Valerie Delmonico

Director of Research & Administrative Services @The Ohio State University College Of Public Health

Columbus, OH, US

Leadership Management, directing the Research Support Team in providing pre-award and post-award services, Developing policies in research administration to improve workflow and processes. Responsibilities include reviewing staff workloads and planning retreats to enhance skills.Administrative Operations, duties include creating and managing the budget, coordinating recruitment, hiring, onboarding, succession planning, and performance evaluations. Additional tasks involve maintaining access to research systems, serving as the Business Officer for NIH approvals, coordinating PI status requests, publishing a weekly newsletter, tracking research metrics, updating the Business Continuity Plan, maintaining shared information, updating Excel templates, reviewing operating procedures, approving proposal forms, and ensuring website updates.Liaison and Coordination, the role serves as a liaison to various entities such as the Office of Sponsored Programs, Government Resource Center, Research Development Office, Central Support Team, Internal Audit, Research Advisory Network, Clinical Trials Office, and Buck IRB. Duties include collaborating with college and university units to advance research goals and assisting with ADRs research initiatives, including seed funding, educational series, annual research day, and graduate student poster day.Accomplishments include optimizing staffing and office structure, drafting the first-ever Research Guidelines, creating the “CPH Research News” newsletter, standardizing procedures, designing and implementing recruitment and training processes, and establishing clarity between research, finance, and HR teams. Additional achievements involve reconfiguring support services, educating the finance team on Workday, facilitating faculty development events, showcasing student research, leading Workday presentations, gathering feedback, providing faculty incentive guidance, fostering donor partnerships, and boosting research revenue by 25%.

Capital University

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