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Welcome to ACHRI Research Adminstration.  If you are unsure of the administrative team member who could best answer your questions, please contact the main office number (501-364-7373) and you will be directed to the appropriate team member.    

  • Complete
    Staff Directory

  • Office of
    the President

  • Facilities/
    Animal Research

  • Grants/Pre-Award/Legal
    Services/ Science Writing/
    Editing
  • Post Award/Research Accounts/
    PI Reporting and eRequest
    Systems
  • Human Subjects Research/
    Industry Sponsored Projects

  • Database management/
    Legal Services

Research Executives
Link to Email Address
Link to Administrative Profile
ACHRI Title
Telephone Number
Richard F. Jacobs, MD, FAAP ACHRI President, Robert H. Fiser, Jr., M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Professor and Chairman, UAMS Department of Pediatrics
(501) 364-6540
Administrative Assistant to the President
(501) 364-2856
Barry Brady, CRA ACHRI Vice President
(501) 364-6517
Research Project Coordinator
(501) 364-6527
Research Administrative Staff
Link to Email Address
Link to Administrative Profile
ACHRI Title
Telephone Number
Laura Birdwell Accounting Manager
(501) 364-2544
Margie Brackeen Regulatory Compliance Specialist
(501) 364-3586
Brandon Fowlkes Manager of Animal Care and Husbandry
(501) 364-2759
Billy Furgerson, PharmD Research Pharmacist
(501) 364-2596
Amanda Holloway Research Auditor
(501) 364-2862
Tarina Goodwin Research Support Coordinator
(501) 364-2700
John Gregan Science Writer/Editor
(501) 364-6296
Tanda Grisham, Esq Contracts Attorney, Human Protections Administrator
(501) 364-3571
Blake Harrison Director of Animal Operations
(501) 364-2710
Sarah Jones   Environmental Services Supervisor  
Mamie Johnson Secretary
(501) 364-7373
Al Martin Facilities and Equipment Manager
(501) 364-7519
Leslie Montgomery, CPA, CRA Research Account Administrator
(501) 364-6546
Rebecca Myrick Clinical Research Specialist
(501) 364-3577
Inna Selivra, CRA Research Account Coordinator
(501) 364-6554
Lee Smith, CRA Research Administrator
(501) 364-3581
Jennie Stern Clinical Systems Analyst
(501) 364-3184
Janet Storment, RN, CCRC Clinical Trials Administrator
(501) 364-2760
Stuart Stough Research Information Systems Programmer
(501) 364-3426
Teru Strickland, RPh Research Pharmacist
(501) 364-2596
Amy Stalls Grants Specialist
(501) 364-3627
Phaedra Yount Science Writer/Editor
(501) 364-2469
Barry Brady, CRA
ACHRI Vice President
Email: BradyBarry@uams.edu
Phone: (501) 364-6517

  • Institute-wide inquiries
  • Questions about ACHRI policy
  • ACHRI staff concerns
Richard F. Jacobs, MD, FAAP
ACHRI President, Robert H. Fiser, Jr., M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Professor and Chairman, UAMS Department of Pediatrics
Email: RFJ@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-6540

Mamie Johnson
Secretary
Email: JohnsonMamieH@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-7373

  • Room scheduling at ACHRI
  • Badge access for vendors and visitors

Joyce Norton
Administrative Assistant to the President
Email: JNorton@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-2856

  • Scheduling for ACHRI President
  • ACHRI Research Conference scheduling

Jenny Kubacak
Research Project Coordinator
Email: KubacakSJ@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-6527

  • Scheduling for ACHRI Vice President
  • Participating in the Summer Science Program
  • Submitting reports required for ABI-funded projects

 

Brandon Fowlkes
Manager of Animal Care and Husbandry
Email: FowlkesBrandon@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-2759

  • Animal facility issues
  • Animal housing questions

Sarah Jones
Environmental Services Supervisor
Email: JonesSarahD@uams.edu
Phone: (501) 364-1911

  • Environmental services
  • Meeting room and conference space sanitation
  • Moving office furniture

Tarina Goodwin
Research Support Coordinator
Email: GoodwinTarina@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-2700

  • Animal orders
  • Animal protocol balances
  • ACHRI safety committee
  • Personnel animal certification

Al Martin
Facilities and Equipment Manager
Email: MartinAljavan@uams.edu
Phone: (501) 364-7519

  • Equipment maintenance and installation
  • Facilities maintenance, relocation, or renovation

Blake Harrison
Director of Animal Operations
Email: HarrisonBlakeT@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-2470

  • Animal use protocols
  • Animal billing
  • Facilities and operations management
  • Building security and biocontainment
 
John Gregan
Science Writer and Editor
Phone:  (501) 364-6296
Email: GreganJohnA@uams.edu

  • Grant proposal preparation
  • Writing and proposal training
  • Manuscript editing
  • Researcher profile development

Amy Stalls
Grant Specialist
Phone:  (501) 364-3627
Email: StallsAmyR@uams.edu

  • ACHRI’s intramural programs
  • Reporting intramural program-funded activity

Tanda Grisham, Esq
Contracts Attorney, Human Protections Administrator
Phone:  (501) 364-3571
Email: GrishamTandaR@uams.edu

  • Contract negotiations (material transfer, confidentiality, and clinical trials)
  • IRB-related questions
  • Visitors, volunteers, and students in laboratories
Phaedra Yount
Science Writer and Editor
Phone:  (501) 364-2469
Email: YountPhaedra@uams.edu

  • Grant proposal preparation
  • Research Update Newsletter inquiries
  • Graphics/figure preparation for grants or manuscripts
  • President's Choice article submissions
  • ACHRI Web site inquiries
  • Requests for annual reports or general information about research programs at ACHRI

Lee Smith, CRA
Research Administrator
Phone:  (501) 364-3581
Email: SmithLee@uams.edu

  • Notifying ACHRI of intent to submit grant applications
  • Budget reviews
  • Determining indirect costs for projects


Laura Birdwell
Accounting Manager
Email: Birdwell@archildrens.org

Inna Selivra, CRA
Research Account Coordinator
Email: SeliveraInnan@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-6554Approval of requests in eRequest

  • Review of current encumbrances
  • Account Setup in the eRequest system
  • Assistance in using the eRequest and PI Reporting System
  • Account Review
  • Scheduling User training of the eRequest and PI Reporting Systems

Leslie Montgomery, CPA, CRA
Research Account Administrator
Email: MontgomeryLeslieJ@uams.edu
Phone:  (501) 364-6546

  • Budget Revisions and Projections
  • Report eRequest and PI Reporting System Problems
  • Close-out Process and Carry-forward
  • Funding Questions Pertaining to Award Notices, ACH/ACHRI Policy and Guidelines Relating to Grant Funding and Post-Award Processes

Stuart Stough
Research Information Systems Programmer
Email: StoughSW@archildrens.org
Phone:  (501) 364-3426

Margie Brackeen
Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Phone: (501) 364-3586
Email: BrackeenMargiei@uams.edu

  • Developing human research documents
  • Technical help for IRB submissions
  • Human research training schedule
  • Human research training tailored for your needs

Rebecca Myrick
Clinical Research Specialist
(501) 364-3577
Email: RSMyrick@uams.edu

  • Clinical Trials Management System subject billing questions
  • Clinical trial sponsor billing and invoicing
  • Clinical trial account reconciliations
  • Clinical trial advertising and Clinical trial Web site

Billy Furgerson, PharmD
Research Pharmacist
Phone:  (501) 364-2596
Email: FurgersonBillyC@uams.edu

  • Developing or planning an Investigator-Initiated Drug Study
  • A compassionate-use drug study or using a compassionate-use drug
  • Joining or sponsoring an NIH-sponsored drug study
  • A drug study that requires an IND
  • A new COG (Children’s Oncology Group) Drug protocol
  • An Industry-Sponsored Clinical Drug Trial • Questions about conducting Investigational Drug Studies at ACH

Janet Storment, RN, CCRC
Clinical Trials Administrator
Phone:  (501) 364-2760
Email: StormentJanetS@uams.edu

  • Interested in participating in industry-sponsored research
  • Need research coordinator support for clinical trials
  • Budget support for new and ongoing clinical trials
  • Interested in using the Pediatric Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) for your studies
Tanda Grisham, Esq
Contracts Attorney, Human Protections Administrator
Phone:  (501) 364-3571
Email: GrishamTandaR@uams.edu
  • Contract negotiations (material transfer, confidentiality, and clinical trials)
  • IRB-related questions
  • Visitors, volunteers, and students in laboratories

Teru Strickland, RPh
Research Pharmacist
Phone:  (501) 364-2596
Email: StricklandTeru@uams.edu

Amanda Holloway
Research Auditor
Phone:  (501) 364-2862
Email: HollowayAmanda@uams.edu

• Regulatory reviews and responses
• Self-auditing techniques
• IRB-related questions

 

 

Database Management
Jennie Stern
Clinical Systems Analyst
Phone:  (501) 364-3184
Email: JEStern@uams.edu

  • Database design
  • MEDITECH data extraction
Legal Services
Tanda Grisham, Esq
Contracts Attorney, Human Protections Administrator
Phone:  (501) 364-3571
Email: GrishamTandaR@uams.edu

  • Contract negotiations (material transfer, confidentiality, and clinical trials)
  • IRB-related questions
  • Visitors, volunteers, and students in laboratories

 

 

 

 

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