Office of the COO
Cassandra Lucas, PhD, Chief Operating Officer
Jarrod Cunningham, Manager
Phone: 312.503.7099
Mailing Address: Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute,
225 E. Chicago Ave., Box 205, Chicago, IL 60611
Express/Courier Address: 303 E. Superior St., 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611
Office Location: Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Administration, 10th Floor, Room 10.334.02
Information Management
For IM support, please call 312.227.3445, or email SQBCRhelp@luriechildrens.org.
Research Business Operations
Melissa Gentile, Senior Director, Research Business Operations
Phone: 312.503.7062
Diana Favela, Senior Administrative Assistant
Phone: 312.503.7117
Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)
For the Department/Division & Research Program that each of the following
is responsible for, please reference this listing:
The fax number for any member within the Office of Sponsored Programs is 312.503.7059.
Robin Lewis, MPA, CPRA, CRA, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
Phone: 312.503.7063
Diana Favela, Senior Administrative Assistant
Phone: 312.503.7117
Kris Martens-Ackeret, JD, Associate Director, Sponsored Programs
Phone: 312.503.7079
Jackie Simon-Flowers, MS, Assistant Director, Sponsored Programs
Phone: 312.503.7085
Maura Carroll, BA,CRA Senior Sponsored Programs Administrator
Phone: 312.503.7341
Karen Dziedzic, BS, CRA, Senior Sponsored Programs Administrator
Phone: 312.503.7046
Kai Jackson, MS, Senior Sponsored Programs Administrator
Phone: 312.503.7047
Research Support Office
Amanda Schall, Assistant Director, Research Support Office
Phone: 312.503.7004
Diana Abdi, Research Adminstrative Coordinator
Phone: 312.503.7319
Nancy Dudek, Research Adminstrative Coordinator
Phone: 312.503.7431
Denise Lilly, Research Administrative Coordinator
Phone: 312.503.7656
Kaiji Evans, Research Grants Specialist
Sponsored Research Finance Office (SRFO)
Christine Sorensen, Director, Sponsored Research Finance Office
Phone: 312.503.7065
Diana Favela, Senior Administrative Assistant
Phone: 312.503.7117
Cristina Goldsmith, Assistant Director
Phone: 312.503.7005
Christianne Montgomery, Research Financial Portfolio Manager
Phone: 312.503.7006
Kavishka Munaretto, Research Financial Portfolio Manager
Phone: 312.503.7682
Rashad White, Research Financial Portfolio Manager
Phone: 312.503.7008
Viridiana Santillan, Financial Specialist
Phone: 312.503.7017
Ruben Galvez, Financial Speciliast
Phone: 312.503.7037
Benetta Thomas, Financial Specialist
Phone: 312.503.1422
Alexander Oehmke, Research Accountant
Phone: 312.503.7021
Sarry Chavannes, Research Accountant
Phone: 312.503.7033
Elizabeth Lozano, Accounts Receivable Manager
Phone: 312.503.7009
Denise Haney, Accounts Receivable Specialist
Phone: 312.503.7082
Diane Neals, Accounts Receivable Specialist
Phone: 312.503.7002
Julia Zhu, Quality Assurance Compliance Manager
Phone: 312.503.7034
Virginia Lu, Data Analyst, Quality Assurance & Compliance
Phone: 312.503.7021
Research Financial Operations
Colleen Garbe, Senior Project Manager
Phone: 312.503.7033
Wiley Shapiro, Senior Financial Analyst
Phone: 312.503.1423
Office of Research Development (ORD)
Yekaterina Baker, MA, Director, Office of Research Development
Phone: 312.503.7119
Beatrice Apikos-Bennett, Program Coordinator
Michelle Corbett, MS, Associate Director, Learning & Development
Phone: 312.227.7484
Lucia De Almeida, PhD, Research Scientist Navigator, Basic and Preclinical Science Pillar
Phone: 312.503.7563
Melissa Gesbeck, PhD, Research Scientist Navigator, Community, Population Health, and Outcomes Pillar
Eric Goodwin, Commuications Specialist
Phone: 312.227.7043
Erin Lynch, Lead Research Educator
Phone: 312.503.7025
Karen Nachay, Science Writer
Priya Tripathi, MS, Research Educator
Office of Research Integrity & Compliance (ORIC)
Jessica Huening Poppenk, JD, Director, Office of Research Integrity & Compliance
Phone: 312.503.7120
Tricia Eifler, MBA, CIP, Associate Director, Office of Research Integrity & Compliance
Phone: 312.503.7077
Kaleigh Sands, MS, CIP, Assistant Director, Office of Research Integrity & Compliance
Phone: 312.503.7058
Carol Macpherson, CCRC, Clinical Research Quality Assurance & Improvement Specialist
Phone: 312.503.7028
Allison Harris, MPP, CIP, Senior Research Compliance Coordinator (Single IRB Coordinator)
Phone: 312.503.2657
Jennie Thai, Senior Research Compliance Coordinator, IRB/IBC
Phone: 312.503.7027
Kristen Brown, MS, Research Compliance Coordinator
Phone: 312.503.7641
Khrystyna Helner, MA, LPC, Research Compliance Coordinator
Phone: 312.503.7663
Alexa Karczmar, Research Compliance Coordinator
Phone: 312.503.7049
Amber Kofman, MS, MPH, Research Compliance Coordinator, IRB/IBC
Phone: 312.503.7016
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
For general and Cayuse-related IRB inquiries, please contact: irb@luriechildrens.org
Jennifer Rubin, MD, IRB Chair
Denise Rizzo, PharmD, IRB Vice Chair
Phone: 312.503.7088
Rachel G Robison, MD, IRB Vice Chair
Sara Katsanis, MS, IRB Vice Chair
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
General IBC Inquiries: IBC@luriechildrens.org
Vamshi Rao, MD, IBC Chair
Clinical Trials Office (CTO)
Ashley Hoambrecker, Director
Phone: 312.503.7122
Eric Gasber, Associate Director
Phone: 312-503-7011
Katie Amsden, Research Project Manager
Phone: 312.503.7173
Victoria Ramos, Executive Assistant
Phone: 312.503.7602
Theresa Oswald, Clinical Research Operations Manager
Phone: 312.503.1854
Anna De Sonia, Clinical Research Coordinator, Lead
Phone: 312.503.6238
Aneta Jedraszko, Clinical Research Coordinator III
Phone: 312.503.7015
Christian Johnson, Clinical Research Coordinator III
Akhil Aerra, Clinical Research Coordinator I
Phone: 312.503.7013
Lab Operations
Greg Taborn, Assistant Director, Basic & Preclinical Sciences
Phone: 312.503.7096