Office of Research Administration Contact Information

Office of Research Administration Office Location

733 N. Broadway, Suite 117,
Baltimore, MD 21205

The School of Medicine Office of Research Administration is operating remotely. Please continue to work with your regular ORA contacts as normal and continue to submit proposals, award/agreements, and other requests to ORA through the normal channels.

Not sure which ORA team to contact?
Please review the responsibilities chart to identify the relevant team for your inquiry, then check the ORA Department Assignments table for the applicable team member(s) assigned to your department.

If you are still not able to identify the appropriate person for your question or concern, please email [email protected] for assistance.

View the ORA Organizational Chart to see how our our teams are structured.

Administrative Team – ORA

Karen Falter
Sr. Administrative Manager
[email protected]
667-208-8913

Dezire Chaney
Sr. Administrative Coordinator
[email protected]
443-927-1681

Jessica Atlass Roscoe, MPH, CRA, CPRA
Sr. Operations Manager
[email protected]
443-927-1674
Contracts Team

Joanne Frantz Doggett, MAS, MPS
Sr. Associate Director
[email protected]
443-927-1687

Stephen Fisher
Associate Director
[email protected]
443-927-1686

Neha Parikh, JD
Assistant Director
[email protected]
443-927-1694

Michael Harmon, JD
Assistant Director
[email protected]
443-927-1907

Philip Sheehan, JD
Sr. Contracts Associate
[email protected]
443-927-3238

Alexandra Dennis, JD
Sr. Contracts Associate
[email protected]
667-306-9576

Caroline Page, JD
Sr. Contracts Associate
[email protected]
667-306-8804
Grants Team

Sharel Brown, MPhil, CRA
Associate Director
[email protected]
443-927-1678

VACANT
Assistant Director
Email
Phone

Amy Rost
Sr. Grants Associate
[email protected]
443-927-1696

Natalie Peters
Sr. Grants Associate
[email protected]
667-306-8310

Anita Narasimhan, MS, CRA
Sr. Grants Associate
[email protected]
667-306-8752

Betsy Northrup, MPA
Sr. Grants Associate
[email protected]
667-306-9539

Laurel Peck
Grants Associate
[email protected]
443-927-1695

Marisa Bailey
Grants Associate
[email protected]
443-927-1675

Carolyn Ferrell, MA
Grants Associate
[email protected]
667-306-7866

Mary Hansel
Sr. Grants Specialist
[email protected]
Phone
Outgoing Subawards Team

Rhanota Edwards, MSIS
Assistant Director
[email protected]
443-927-1683

Paul Stuart, Jr.
Sr. Subawards Associate
[email protected]
443-927-1704

Megan Lemieux
Subawards Associate
[email protected]
443-927-1690

Cyrus Fisher, MS
Subawards Associate
[email protected]
443-927-1685

Tracy Welsh
Subawards Specialist
[email protected]
443-927-8567
Specialists Team (Contracts)

Arlette Langer
Sponsored Agreements Manager
[email protected]
443-927-1689

Emily Black Moore, MPA
Sponsored Projects Associate
[email protected]
443-927-1676

Shuree Sorurie
Sr. Contract Specialist
[email protected]
667-306-9432

Peggy Billingsley, PhD
Sponsored Projects Associate
[email protected]
443-927-8614

Greg Bujak
Sr. Contract Specialist
[email protected]
667-306-9317

Jasmine Tejada
Sr. Contract Specialist
[email protected]
667-306-8442

Commercial Clinical Research: For information about commercially sponsored clinical research, please contact the Clinical Research Contracting (CRC) office. CRC department assignments can be found here. CRC is part of the JH Office of Clinical Trials (JH-OCT) and is responsible for the review, negotiation, and signature of all commercially sponsored clinical research and all Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreements (CDA/NDA) for the School of Medicine. Additional information can be found on the JH-OCT website.

Non-Clinical Commercial Contracts: Non-clinical contracts originating with a commercial sponsor/entity are reviewed and negotiated by the non-clinical commercial contracts team under JH-OCT (Daryl Carson and Liane Howey). Their contact information can be found on the JH-OCT website.

Commercial Grants: As of August 1, 2025, all SOM commercial grant proposals and awards are reviewed, submitted, and negotiated by the non-clinical commercial contracts team under JH-OCT (Daryl Carson and Liane Howey). Their contact information can be found on the JH-OCT website.

ORA Department Assignments

wdt_ID	Department	Contracts: Non-Commercial Sponsors	Commercial Contracts (now part of JH-OCT)	Grants Team**	Contract Specialists Teams
2	All Children's Hospital (ACH)	Adam Sosnik (CRC Office)	Adam Sosnik (CRC Office)	Laurel Peck	Please check OCT website for CRC Specialist assignment
3	All Children's Research Institute (ACRI)	Adam Sosnik (CRC Office)	Adam Sosnik (CRC Office)	N/A	Please check OCT website for CRC Specialist assignment
4	Anatomy	Mike Harmon	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Amy Rost	Emily Black Moore
5	Anesthesiology	Caroline Page	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Amy Rost	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
7	Armstrong Institute	Mike Harmon	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Emily Black Moore
9	Biological Chemistry	Caroline Page	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Betsy Northrup	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
10	Biomedical Engineering	Alexandra Dennis	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Laurel Peck	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
11	Biophysics	Caroline Page	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Emily Black Moore
42	Brain Science Institute (BSI)	Alexandra Dennis	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
43	CAPRES (Office of Capital Region Research)	Philip Sheehan	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Marisa Bailey	Emily Black Moore
44	Cell Biology	Stephen Fisher	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
47	Dermatology	Mike Harmon	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Carolyn Ferrell	Jasmine Tejada
48	Emergency Medicine	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Emily Black Moore
50	Genetic Medicine (formerly Institute of Genetic Medicine)	Stephen Fisher	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Amy Rost	Greg Bujak
52	Gynecology/Obstetrics	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Carolyn Ferrell	Emily Black Moore
53	History of Medicine	Mike Harmon	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Laurel Peck	Emily Black Moore
55	Institute for Cell Engineering (ICE)	Philip Sheehan	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Betsy Northrup	Emily Black Moore
56	Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Amy Rost	Emily Black Moore
57	Interdepartmental	Philip Sheehan	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Emily Black Moore
58	Medical Archives	Philip Sheehan	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Marisa Bailey	Emily Black Moore
59	Medicine: Addiction Medicine (formerly Chemical Dependency)	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Jasmine Tejada
60	Medicine: Bayview	Stephen Fisher	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Jasmine Tejada
61	Medicine: Cardiology	Philip Sheehan	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown (pre-award); Betsy Northrup (post-award)	Emily Black Moore
62	Medicine: Chairman	Stephen Fisher	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Jasmine Tejada
63	Medicine: Clinical Immunology	Caroline Page	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Betsy Northrup	Peggy Billingsley
64	Medicine: Clinical Pharmacology	Alexandra Dennis	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
65	Medicine: Endocrinology	Stephen Fisher	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Marisa Bailey	Jasmine Tejada
66	Medicine: Gastroenterology	Philip Sheehan	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Betsy Northrup	Peggy Billingsley
67	Medicine: Geriatrics	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Carolyn Ferrell	Emily Black Moore
68	Medicine: Hematology	Neha Parikh	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
69	Medicine: Hospital Medicine	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Greg Bujak
70	Medicine: House Staff	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Peggy Billingsley
71	Medicine: Immunogenetics	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Jasmine Tejada
72	Medicine: Infectious Diseases	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
73	Medicine: General Internal Medicine	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Carolyn Ferrell	Jasmine Tejada
74	Medicine: Molecular Medicine	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Betsy Northrup	Peggy Billingsley
75	Medicine: Nephrology	Caroline Page	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Carolyn Ferrell	Jasmine Tejada
76	Medicine: Occupational Medicine	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Jasmine Tejada
77	Medicine: Pulmonary	Neha Parikh	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Emily Black Moore
78	Medicine: Rheumatology	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Peggy Billingsley
79	Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology	Caroline Page	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
80	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Philip Sheehan	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Laurel Peck	Jasmine Tejada
82	Neurology	Caroline Page	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Betsy Northrup	Jasmine Tejada
83	Neuroscience	Philip Sheehan	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Betsy Northrup	Jasmine Tejada
84	Neurosurgery	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Jasmine Tejada
85	Oncology (except Hematologic & Pediatric)	Neha Parikh	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Laurel Peck	Greg Bujak
86	Oncology (Hematologic)	Alexandra Dennis	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Laurel Peck	Greg Bujak
87	Oncology (Pediatric)	Mike Harmon	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Laurel Peck	Greg Bujak
88	Ophthalmology	Caroline Page	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Peggy Billingsley
89	Orthopaedic Surgery	Philip Sheehan	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Marisa Bailey	Emily Black Moore
90	Otolaryngology	Philip Sheehan	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Jasmine Tejada
91	Pathology	Alexandra Dennis	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Betsy Northrup	Peggy Billingsley
92	Pediatrics	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Marisa Bailey	Peggy Billingsley
93	Pharmacology	Philip Sheehan	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Carolyn Ferrell	Emily Black Moore
94	Physical Medicine and Rehab	Alexandra Dennis	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Marisa Bailey	Emily Black Moore
95	Physiology	Stephen Fisher	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Marisa Bailey	Emily Black Moore
96	Plastic Surgery	Philip Sheehan	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Natalie Peters	Jasmine Tejada
97	Psychiatry	Mike Harmon	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Amy Rost	Jasmine Tejada
98	Radiation Oncology	Philip Sheehan	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Carolyn Ferrell	Emily Black Moore
99	Radiology	Mike Harmon	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Amy Rost	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
102	Simulation Center	Philip Sheehan	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	N/A	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
105	Surgery	Alexandra Dennis	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Amy Rost	Shurangiz (Shuree) Sorurie
108	Urology	Caroline Page	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Laurel Peck	Jasmine Tejada
109	Welch Library / Biomedical Information Science	Mike Harmon	Liane Howey (JH-OCT)	Marisa Bailey	Emily Black Moore
112	Research Development Team (RDT)	Assigned by department	Assigned by department	Multi-component: Sharel Brown; Other submissions: assigned by department	Assigned by department
115	Medicine: Biomedical Informatics & Data Science (BIDS)	Stephen Fisher	Daryl Carson (JH-OCT)	Sharel Brown	Emily Black Moore
116	**Sharel Brown's portfolio also includes federal cooperative agreement "U" applications and multi-component "P" applications, TEDCO applications and awards, and PCORI post-award actions.
117	*All Outgoing Subcontracts are created by the ORA Subawards Team; [email protected]

wdt_ID	Special Project Name	Assigned ORA Contract or Grant Asst/Assoc Director	Contract Specialists Teams
114	Adult Brain Tumor Consortium (ABTC)	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Assigned by department
115	Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD)	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Peggy Billingsley
116	Bipolar Sequencing Consortium (BSC)	Mike Harmon	Assigned by department
133	Break Through Cancer	Neha Parikh	Assigned by department
137	CIDR	Stephen Fisher / Caroline Page	Assigned by department
138	Connections Thru Life (CTL)	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Emily Black Moore
139	GRNDaD	Neha Parikh	Assigned by department
140	IMPAACT	Alexandra Dennis	Assigned by department
141	PCORnet	Joanne Frantz Doggett	Assigned by department
142	RADIOS	Stephen Fisher	Assigned by department
143	REMAP COVID	Neha Parikh	Assigned by department
144	SISAQOL	Stephen Fisher	Assigned by department
145	SPARED	Stephen Fisher	Assigned by department
146	TEDCO	Sharel Brown	N/A

Team Responsibilities

wdt_ID	Team	Responsibilities	Contact This Team With Questions About	Additional Notes
1	Contracts	Review, negotiate, and sign non-commercial sponsored research contracts, material transfer agreements, data use agreements, collaboration agreements, non-commercial clinical trials, and SBIR/STTR award agreements.	Entering into an agreement with another institution to conduct sponsored research or services at JHU, share materials or data, or engage in confidential discussions regarding a potential partnership.	For commercially-funded clinical research and all SOM CDA/NDAs please contact the Clinical Research Contracting (CRC) office.* Non-clinical commercial agreements are negotiated by Daryl Carson & Liane Howey under JH-OCT.
2	Specialists	Review Fibi record contract submissions for compliance, accuracy & completeness, create MyRap entries & triage agreements to contract negotiating team, and workflow funded contract agreements to Sponsored Projects Shared Services (SPSS) via Oculus.	How to submit contract requests to ORA, MyRap, and workflowing a funded contract to SPSS for account setup or modification.
3	Grants	Manage all stages of the grants process from proposal review and submission through Just-in-Time, award negotiation, progress reports, prior approval requests (e.g. carryover and no-cost extensions), and award closeout.	Proposal submission, Other Support, grant award negotiation, incoming subawards (when JHU is the recipient of a subaward), progress reports, submitting prior approval requests, award closeout, grants & NIHNGA workflow.	For NIH Program Project (P) and Cooperative Agreement (U) proposals, please contact the Associate Director, Grants. Commercial grant proposals and awards are negotiated by Daryl Carson and Liane Howey under JH-OCT.
4	Outgoing Subawards	Draft and negotiate all outgoing subaward agreements and modifications.	Setting up a new outgoing subaward agreement with another institution, adding a subaward site to an existing project, or modifying an existing outgoing subaward agreement.	For general outgoing subaward and/or SWiFT questions, please email [email protected]. For questions related to a specific subaward agreement already in process, please reach out to the assigned Subawards draftee listed in your SWiFT record.

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Office of Research Administration Contact Information

Office of Research Administration Office Location

View the ORA Organizational Chart to see how our our teams are structured.

Administrative Team – ORA

Contracts Team

Grants Team

Outgoing Subawards Team

Specialists Team (Contracts)

ORA Department Assignments

Team Responsibilities

Our Offices

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