Contact ORA

Contact Our Team

The Keck School Office of Research Administration is available to assist the school community with Research Administration related needs. Our team works on a variety of tasks, they have been broadly broken down below.

Research Compliance Help:

• Janet Stoeckert, Senior Research Administrative Director
  janet.stoeckert@usc.edu
• Marie Choi, Associate Research Administrative Director
  marie.choi@med.usc.edu
• Caroline Sakai, Senior Research Administrator
  caroline.sakai@med.usc.edu

School Sponsored Grant & Contract Proposal Submission Review:

• Marie Choi, Associate Research Administrative Director
  marie.choi@med.usc.edu
• Jessica Madrid-Hurtado, Associate Research Administrator
  jessica.madridhurtado@med.usc.edu
• John Francis Rodriguez, Assistant Research Administrator
  johnr354@usc.edu
• Brianna Alvarado, Assistant Research Administrator
  brianna.alvarado@med.usc.edu

Dean’s Research Services/Shared Services:

• Caroline Sakai, Senior Research Administrator
  caroline.sakai@med.usc.edu
• Caitlin Sau, Assistant Research Administrator
  caitlin.sau@med.usc.edu
• Elen Siradegyan, Associate Research Administrator
  siradegy@usc.edu
• Annette Sorisho, Research Administrator
  sorisho@usc.edu
• Aida De Leon, Home Department Payroll/Personnel Coordinator I
  aidadele@usc.edu

Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine:

• Janet Stoeckert, Senior Research Administrative Director
  janet.stoeckert@usc.edu
• Marie Choi, Associate Research Administrative Director
  marie.choi@med.usc.edu
• Aida De Leon, Home Department Payroll/Personnel Coordinator I
  aidadele@usc.edu

Research Funding Opportunities, Research Events, Communications, Website:

• Rosary Videc, Associate Research Administrator
  videc@usc.edu

Administrative Support and Scheduling:

• Verrinia Amatulli, Administrative Assistant II
  amatulli@usc.edu

Inquires about the following topics are frequently asked by KSOM faculty and research administration:

USC and KSOM Research Policies and Procedures:

• Who May be a PI at USC?
• Grant Cost Allowability and Allocability
• Indirect Cost Partial Waivers
• Advance Funding
• Cost Shares
• Grant Transfers
• Effort Reporting

Who:

• Janet Stoeckert, Senior Research Administrative Director
  janet.stoeckert@usc.edu
• Marie Choi, Associate Research Administrative Director
  marie.choi@med.usc.edu
• Caroline Sakai, Senior Research Administrator
  caroline.sakai@med.usc.edu

KSOM Recharge Centers/Cores

• Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, Associate Dean, Basic and Translational Research, Director, Research Development, SC CTSI
  sarah.hamm-alvarez@med.ues.edu
• Janet Stoeckert, Senior Research Administrative Director
  janet.stoeckert@usc.edu