About Our Office
Research management at the Keck School is organized on a matrix structure.
M. Elizabeth Fini, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Research and Thomas A. Buchanan, M.D., Associate Dean for Clinical Research serve on the Dean’s senior staff, which is the Keck School’s leadership team.
Dr. Fini coordinates research overall, and provides leadership for new initiatives. Second, she provides management support to the Dean’s Office. Third, she heads the Office of Research Advancement, also called Keck Research Advancement (KRA), the school’s research administrative and support office.
Dr. Buchanan provides programmatic leadership for clinical research. His major role is to head USC’s Southern California Clinical & Translational Science Institute. The SC CTSI reports to the USC Vice President for Research, but is coordinated by the Keck School.
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