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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

Margarita Gilyadova, MD
Clinical Research Finance Administrator
646-714-6786
gilyadovam@hss.edu

Milana Migirova
Research Quality Assurance Administrator
646-714-6906
migirovam@hss.edu

Damien Francois
Research System Administrator, IT
212-774-7154
francoisd@hss.edu

Charles Castel
IRB Administrator
212-774-2939
castelc@hss.edu

Tequirra Cox
Executive Secretary
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 Amethia Joseph josepham@hss.edu
Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management Pa Thor, PhD thorp@hss.edu
Complex Joint Reconstruction Center Allina Nocon, PhD MPH nocona@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
Regenerative Medicine Jessica Andros Bergos, PhD androsbergosj@hss.edu
Spine Gwendolyn Pencinger pencingerg@hss.edu
Sports Jessica Rios riosj@hss.edu