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CTSA Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Group Resources

This page highlights resources for CTSA-funded recipients to brainstorm processes, challenges, and best practices to for submitting funding packages to NCATS.

Date: Sept. 22, 2022 

NCATS CTSA Program Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Group

Purpose: The QA/QC Group meets bi-monthly to discuss processes, challenges and best practices related to ensuring the submission of successful CTSA-related information packages to NCATS (with a specific focus on submissions of pilots and K projects conducting research with human subjects). NCATS provided the NOT-TR-20-014 administrative supplement (expired Sept. 10, 2022) to UL1 grants to support a dedicated quality assurance/quality control position, and the QA/QC position is a requirement under the new CTSA funding opportunity (PAR-24-272). This group is not limited to only those funded by NOT-TR-20-014 or serving in the required QA/QC role under the UM1. If interested in joining the QA/QC Group please reach out to Lauren Fitzharris to receive registration information for the meetings, be added to the QA/QC Listserv, and have access to the QA/QC Group Discussion Forum. Get started with the NCATS CTSA Program Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Discussion Forum (PDF - 637KB).

Information related to the group (meetings, FAQs, etc.) can be found on the QA/QC Group Shared Drive (login required). If you have issues with accessing the shared drive, please email support.

CTSA Quality Assurance/Quality Control Group Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

CTSA Quality Assurance/Quality Control Group Members 

InstitutionEmails
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINEElizabeth Castro
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINEKat Sippel
BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUSMyriam Castagne
Helia Morris
Mary Tara-Roth
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYRachael Massey
CHILDREN’S RESEARCH INSTITUTEPatrick O’Keefe
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESMichelle McClave 
Candice Peterson
Helena Rincon
Kayla Zalcgendler 
DUKE UNIVERSITYEman Ghanem
EMORY UNIVERSITYBekeela Davila
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYMarc Blackman
Fannie Walton 
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOLAmanda Chin
Lucy Kolessin 
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIParina Shah
INDIANA UNIVERSITYRachel Bennett
Christina Caldwell 
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYWanda Fink
Carol Kobrin
Karla McCarthy
Linda Post
MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTERMelissa Voss
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSINLeslie Bojar 
Heidi Brittnacher
Renee McCoy
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINADiana Lee-Chavarria
Royce Sampson
Karl Walsh
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINEKeith Brown
Lauren Herget 
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGONicole Catherine Woitowich 
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYTiffany Bernard 
April D. Green 
Jasmine Neal
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITYBridget Adams 
Chris Larsen
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTRKelsey Stoltzfus
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYMaija Neville-Williams
RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHSCasandra Burrows 
Anthony Gonzalez
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTEMichelle Miller 
Emily Todd
STANFORD UNIVERSITYPatricia Moussatche
Rajnesh Prasad
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALOUrmo Jaanimagi
Erin O’Byrne 
Mary Sienkiewicz 
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTONDenise Daudelin
Nadia Prokofieva
UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCISNathan Michael Petty
UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTERMelissa Brewer-Corash
Jan Nissly 
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILLAndrea Carnegie
MaryBeth Cassely
Laura Cowan
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMDonna Cox
Jennifer A. Croker
Jeanne Merchant
Anne Russell
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVISApril Cuellar 
David Ricci
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELESLisa Chan
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGOCaJuana Capps
Kathleen Kennedy
Carlos Rojas 
Rebekah Yohe-Lawrence 
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCOMolly Belinski 
Marquette Gooch-Nelson
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINEAmanda Woodworth
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOKathryn Reilly
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATIKrista Metz
Venois Peebles
Jamie Tharrington
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVERKristen House
Debra Szuster
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAApril Nicole Braxton
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGOKaren Cielo
Elizabeth Hawes
UNIVERSITY OF IOWANicholas Francisco
Laura Jacobus
Debra OConnell Moore
Kimberly Sprenger
Jamie Thrams 
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTERDina Ahmed
Robin Liston
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKYGabe Harris
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINEMelanie Couch
Sheela Celeste Dominguez
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBORBrad Downey
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAKatherine Ingram 
Pat Mann 
Nicole Tosun
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTRChristina Anderson
Beth Tigges
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIADawn Lundin
Lorri Schieri
Carl Shaw
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGHSusan Lynn Sandusky
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERMary Little 
Jane Tolbert
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIACatheline Huang 
Allison Orechwa 
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTONDhiren Desai
Hariyadarshi Pannu 
Nicolle Patterson
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER – SAN ANTONIOLaura Barnum
Kathlynn Wray
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTONVictoria McNamara
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER (UTSW)Joy Haralson 
Michelle Patrick
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHAnnelise Vorkink
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIASandra Burks
Kayla Calvo
Medard Ng
Jennifer V. Phillips
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONLindsie Boerger
Adam Davidson
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISONShannon Casey
Kari Giacalone
Kim Linsenmayer 
James Nilsestuen
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERJennifer Adams
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYLillie Lattimore
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESBrittney Patterson
Katelyn Still
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYLindsey Barton
Deborah Collesano
Jaimee Stagner
WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIVDilicia Grenald 
Priya Reji 
YALE UNIVERSITYAllison Gavaletz
Nancy Shelton

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