Research administration and staff

The Office of the Associate Dean for Research is located on the SIU School of Medicine's Springfield Campus. The ADR offices are at 801 N. Rutledge Street. Mailing Address: 801 N. Rutledge Street, PO Box 19616, Springfield, IL 62794-9616. Phone: 217-545-4549. Our hours of operation are Monday through Friday, from 8:00AM to 4:30PM. Our general email address is grants@siumed.edu.

Office of the Associate Dean for Research

Contact

Donald S. Torry, PhD
Associate Dean for Research

217-545-2181
dtorry@siumed.edu

Risa Kirkpatrick
Business Manager, ADR

217-545-2198
rkirkpatrick@siumed.edu

Andrea Miller
Administrative Aide
217-545-2131

Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine

Contact

Helen Valentine, DVM, MS, DACLAM
Director, Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine

217-545-2163​ 
hvalentine32@siumed.edu

Grants and Contracts

Contact

Hannah Kline
Grants & Contracts Associate; Pre-Award
hkline99@siumed.edu
Hailee Poe
Grants & Contracts Associate; Pre-Award 

hpoe39@siumed.edu

Paige Cooper
Export Control Officer; Compliance and Contracting Associate; Post-Award

pcooper63@siumed.edu

Nate Fuqua
Grants & Contracts Associate; Post-Award

nfuqua42@siumed.edu

Center for Clinical Research

Contact

Joseph Milbrandt, PhD
Associate Professor, Director

217-545-7811
jmilbrandt@siumed.edu

Elizabeth Couty
Research Contracts
217-545-2131
Amber Fifer, PharmD, ACRP-CP
Research Assistant Professor, Associate Director

217-545-4541
afifer56@siumed.edu

Research Core Laboratory

Contact

Melissa Roberts
Assistant Director, Research Core Laboratory

217-545-7186
mroberts@siumed.edu

Wei Du
Researcher

217-545-7604
wdu@siumed.edu

Office of Technology Transfer

Contact

Robert Patino, JD
Director, Office of Technology Transfer

217-545-8168
rpatino@siumed.edu

Angelique Snowden
Administrative Aide
217-545-3824
asnowden82@siumed.edu

 

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