Staff Directory | UC Davis Office of Medical Research

The School of Medicine Office of Research (SOMOR) is comprised of the Research Operations Unit, Laboratory Health and Safety Unit, Grants Facilitation Unit, Research Space Oversight Unit and the Office of Entrepreneurship & Industry Alliances Unit.

The School of Medicine Office of Research supports investigators who perform biomedical research across the UC Davis School of Medicine and the UC Davis main campus.

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Core Administration

Lars F. Berglund, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Profile) Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus Director, UC Davis CTSC lberglund@ucdavis.edu
Theodore (Ted) Wun, M.D., FACP (Research Profile) Associate Dean for Research Director of the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center Chief of Hematology and Oncology Office: 916-734-3772 twun@ucdavis.edu
Angela Haczku, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Profile) Associate Dean for Translational Research Professor of Medicine Director, Translational Lung Biology Program Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division Office: 530-754-6932 haczku@ucdavis.edu
Anuurad Erdembileg, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S. (Research Profile) Assistant Dean for Research Director, School of Medicine Office of Research Office: 916-703-9143 anuerdem@ucdavis.edu

Research Operations

Nguyet (Nugget) Kong Research Analyst Office: 916-703-0498 nugdao@ucdavis.edu
Randi Freeman Research Analyst Office: 916-703-0493 rgfreeman@ucdavis.edu
Tasska Johnson Administrative Assistant Office: 916-703-9141 tpjohnson@ucdavis.edu

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

James Kovach, M.D., J.D.
Chief Innovation Officer, Aggie Square
Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Office: 916-703-9139
Cell: 415-408-8888
jjkovach@ucdavis.edu

Industry Alliances

Mariah Godfrey
Administrative Assistant
Industry Partner Liaison
Office: 916-694-9552
margodfrey@ucdavis.edu

Grants Facilitation

Erica Chédin, Ph.D. Associate Director, Collaborative Research Proposals Office: 916-703-9145 emchedin@ucdavis.edu
Betty Guo, Ph.D. Associate Director, Individual Research Proposals and Training Grants Office: 916-703-9137 bpguo@ucdavis.edu

Safety Management

Elizabeth Ingham Safety Officer School of Medicine, Sacramento Campus Office: Cell: 916-947-9847 esingham@ucdavis.edu
Brett Smith Safety Officer School of Medicine, Genome Center, Biomedical Engineering, Davis Campus Office: 530-752-9996 Cell: 530-304-0006 brsmith@ucdavis.edu
Mark Vasquez Senior Auto Equipment Operator School of Medicine Receiving Office: 530-752-6555 thevasquez@ucdavis.edu
Eric Hanke Auto Equipment Operator School of Medicine Receiving Office: 530-752-6566 Cell: 530-574-7642 emhanke@ucdavis.edu

Research Space Oversight

Shawn Rasmussen
Manager of Space, Facilities, and Safety
School of Medicine, Sacramento Campus
Office: 916-703-9182
Cell: 916-761-7582
se rasmussen@ucdavis.edu

Evaluation

Julie Rainwater, Ph.D. Director, Evaluation jarainwater@ucdavis.edu 916-703-9189
Stuart Henderson, Ph.D. Associate Director, Evaluation sthenderson@ucdavis.edu 916-703-9220
Stacey Neves, M.A. Evaluation Specialist sneves@ucdavis.edu 916-703-9214
Rebeca Giacinto, Ph.D., M.P.H./M.A. Evaluation Specialist regiacinto@ucdavis.edu 916-703-9227
Jenny Wagner, M.P.H Evaluation Specialist jlwagner@ucdavis.edu 916-703-3022
Melissa Sullivan Evaluation Analyst msullivan@ucdavis.edu 916-703-9133