinical trials using Smartsheet, Tableau, and Power BI, leading to a 61% increase in cancer-relevant funding, a 29% average in high impact publications and a 35% decrease in time to activation of clinical trials over the project period.- Partners with Executive Leadership in the investment of $48.97M in discretionary funds on key CCSG focus areas.- Guides the development, monitoring and revising of the LCCC Strategic Plan.- Spearheads cross-functional meetings with LCCC and its Consortium partner, which led to the deployment of $3.1M in developmental funds for promising investigators, successful recruitment of 4 external investigators for research leadership positions in alignment with LCCC’s scientific priorities, and a two-fold increase at the Consortium site in cancer-focused peer reviewed funding base of $4.3M ADC.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Designed and managed Gantt charts in SmartSheet to track multi-investigator and intra-institutional projects, reducing pre-award timeline delays by an average of 30%.- Engaged in weekly Research Program and Executive Committee Meetings to update investigators and Executive Suite Members on KPI's and funding progress and projections.- Maintained publication database for the Cancer Center Support Grant Portfolio via eRA Commons; increased adherence to NIH guidelines and improved data integrity, reducing manual corrections by 18% and leading to 100% compliant reports. - Led Program Coordinator Team to streamline E-Filing system and create new Standard Operating Procedure for future Share Drive Mapping, leading to a reduction in file duplication and decrease in total usage of Share Drive Cloud Storage space.- Managed operations for bi-weekly Executive Committee Meetings, including the recording of minutes and additional documentation in compliance with CCSG standards.- Partnered with Population Science focused research investigators to develop actionable grant timelines and provide pre-award support for R01, P01, R21, and U01 grants, resulting in $7.5M in cancer-focused, peer-reviewed funding. - Served as administrative liaison between consortium partner Hackensack Meridian Health to identify opportunities for cross-institutional research collaboration.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Maintained Cancer Center Support Grant Portfolio via eRA Commons to update publication database in compliance with National Institute of Health (NIH) Guidelines.- Interfaced with the Research Development Services Team to assist with Pre-Award Grant submissions.- Worked with Clinical Research Nurses and Administrative staff to identify bottlenecks in Protocol Review System to improve study activation workflow.- Established and cultivated productive relationships with regulatory bodies and pharmaceutical companies to monitor compliance with processes, policies, procedures and standards for industry trials.