HRS Contacts
Health Research Services (HRS) Staff Directory
| Tracy Arabski Director |
Oversees Health Research Services (HRS), which provides value-added service to the Faculty of Health Sciences community through provision of professional and timely research administrative and core facility services. Support ranges from guiding researchers through the research funding application process to effectively bringing awarded projects into operation. |
| Michelle Czerwinski Associate Director, Research Administration & Infrastructure |
Manages HRS resources, budget, and Institutional Initiatives for FHS through:
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| Julie Croskill Research Grants Manager |
Primary Contact for: Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
Program support for: All internal and external funding opportunities. Provides pre award assistance, helps identify research funding opportunities and assists in the development of grant application, budgets, and knowledge translation strategies. Ensures that proposals, commitments, and acquired signatures comply with University policies, and conform to the criteria and guidelines of the program sponsor. |
| Augusta Beck Research Information Systems Coordinator |
Provides research funding and performance data for FHS while also providing guidance to all HRS staff regarding data integrity and data compliance. |
| Rebecca Leone Administration and Compliance Coordinator |
Provides administrative, contracts and agreements support and helps manage compliance with Clinical Trials, McMaster auspices, CTO, CITI-CGP training, N2, Clinical Trials.gov and Health Canada audits for FHS. |
| Alla Panasyuk Core Facilities Financial Coordinator |
Provides administrative and financial support to core facilities based in the Faculty of Health Sciences. |
| Bapujee Biswabandan Program Manager |
Develops various resources to support faculty in the grants application process. |
Contract and Agreements
| Caroline Woods Senior Agreements Officer |
Primary contact for: Contracts and Agreements for Faculty Level Agreements, Health Canada Regulated – Clinical Trials, HIREB Board of Records Agreements, Institutional Initiatives, Networks, Special Projects and Templates.
Negotiates research agreements with funding agencies and collaborators for the Faculty of Health Sciences grant funded projects. |
| Rubi James Agreements Officer |
Primary contact for: Anesthesia, Family Medicine, Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact , Nursing, Oncology, Pathology, Radiology and Rehabilitation Science.
Negotiates research agreements with funding agencies and collaborators for the Faculty of Health Sciences grant funded projects. |
| Jonathan Lambert Agreements Officer (Replacing Vera Andrews)Vera Andrews Agreements Officer (On Leave) |
Primary contact for: Biochemistry, Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.
Negotiates research agreements with funding agencies and collaborators for the Faculty of Health Sciences grant funded projects. |
HRS Grants Team
| Catherine Gill Pottruff Senior Grants Advisor |
Primary contact for: Medicine A-L, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics Program support for: PSI Research Trainee AwardAssists researchers with proposal development by reviewing applications, providing advice, and drafting institutional elements of proposals, as applicable. Ensures that proposals, commitments, and acquired signatures comply with University policies, and conform to the criteria and guidelines of the program sponsor. |
| Sarah McNiven-Scott Senior Grants Advisor, Institutional Initiatives |
Primary contact for: Institutional Initiatives.
Program support for CFI, CRC, ERA, Genome Canada and NFRF Transformation. Assists researchers with proposal development by reviewing applications, providing advice, and drafting institutional elements of proposals, as applicable. Ensures that proposals, commitments, and acquired signatures comply with University policies, and conform to the criteria and guidelines of the program sponsor. |
| Maryam Shirinzadeh Senior Grants Advisor |
Primary contact for: Medicine M-Z, Surgery, and Oncology.
Program support for: PSI Research Trainee Award Assists researchers with proposal development by reviewing applications, providing advice, and drafting institutional elements of proposals, as applicable. Ensures that proposals, commitments, and acquired signatures comply with University policies, and conform to the criteria and guidelines of the program sponsor. |
| Will Teal Senior Grants Advisor |
Primary contact for: Institutional Initiatives.
Assists researchers with proposal development by reviewing applications, providing advice, and drafting institutional elements of proposals, as applicable. Ensures that proposals, commitments, and acquired signatures comply with University policies, and conform to the criteria and guidelines of the program sponsor. |
| Tamara Fuciarelli Senior Grants Advisor |
Primary contact for: Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, Radiology, Rehabilitation Sciences, Biochemistry
Assists researchers with proposal development by reviewing applications, providing advice, and drafting institutional elements of proposals, as applicable. Ensures that proposals and funding agreements comply with University policies, and conform to the criteria and guidelines of the program sponsor. |
| Bill Brooks Senior Grants Advisor |
Primary contact for: Psychiatry, Pathology, Nursing, Anesthesia, Obs-Gyn Assists researchers with proposal development by reviewing applications, providing advice, and drafting institutional elements of proposals, as applicable. Ensures that proposals and funding agreements comply with University policies, and conform to the criteria and guidelines of the program sponsor. |
| Ayesha Waheed Grants Specialist |
Intake email, bulletin, Medicine A-L, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics
Provides administrative support to HRS staff. Prepares and updates documentation and database entries related to FHS faculty research projects. |
| Jennifer Kovacs Grants Specialist |
Institutional Initiatives, Medicine M-Z, Psychiatry, and Oncology
Provides administrative support to HRS staff. Prepares and updates documentation and database entries related to FHS faculty research projects. |
| Franca Mazur Grants Specialist |
Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, Radiology, Rehab Sciences, Pathology, Surgery, Biochemistry, Nursing, and Obs-Gyn
Provides administrative support to HRS staff. Prepares and updates documentation and database entries related to FHS faculty research projects. |