Ms. Mia Pederson-Rambo provides administrative support, such as arranging meetings and seminars, organizing the solicitations for and reviews of proposals for Pilot Projects, managing the COBRE budget, preparing the annual reports to NIGMS, facilitating grant management and compliance issues, and assisting COBRE investigators with reporting and regulatory requirements as they evolve.
Mr. Todd Walker provides IT support for this CMRO. He maintains systems ranging from instrument-controlling computers that gather data (Windows and Linux operating systems), local file servers in the OMRF facility’s network, and cloud services such as Dropbox, which are also used for file transfers by the scientists doing the research. He sets up group video conferences using Zoom, WebEx, Skype and other videoconferencing software across multiple operating systems. He also maintains and updates the COBRE website.