Clinical Research Administration
Mission Statement
HSS Research Institute is dedicated to supporting, fostering, and ensuring safe, compliant and scientifically valuable patient-oriented clinical research.
Services
HSS Clinical Research Administration will provide services to facilitate all functions from clinical trial design conception through to a final contract and submission to the IRB, to study execution and closeout.
Clinical Research Administration (CRA) functions as a support team, providing clinical research investigators services including, but not limited to:
- Project development
- Contract negotiations for industry-funded studies
- Budget development, as needed, and negotiations
- Voucher creation for your individual studies
- CRP and IRB Administrative review prior to submission of your clinical protocol
- Internal monitoring for your research studies
- Monthly education seminars for the research coordinator community
CRA is committed to providing exemplary service, oversight, support, and educational training in the conduct of human subjects’ research. As research evolves, CRA too continues to evolve in an effort to accommodate our clinical investigators, making the administrative and regulatory process as seamless as possible and encouraging further research at our institution.
Contact Information
Lediona Ardolli
Director of Research Quality and Compliance
646-714-6362
ardollil@hss.edu
Vashti Seobarran, MPA
Senior Contract Specialist
646-714-6367
marajv@hss.edu
Damien Francois
Research System Administrator, IT
212-774-7154
francoisd@hss.edu
Charles Castel
IRB Administrator
212-774-2939
castelc@hss.edu
Kennedy Axt
IRB Assistant
917-260-4281
axtk@hss.edu
Tequirra Cox
Executive Administrative Coordinator
212-774-2394
coxt@hss.edu
Our clinical research managers facilitate project development, contract negotiations and budget development for various studies based on services. Listed below are the managers and their appropriate service areas.
| Department / Service Line & Contact Information | ||
| Adult Reconstruction & Joint Replacement / Complex Joint Reconstruction Center | Allina Nocon, PhD | nocona@hss.edu |
| Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management | Pa Thor, PhD | thorp@hss.edu |
| Department of Medicine | Carey Ford | fordc@hss.edu |
| Foot & Ankle | Anna Karavangelas | karavangelasa@hss.edu |
| Hand | Anna Karavangelas | karavangelasa@hss.edu |
| Limb Lenghtening & Complex Reconstruction | Michael Mosca, PhD | moscam@hss.edu |
| Neurology | Navdeep Nayyar | nayyarn@hss.edu |
| Physiatry | Jennifer Cheng, PhD | chengj@hss.edu |
| Radiology | Christopher Ajala, MBBS, MPH | ajalac@hss.edu |
| Rehabilitation & Performance | Gwen Weinstock-Zlotnick | zlotnickg@hss.edu |
| Spine | Gwendolyn Pencinger | pencingerg@hss.edu |
| Sports | Jessica Rios | riosj@hss.edu |