Research Administrative Services
The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥’s Research Administrative Services (RAS) is a part of the Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI) portfolio and supports the U of A research community by helping researchers and administrators apply for, receive, and manage research funding. RAS’ goals are to enable leading-edge research at the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ by providing easy-to-use services and processing research awards efficiently and effectively.
Contact RAS
For general inquiries, please send an email to rsoinfo@ualberta.ca and include the Proposal/Project/RESxxx ID, Principal Investigator Name, or Sponsor name associated with the inquiry in the subject line. You can also contact RAS by phone at (780) 492-5787, or in person/by mail at:
Research Administrative Services
1-560 Enterprise Square
10230 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB
T5J 4P6
RAS Staff Directory
The Research Administrative Services team provides the operational and administrative framework to support U¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ researchers and provide high-level tactical expertise to manage contracts/research grants.
Michael Walesiak
Director, Research Administrative Services
Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation)
walesiak@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-1642
Information Management/Helpdesk
rsoinfo@ualberta.ca
| Title | Name | Contact |
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| Pre-Award Support Administrator | Fran Jackson | fran.jackson@ualberta.ca 780-492-1605 |
| Application Review Specialists | Denise Baker | denise.baker@ualberta.ca 780-492-8830 |
| Leona Erl | leona.erl@ualberta.ca 780-492-6149 |
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| Carolyn Harrison | caharris@ualberta.ca 780-492-6294 |
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| Andres Dorado Solarte | adorados@ualberta.ca 780-492-4685 |
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| Aparna Singh | aparna6@ualberta.ca 780-492-7027 |
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| Agreements | Julaine Herst Assistant Director |
julaine.herst@ualberta.ca 780-492-7885 |
| Grants Administrator | Alina Ivannikova | alina.ivannikova@ualberta.ca 780-492-6247 |
| Teresa Lawrence | talawre1@ualberta.ca |
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| Kiran Bokhari | ksangher@ualberta.ca | |
| Contract Specialists | Ingrid Capera | caperare@ualberta.ca |
| Kristi Evans | kristi.evans@ualberta.ca 780-492-1449 |
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| Shawna Forrest | sforrest@ualberta.ca 780-492-6289 |
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| Ian Forsythe | ian.forsythe@ualberta.ca 780-492-5670 |
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| Marjorie Grady | marjorie.grady@ualberta.ca 780-492-8655 |
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| Colleen Hanrahan | colleen.hanrahan@ualberta.ca 780-492-2650 |
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| Sarah Litvinchuk | skeen@ualberta.ca 780-492-1011 |
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| Sarah MacFarlane | sarah.macfarlane@ualberta.ca 780-492-2762 |
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| Michelle Marchand | michelle.marchand@ualberta.ca 780-492-5805 |
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| Martha Smith | martha.smith@ualberta.ca 780-492-6145 |
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| Helga Toleikis | helga.toleikis@ualberta.ca 780-492-1301 |
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| Mary Trush | trush2@ualberta.ca 780-492-5360 |
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| Gavin Whitelock | whiteloc@ualberta.ca |
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| Susan Wright | susan.e.wright@ualberta.ca | |
| MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page | Salsabila Natasha Andhika Putri | andhika@ualberta.ca 780-492-2155 |
| MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page | Alice Tinao | tinao@ualberta.ca |
| Business Process Administrators | Allison Lipsett | alipsett@ualberta.ca |
| Xinyao Xu | xxu2@ualberta.ca | |
| CFI/Institutional Projects |
Amin Karim CFI coordinator |
amin1@ualberta.ca 780-492-1535 |
| CFI Liaison/ Contract Specialist |
Liz Huston | liz.huston@ualberta.ca 780-492-1430 |
| Contract Specialists | Kelly Fowler | kafowler@ualberta.ca 780-492-8378 |
| Ramses Ilarraza | ilarraza@ualberta.ca 780-492-2753 |
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| Finance Analysts | Moiz Akber | akber@ualberta.ca 780-492-6490 |
| Kris Biffis | biffis@ualberta.ca 780-492-6260 |
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| Yuting Hao | yhao8@ualberta.ca 780-492-9798 |
Provides financial expertise and support for researchers and for the VPRI portfolio
| Title | Name | Email and Phone |
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| Manager, Finance & Quality Assurance | Lorena Li | lorena.li@ualberta.ca 780-492-6284 |
| Quality Assurance Analysts | Lana Law | lana.law@ualberta.ca 780-492-6953 |
| Olivia Cai | olivia.cai@ualberta.ca 780-492-9165 |
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| Finance Analysts | Amy Swearingen | amy.swearingen@ualberta.ca 780-492-0795 |
| Ariam Araya | ariam.araya@ualberta.ca 780-492-8817 |
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| Branislav Sajlovic | bsajlovi@ualberta.ca 780-492-2782 |
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| Cameron Blackmore | cameron.blackmore@ualberta.ca 780-492-2782 |
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| Clara Mtsigwah | mtsigwah@ualberta.ca 780-492-6955 |
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| Grace Tian | grace.tian@ualberta.ca 780-492-3295 |
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| Javien Ta | javien1@ualberta.ca | |
| Jenny Zhang | jenny.zhang@ualberta.ca 780-492-3663 |
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| Omosolape Idowu | omosolap@ualberta.ca 780-492-5214 |
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| Rachel Zhang | qinzhi2@ualberta.ca 780-492-0949 |
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| Tanya Boguslavska | boguslav@ualberta.ca 780-492-6225 |
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| Terry Leechen | tleechen@ualberta.ca 780-492-6956 |
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| Yolanda Tsang | tsang1@ualberta.ca 780-492-6955 |
| Title | Name | Contact |
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| Senior Legal Counsel | Heidi Robinson | heidi.robinson@ualberta.ca 780-492-1348 |
| Legal Counsel | Steve Hughes | steve.hughes@ualberta.ca 780-492-4712 |
| Legal Counsel | Francisco Marquez-Stricker | marquezs@ualberta.ca 780-492-4712 |
| Title | Name | Contact |
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| Canada Research Chair Coordinator/Advisor | Glen Thomas, PEng | crcadmin@ualberta.ca 780-492-6266 |