A 21st-CENTURY RESEARCH OFFICE What Did It Take to Create One and How Does It Work Day to Day?
Last summer, as Rogério M. Pinto prepared to step down as associate dean for research at the end of 2023, he gathered the research administrative staff he had built over the past six years for a talk about “the 21st-century research office” that he strove to build with them. AHEAD was invited to drop by, and of course we had a few questions….
Heidi Madias: I’ve been a research administrator for 16 years; here for two.
AHEAD: Thank you all for coming together today! Let’s start with what everyone does and how long you have been with the research office.
David Greenberg: I’m a research administrative associate. And I’ve been here for a year and a half.
Deborah Stark-Knight: I’ve been here since March, after 15 years in engineering at UM-Dearborn. I am a research administrator senior. Jodi Caviani: I am assistant director for financial and research operations. I’ve been here since 2019.
Amber Farmer: I’m a senior research administrator. Heidi and I started the same day: August 2, 2021. Before I worked at the medical school in the clinical trial support office.
AHEAD: And of course Associate Dean Pinto, who brought us together to address, well… Rogério Pinto: Yes, I wanted to leave a record of what the people in the research office do. I believe that today we have a 21st-century research office. We did not have that six years ago.
Above, left to right: Jodi Caviani, Associate Dean Pinto, Amber E. Farmer, Deborah Stark-Knight, Heidi M. Madias, David Greenberg.
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