DePaul University Research Services > About > Staff

Staff

​​​​The Office of Research Services (ORS) is comprised of three main areas: Pre-Award and Research Development Services, Award Management and Compliance, and Research Protections. These areas are linked through common goals and values such as promoting, facilitating, and supporting research, scholarship, teaching, creative activities, and innovation endeavors that are conducted by DePaul University faculty, students, and staff. The organizational chart outlines the structure and interconnection of these three main branches of ORS.


Daniela Stan Raicu
Associate Provost for Research
(312) 362-7934
draicu@cdm.depaul.edu


Maria del Carmen Ramirez
Administrative Assistant
(312) 362-6590
mramire1@depaul.edu

Research and Innovation

Lauren Miller
Chief of Staff & Director of Research and Innovation Strategies​
(312) 362-7595
lmille74@depaul.edu

Award Management

Jyrell Keys
Director of Award Management 
(312)362-5409
jkeys1@depaul.edu

Amy Dauernheim
Senior Grant & Contract Specialist
(312)362-5457
adauernh@depaul.edu

Vacant
Grant & Contracts Specialist
(312)362-6415

Grant Writing 

Sarah Weisz
Grant Writer
(312)362-7727
sweisz@depaul.edu

​Pre-Award Services

Cate Ekstrom
Director of Research Development and Pre-Award Services
(312) 362-5412
cekstrom@depaul.edu

Jeff Deaner
Sr. Grant & Contracts Specialist
(312) 362-7079
jdeaner@depaul.edu

Vacant
Grant & Contracts Specialist
(312)362-8000

 Vacant
Grant & Contracts Specialist
(312)362-8000

Research Protections

Jessica Bloom
Director of Research Compliance
(312) 362-6168
jbloom8@depaul.edu

Vacant
Assistant Director of Research Compliance
(312) 362-7497

Melodie Fox
Research Protections Coordinator
(312)362-7592
mfox34@depaul.edu