Strategic Management Team

The Irving Institute's Strategic Management Team is deeply committed to increasing the efficiency of administrative processes in our Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program hub and across the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) campus. Our Team is responsible for the overall operations of the Irving Institute while maintaining compliance with internal and external reporting requirements.

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Our Evaluation and Continuous Improvement (ECI) team engages with a mix of stakeholders to develop the structures, mechanisms, and innovative solutions for meeting the goals of our CTSA grant. Using a participatory management approach that integrates evaluation into the planning and implementation process of each resource, we continue to develop relevant Columbia-specific metrics for examining impacts and continuous improvement of Irving Institute activities, while also participating in national evaluation and impact activities through the the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.

The Irving Institute uses these metrics and input from our various stakeholder groups, especially our External Advisory Board, Internal Advisory Committee, Stakeholders in Translational Research (STAR) Ambassadors, and the entire CUIMC community of healthcare professionals, educators, and patients, to inform evidence-based decision-making processes.

Services and Programs

 

Leadership

  • Muredach P. Reilly, MBBCh, MSCE

    • Director and Principal Investigator; Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine; Vice Dean, Clinical and Translational Research

  • Harold Pincus, MD

    • Co-Director; Director, Evaluation and Continuous Improvement; Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry

  • Daichi Shimbo, MD

    • Co-Director; Director, TRANSFORM; Senior Vice President & Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs, CUIMC/VP&S

  • Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH

    • Co-Director; Director, Implementation Science Initiative

  • Helena Rincón, MA

    • Associate Director, Finance and Administration

  • Michelle McClave-Liu, MS

    • Director, Strategic Management

  • Zainab Abedin, MPH

    • Assistant Director, Evaluation and Continuous Improvement

  • Elisabeth Swift DiMaria, MHA

    • Office for Research Liaison; Associate Director, Clinical and Translational Research Initiatives and Operations

  • Kayla Zalcgendler, MSPH

    • Assistant Director, Translational Science and Implementation Science

  • Mary Purcell, BA

    • Assistant Director, Program Strategy and Communication

Staff

  • Lisette Ellis

    • Senior Administrative Coordinator

  • Kawthar Muhammad, MPH

    • Data Manager

  • Freddy Perez

    • Events and Engagement Manager

  • Alex Zolotnikov

    • User Services Consultant
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