Research and Sponsored Projects Administration

Supports the administrative functions related to the execution of research and sponsored projects at Children’s Mercy.

Robert H. Lane, Physician-in-Chief and interim Chief Scientific Officer

J. Steven Leeder, PharmD, PhD, interim Executive Director, The CMRI, Associate Chair-Research, Department of Pediatrics

Mary Tomlinson, Vice President, Research and Sponsored Projects Administration

Tony Jenkins, Senior Director, Research and Sponsored Projects Administration

Facilitate the day to day financial and administrative tasks involving sponsored projects from proposal development through project closeout. Research Business Partners act as the liaison between the Principal Investigator and Research Administration.  

Kathleen Dumont, Sr. Manager, Office of Research Business Management

Contact: ResearchBusinessPartners@cmh.edu  

Provides oversight of clinical research operations, including seeking clinical trial opportunities, coordination of trial activities, and driving collaborations between physicians, clinicians, and external research companies.

Jaylene Weigel, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, CCRC, CPN, Sr. Director, Clinical Research Management and Support

Teams under this office include:

• Clinical Research Operations and Development
  
  

  • Mike Venneman, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, CCRC, Sr. Manager Clinical Research Management and Support

  • Jenn Dolan, MSN, RN, CCRC, Sr. Manager, Clinical Research Management and Support

• Clinical Trial Finance
  
  

  • Invoicing, Industry Clinical Trials, Budgets Negotiations, Compensation, Residuals, Coverage Analysis

  • Lori Hildebrandt, Director, Cliknical Trial Finance

  • Contact: ClinicalTrialFinance@cmh.edu 

• Clinical Research Charge Review
  
  

  • Oversees and facilitates research billing on fully executed contracts and awards that include patient care, facilitate the manual and automatic holds processes, and charge segregation.

  • Jessica Bird, CPC, Manager, Clinical Research Charge Review 

  • Contact: RGClientStatements@cmh.edu

• Research Quality, Monitoring, and Regulatory Affairs
  
  

  • Lindsey English, BS, ACRP-CP, Research Quality, Monitoring, and Regulatory Affairs Program Manager

  • Contact: 

    • Research Quality: ResearchQuality@cmh.edu
    • Regulatory: ResearchRegulatoryAffairs@cmh.edu

The pre-award team is dedicated to supporting Children's Mercy staff with federal and foundation proposal submissions, subaward collaborations, tracking proposal metrics, management of the internal grants program and assisting investigators with identifying funding opportunities.

Candice Foster, Sr. Manager, Grants Administration — Pre-Award 

Contact: CMHResearch@cmh.edu 

The grants administration subaward team is dedicated to supporting Children's Mercy staff through all subaward collaborations. 

Kathryn Einsel, Manager, Subaward Services

Contact: CMHResearch@cmh.edu

Provides financial management support for Federal, Foundation, Industry, Start Up/Bridge, Residual and Institutionally Funded Awards.

Maureen Huckaby, Director, Research Institute Accounting

For inquiries related to Sponsored Programs, Gifts, and Non-Industry Funding, please contact rgaccountinghelp@cmh.edu

For inquiries related to Startups, Divisionally Funded, Areas of Emphasis, and Cores, please contact ResearchFinance@cmh.edu

Negotiates and drafts, as needed, all manner of research agreements such as confidentiality and data use agreements. Negotiates industry budgets.

Xiomara Aguilera, Sr Manager, Research Contracting

Contact: RAcontracts@cmh.edu 

Manages training and education for Children’s Mercy staff conducting research and supports the CMRI and Research Administration communication efforts.

Kelly Dickerson, PhD, RN, CCRP, Sr. Manager, Research Education & Communications 

Contact Research Education: ResearchEd@cmh.edu

Contact Research Communications: ResearchCommunications@cmh.edu