Research Administration

The Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research Research Administration manages all pre and post award aspects of sponsored research.  This includes, but is not limited to the following areas:

1. HSL’s protection of human subjects in research and the HSL Institutional Review Board (IRB)
2. The Marcus Institute's responsible conduct of research and administers the Marcus Institute’s financial conflict of interest in research program.
3. Prepares and is the authorized HSL entity to submit proposals to external sponsors
4. Negotiates and accepts awards and research related agreements on behalf of the Marcus Institute
5. Manages post-award sponsored programs finance and administration
6. Promotes accountability and compliance with Federal, State, sponsor, and HSL rules and regulations.
7. Research Computing 

Research Administration

Kathy Irvine Tasker, Vice President of Research Administration, KathyTasker@hsl.harvard.edu

Sabrina Carretie, Director, Research Operations,  SabrinaCarretie@hsl.harvard.edu​

Sophie Song Du, Manager, Research Finance, Du@hsl.harvard.edu

Ted Gruen, Manager, Grants and Contracts, Gruen@hsl.harvard.edu

Lateesha Odom, Senior Research Administrator,  LateeshaOdom@hsl.harvard.edu

Marlena Crandall, Grant Assistant, MarlenaCrandall@hsl.harvard.edu 

Ashley Destin, Grant Assistant, AshleyDestin@hsl.harvard.edu

Naysa Mejia, Grant Accountant, NaysaMejia@hsl.harvard.edu

IRB/Research Compliance

Pat Seymour, Director of IRB Operations, patseymour@hsl.harvard.edu

Informatics & Data Management

Jason Rightmyer, Director of Research Informatics, JasonRightmyer@hsl.harvard.edu

Margaret Bryan, Programmer Analyst II, Marg@hsl.harvard.edu