Administer grant application and award process. Provide leadership in coordinating federal grants and contracts for external funding. Develop strategies for increasing proposal submission to expand funding of institution. Manage daily activities of sponsored research within Children's Hospital and ensure institutional regulatory compliance. Negotiate terms for subcontracts and other agreements related to Research and Clinical Trials. Administer multiple Research regulatory committees and serve as Hazardous Communications Officer. Develop and manage budgetary activities for department. Manager of compliance, secretarial and other scientific support staff members. Continue to serve as safety and education manager for staff, oversee building and equipment maintenance as well as other duties of previous position.

• Developed and maintain a comprehensive and evolving biosafety based on best practices for research institutions. Program assures compliance with the multiple federal guidelines. • Launched a comprehensive safety audit program to ensure institutional regulatory compliance. Report findings to institution and provide recommendations on selection of appropriate laboratory safety equipment and procedures.• Serve as Biosafety Officer of the Institutional Biosafety Committee. Advise staff on issues related to infectious materials regulation, containment and disposal. Streamlined regulatory processes by integrating databases in collaboration with technology department. Resulted in a reduced burden of work for the Principal Investigators.• Administers occupational health program. Conducts and conveys risk assessments to occupational health physician.• Created a comprehensive body of online biological safety training documents. Modernized material safety data sheet system into online repository to optimize state reporting process and centralize staff access. Increased staff's usage of both sets of information by promoting easier access.• Gathered detailed Hurricane Katrina related losses from Principal Investigator's laboratories for Institute's $3 million FEMA claim. Coordinate bids and purchases of replacement items within FEMA's standards.• Manage hazardous waste activities of the organization. Reduced institution's hazardous waste disposal costs by approximately $10,000 through analysis and process optimization.• Effectively meet the needs of 100 researchers with one part-time support staff member. • Develop annual hurricane plan and prepare Research facility during days before evacuation.• Manage equipment maintenance and repairs, evaluate vendor relationships and provide input on selection of new vendors. Equipment down time has decreased by 93%. Coordinate repairs involving many departments, vendors and work schedules.

•Present progress reports to aid in planning of future steps for projects. Introduce new lab members to the lab’s organization, procedures and scientific techniques. •Manage daily operations of laboratory by creating new procedures to streamline ordering process and use of materials. Negotiate with vendors to obtain best pricing and availability. •Interact with grant managers to ensure that grants properly reflect lab activity. •Comply with and develop comprehensive rules and protocols for worker, animal and environmental safety.

• Interpret and prepare data for principal investigator. • Present data to peers at regional and national scientific meetings detailing the potential cross reactions in infants with mimetic peptide vaccine for Group B Streptococcus. • Use protein chemistry to prepare reagents for Ricin toxin cellular trafficking studies. • Produce, purify and select antibodies for investigational vaccine studies. • Use ELISA and Western Blotting to characterize response of vaccine study subjects.