The UW Medicine Office of Research and Graduate Education promotes and facilitates responsible research, teaching and training within the UW School of Medicine community.
We build and enhance infrastructure, provide leadership, contribute strategic analysis and foster an open and collaborative environment for achievement in research and education.
We provide the following services:
Vice Dean of Research and Graduate Education
- Research and space planning and development
- Research infrastructure development
- Institutional liaison with research and education partners within and outside the School of Medicine
- Partner in School of Medicine facility planning
- Center and institute planning
- Fred Hutchinson/UW/Seattle Children's Cancer consortium planning
- Research cost center review
- Graduate education
- Faculty recruitment and retention
- Matching funds
- Limited grant opportunity selection (at campus level)
- Advancement and News, Community Relations & Marketing liaison for key projects
- Committee activities: Basic Science Heads, Council on Research and Graduate Education, Research Planning Committee
Contacts
John T. Slattery, Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Education
jts@uw.edu
206.543.6116
Kathleen R. Bracy
Director
krb@uw.edu
206.543.6117
Mary E. Heagle
Assistant to John T. Slattery
mheagle@uw.edu
206.543.6116
Planning and New Initiatives
- Office of Clinical Research Budget and Billing (CRBB) oversight
- CRBB process improvement initiatives
- Clinical Trials Process Improvement Project
- Clinical trial start-up
- Clinical trial web resources
Contacts
John T. Slattery, Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Education
jts@uw.edu
206.543.6116
Kathleen R. Bracy
Director
krb@uw.edu
206.543.6117
Clinical Research Budget and Billing Office
- Operational unit supporting clinical researchers in:
- Sound clinical research study budgeting
- Budgeting and billing operational assistance
- Clinical research billing policy compliance
- Scope includes clinical research studies contracted through UW that will have services, items, or tests provided by:
- UW Medical Center
- Harborview Medical Center
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
- UW Physicians
- Services provided include:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Clinical Trial Policy analysis, assistance, and consultation
- Budget preparation and/or review
- Budget negotiation with industry sponsors
- Clinical research billing support to UW
- Resources and training
Contacts
General inquiries:
crbb@uw.edu
206.543.7774
Research billing:
crbills@uw.edu
206.543.9006
Research budgeting:
crbudget@uw.edu
Diane Merz
Director, Clinical Research Budget and Billing Office
merz@uw.edu
206.543.0717
Research and Graduate Education (RGE) Harborview
- Space planning
- Research shared equipment management
- Academic climate
Contacts
Sheila A. Lukehart, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
lukehart@uw.edu
206.897-5362
Amy C. Crossman
Program Manager and Assistant to Sheila Lukehart, Program Manager
crossma@uw.edu
206.897-5361
Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS)
- UW Health Sciences-wide institute administered through the School of Medicine, with many UW schools and regional research partners
- Clinical and translational core services
- NIH Roadmap training grants (K, T grants)
- Faculty and staff clinical and translational research training and development, including faculty mentoring programs
- WWAMI research network in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho
Contacts
Mary L. "Nora" Disis, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Translational Health Sciences, and Director, ITHS
ndisis@uw.edu
206.616.1823
Marie Carter-Dubois
Executive Director
mhcarter@uw.edu
206.616.2980
South Lake Union (SLU)
- Research site development and governance
- Space and program development and coordination
- Academic climate
- Research facilities and services
- Cost center administration
Contacts
John T. Slattery, Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Education
jts@uw.edu
206.543.6116
Kathleen R. Bracy
Director
krb@uw.edu
206.543.6117
Matthew J. Curry
SLU Research Operations Manager
mcurry@uw.edu
206.685.8769
Analytical and Data Services Unit
- Research activity analysis
- Policy analysis
- Development of standard data tracking and reports
- Liaison with campus institutional data resources
- Special projects
Contacts
Kathleen R. Bracy
Director
krb@uw.edu
206.543.6117
Carson Simoes
Analyst
csimoes@uw.edu
206.616.4913
Grant Review Unit
- Dean’s level grant proposal review and approval
- Liaison with campus offices and other academic units
- Facilitate School of Medicine and Health Sciences grant preparer training
- Administer limited grant opportunity selections within the medical school
Contacts
Janell V. Douglas
Manager
douglas@uw.edu
206.685.7509
Maren McDaniel
Program Operations Specialist
mm22@uw.edu
206.616.8025
Administrative Services Unit
- Research and Graduate Education internal operations management
- Events coordination (Science in Medicine, Bioscience Careers seminars)
- Graduate education support services
- Minority outreach and recruitment support
- Interdisciplinary graduate program liaison
- Fellowships administration
- Web resources maintenance
- Fiscal management
- Special projects
Contacts
Denise Barnes
Administrative Services Manager
barnem@uw.edu
206.685.8710
Susan McCrary
smccrary@uw.edu
206.221.5807
Helen Jang
rgeadmin@uw.edu
206-221-5807