MMRF Departments

 

Clinical Trials

The Clinical Trials Training Office provides a centralized office for the guidance and facilitation of the clinical research process.

Carla Erickson RN, MS, CCRP
Director

 

Grants & Contracts

The Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation Office of Grants and Contracts provides researchers and sponsors with efficient, effective and convenient support services for pre-and post-award administration of research projects, and provides funding agencies with single-source access to HCMC researchers and technology.

Pre-award services include assistance with identification of funding sources and proposal preparation, reviewing, approving and submitting proposals, and negotiating and accepting grant awards and contracts.

Post-award services include industry and government sponsor relations, subcontracting, compliance assurance, assistance with expenditure management, program close-out and audit, and institutional reporting.

In addition to its pre-and post-award functions, the Office of Grants and Contracts provides training in grant and contract management for investigators, research personnel and department administrators and facilitates communication between all institutional units involved in research.

Mary Emmons Bergaas
Vice President of Operations

Mary Bicknese
Grant Administrator

Ellen Davis
Grant Administrator

Joshua Humphrey
Assistant Grant Administrator

Conner McLaughlin
Assistant Grant Administrator

Kim Miller
Manager

Senay Yargici Kindler
Assistant Grant Administrator


Information Systems

The MMRF Office of Information Systems provides computer support for both administrative and research personnel.

Mark Macres
Manager

Connie Lee
Programmer/Analyst

Tina Larson
Programmer/Analyst

 

Marketing Communications

The Marketing Communications Department at MMRF handles both internal and external communications. It is responsible for producing MMRF publications including the MMRF Annual Report, Healthcare Horizon newsletter,The Scope internal newsletter, general brochures and collateral materials. Marketing Communications is also responsible for public and media relations and the MMRF website.

Ryan Marthaler
Marketing Communications Manager