Research Administration

Tanda R. Grisham, Esq.

Contracts Attorney
Legal and Human Protections Administrator

Phone: (501) 364-3571

Ms. Grisham joined ACHRI in 2003. She serves as the institution's Contracts Attorney and drafts, negotiates and reviews a variety of contracts and other legal documents including all clinical trial agreements for human research studies conducted through ACHRI. In addition, she serves as the Human Protections Administrator for both ACHRI and its parent corporation, Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Ms. Grisham oversees regulatory compliance for human research studies and supervises the Institute’s regulatory and quality assurance auditors and educators. She serves as ACHRI’s liaison to the UAMS Institutional Review Board and the UAMS Office of Research Compliance and is a member of the UAMS Patent and Copyright Committee.

Ms. Grisham earned her Juris Doctor at the University of Memphis and has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Murray State University. Her legal career has included workers compensation, general tort litigation, medical malpractice defense and insurance defense litigation. Prior to accepting her position at ACHRI, Ms. Grisham served as Assistant General Counsel for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Her science career has included six years as a research technician in the pharmacokinetics department of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Ms. Grisham is licensed to practice law in Arkansas and Tennessee and is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association.