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Pediatrics Research Administration Services

Support for sponsored research across all divisions of the Pediatrics department.

Pediatrics divisions we support

  • Administration
  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Behavioral and Mental Health
  • Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT)
  • Cancer Survivor
  • Cardiology
  • Critical Care
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Endocrinology
  • Gene Therapy
  • Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
  • General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Hemostasis and Thrombosis
  • Hospital Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Innovation Research
  • Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology (LOBP)
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma
  • Marcus Autism Center
  • Neonatology
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology and Neuropsychology
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Palliative Care
  • Pulmonary, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep
  • Rheumatology
  • Sickle Cell
  • Solid Tumor

The Inside Pediatrics Research Administration page (intranet) provides a list of specific contacts who support each Pediatrics department division.



What we do

Pre-Award

  • Assist with proposal preparation
    • Intent to Submit forms are now part of Insight
  • Budget development (PIs provide line items)
  • Enter proposals: prepare S2S applications and compile email submissions
  • Just-in-time (JIT) process management
  • Review submission packet for completeness
  • RFA review
  • RPPR assistance

Post-Award

  • Budget revision requests
  • Carry-forward requests
  • Change in scope
  • Change of PI
  • Clinical Trial billing
  • Effort changes
  • Effort pre-review
  • Expense Approvals
  • No-cost extension (NCE) requests
  • PAN (Provisional Account Number) requests; Require DA approval
  • Reconciliations (bi-monthly)
  • Relinquishments
  • Request sub-awards
  • Residual balance transfers, if allowed by sponsor
  • Subcontracts

Who we are

Pediatrics Research Administration Leadership

Marca Gurule, Sr. Director

Marca Gurule, Sr. Director of the Pediatrics SRMS Unit

Kristin Babilonia, Assistant Director

Kristin Babilonia

Kimberly Caroline, Pre-Award Manager

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Angela McCoy, Pre-Award Lead

Angela McCoy photo

Leigh Moody, Post-Award Manager

Leight Moody

Maurice Sanders, Post-Award Manager

Maurice Sanders

Shakita Copeland, Clinical Trials Manager

Shakita Copeland

Pre-Award Team

Kimberly Caroline, Pre-Award Manager
Candace McCloud, Pre-Award III Angela McCoy, Pre-Award Lead
Milagros Benitez, Pre-Award III Arion Haddock, Pre-Award II
Rhonda Gibson, Pre-Award III Vacancy, Pre-Award I
Tracey Jones, Pre-Award III
Vacancy, Pre-Award III
Vacancy, Pre-Award III

Post-Award Team

Leigh Moody, Post-Award Manager Maurice Sanders, Post-Award Manager
Edward Bogle, Post-Award III Connie Rivers, Post-Award III
Jennifer Schmidt, Post-Award III Kimberly Jones, Post-Award III
Teinelle (Toni) Philpotts, Post-Award III Mubera 'Bera' Cuskovic, Post-Award III
Kelli Ellis, Post-Award II Shirley Taylor, Post-Award III
Sabrina Dyce-Donaldson, Post-Award II Dixie Curley, Pre/Post-Award III
Tanisha Booker, Post-Award I Lorraine Tinio, Post-Award II
Katherine Price Farmer, Post-Award I

Clinical Trials Team

Shakita Copeland, Clinical Trials Manager
Clinical Trials Pre-Award Clinical Trials Post-Award
Contessa Walker, Pre-Award III Jennifer Del Campillo, Post-Award III
Jyotsna Saxena, Pre-Award III Christopher Baca, Post-Award II
Alicia Laake, Pre-Award II Sandy Higgins, Post-Award II
Tina Horton, Post-Award II
Kelly Likos, Post-Award I

Join our team!

Thank you for your interest! Current openings with Pediatrics Research Administration Services team:

  • Pre-Award III Research Administrator, job number 164864 
  • Pre-Award III Research Administrator, job posting information coming soon
  • Pre-Award I Research Administrator, job posting information coming soon