Administration

Our Research Operations and Compliance team supports our research and the department’s mission by providing centralized service and support. The operations team oversees all departmental equipment including essential capital resources that include analytical instrumentation, imaging systems. On the compliance side, the team assists HSCRB labs with new protocols, protocol amendments, data and material transfer agreements and guidance on the applicability of relevant laws, regulations, guidelines and policies. The team works with the labs to liaise with relevant departments and committees such as the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee (ESCRO) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Office of Technology Development, and Environmental Health and Safety.

Kristen Elwell, Director of Research Operations and Compliance

Isaac Adatto, Assistant Director of Research Operations and Manager of Aquatic Facility

Eva Tomczyk, Senior Research Compliance Manager

Tanya Thrasher, Research Compliance Coordinator

For research with humans, human biospecimens, or human data, contact:

Kristen Elwell, Director of Research Operations and Compliance

Eva Tomczyk, Senior Research Compliance Manager

For research with animals, recombinant DNA, or biohazards, contact:

Kristen Elwell, Director of Research Operations and Compliance

Our education team supports faculty in all aspects of course design and implementation. In addition, we offer academic and career advising to students, as well as foster a community of interest in the realm of developmental and regenerative biology.

Contacts

Questions about starting a new course, student researchers in the laboratory, and general questions concerning education:

• Bill Anderson, Associate Director of Education and Senior Lecturer on Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

For undergraduates who have questions SCRB 91r and SCRB 99, course scheduling, rooms, teaching a freshman seminar, and TA/TF appointments:

• Education Coordinator, currently vacant

For undergraduates who have questions about the HDRB program:

• Amie Holmes, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

Our Office of Faculty & Academic Affairs team work together to support faculty-driven initiatives as well providing HR and logistical support to faculty, research, and academic appointees in a dual-school department.

We provide administrative support for the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Seminar Series, annual departmental retreat, faculty meetings, searches, and committees that support promotion and other vital departmental initiatives.

We also field questions concerning the academic appointment and reappointment process, visa sponsorship, payroll, taxes, maternal and paternal leave, and health and University benefits.

Contacts

Daniel Oliver, Associate Director of Administration

Sarah Hetman, Administrative Coordinator, Academic Affairs

The HSCRB Finance supports the department’s budget development and monitoring, non-sponsored fund accounting and maintenance, maintaining department chart-of-accounts, manage year-end accounting closes, and the overall integrity of income, expense, and transfer transactions.

The Accounting and Business Operations Team supports the buying and paying for goods and services. This includes supporting the life cycle of Buy-to-Pay from setting up of suppliers through closing out of open purchases, including reimbursement and use of Harvard University issued purchasing cards. In addition, we manage expense recovery through Harvard receivable systems.

As part of the support for our B2P operations, we provide scheduled onboarding as well as ongoing training of our business processes, systems, and tools, and we assist our community in reviewing service and equipment contracts of their terms and conditions for risks and liabilities.

We provide support for our core facilities in their day-to-day purchases and expense recovery, and we support them in the annual service rate review process.

To carry out these functions we partner with lab administrators and managers and the Department administrative teams. Our partners at Central Offices include the Strategic Procurement, Office of Treasury Management, Office of Accounting, Financial Policies Office, as well as the FAS Office of Finance and FAS Administrative Operations.

Contacts

Irina Zhygalko, Associate Director of Sponsored Research, supports the HSCRB community by providing information to our scientists about fellowship applications, grant proposals, and purchasing lab supplies.

Michelle Wong, Senior Financial Officer, is responsible for the full spectrum of financial operations in cash management, including day-to-day financial systems implementation and the department’s interpretation of the University’s financial/spending policies. Michelle’s team supports HSCRB in purchasing goods and services, reimbursement (lab or office supplies and equipment), and recharge and billing agreements. She assists HSCRB faculty with contract reviews and funding plans (equipment and service level), effort commitment, and incentives. Michelle is an essential resource for department-wide budgetary and financial integrity, and is responsible for the structuring all gift, endowment, and unrestricted fund accounts.

Our team is dedicated to supporting faculty members and department managers to hire and manage temporary, term, and permanent staff employees who support and carry out the HSCRB mission of teaching and research. We develop and post staff positions; assist hiring managers to interview and select candidates; process staff and student employee appointments and personnel actions; orient new hires; manage payrolls, salary increase and performance evaluation processes; and provide guidance on applicable FAS and University human resources policies.

We also manage department operations; schedule conference rooms; and work with faculty and staff to manage phones, mail services, shared copiers, furniture, facilities access and other departmental resources in support of the Bauer Laboratory and Sherman Fairchild Building work environment.

Contact for all hiring and employment matters for HSCRB staff

Daniel Oliver, Associate Director of Administration

Contact for questions about phones, computers and printers, office furniture, room scheduling, and AV

Mike Finklea, Administrative Coordinator

Laura Veronica Chavez, Administration & Operations Assistant

Contacts

Media Services provides audiovisual (AV) support to the department.

Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) implements computer, software, and workstation setup, and troubleshooting computer problems to support our department. They are also who you contact for new email addresses, issues with Harvard Key Log-in access and computer purchases.