Deonna Elmore
Alabaster,AL
Summary
Seeking a Leadership position where a cumulative amount of education, strategic planning, research, fiscal and administrative experience will add value to an organization. Talented professional considered knowledgeable leader and dedicated problem solver. Brings 20+ years of valuable expertise to forward departmental objectives. Attentive to detail with experience in coordinating projects, programs and improvements.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager II/Program Director III-SOPH
UAB
07.2015 - Current
- Coordinate and organize research studies and trials
- Maintain records and documentation
- Maintain working knowledge of the department specialty along with providing direction in reviewing and recommending policies and procedures designed to enhance the operational excellence of the program and/or project to ensure success
- Direct operations of a programmatic function with a high degree of independence
- I am responsible for the program development, content and administration
- I supervise staff engaged in carrying out program activities as needed, to ensure completion of major projects and tasks
- Assist in interdepartmental collaborations
- Ability to secure program funding
- Oversees a K12 training program for post-doctoral scholars funded by the NIH, including the management of appointments and progress; communicate with trainees, mentors, and program managers; and coordinate all trainee meetings and events
- Prepare various reports for program
- Ability to assist with pre- and post-award submissions and closure
- I am responsible for supporting program goals and objectives, and provides administrative support such as coordinating daily activities, handling requisitions, and assisting in the financial management of the program
- Facilitate budget expenditures and reconciliation in accordance with UAB and School of Public Health and University policies and procedures
- Develop procedures and processes to implement various studies to include database development, recruitment procedures, overseeing the coordination of regulatory documents and ensuring submissions are timely and all objectives are met
- Compile all materials required for submissions
- Monitoring of budget and preparation with each individual study
- Interact frequently with IRB and OSP, IRAP, as needed, per the needs of the specific protocol and investigator
- Develop reports related to IRB regulatory documents
- Prepare NIH, Data and Safety monitoring and archiving of reports
- Acts in collaboration as a liaison with multiple sites located at Columbia University, New York University School of Medicine, Cornell University, Mt, Sinai School of Medicine and several other sites nationwide elsewhere
- Ensure the effective, compliant, and efficient daily management of all operational and financial functions in support of the projects mission and in coordination with the School of Public Health for such items as HR, Budget, IT, and Recruitment
- Represent grant or contract funded programs/projects on internal and external administrative affairs by recommending alternatives and suggestions
- Fully oversee and actively participate as a member of a large research team
- Maintain study budgets and ability to manage day-to-day grant activities
- Maintain central staff calendar as well as the investigator calendar and track study timelines
- Schedule individual research staff meetings for each study
- Directs administrative and financial affairs operations of the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) project and supervises staff (10-16) engaged in carrying out program activities for the CVD project
- Prepare all contracts for outside entities associated with this project
- Tracking of expenditures along with faculty and staff effort reporting to include managing effort distribution for office personnel on various projects
- Responsible for invoicing the funding agencies and processing payments to the respective accounts upon receipt as well as reconciling all project accounts on a regular basis to ensure proper fiscal management
- Ensure timely submission of deliverables to sponsors as outlined by respective contracts
- Process and submits data use agreements for data needed to conduct the research of the group
- Review and negotiate terms and conditions on contracts with outside entities and at school level
- Under the direction of the Investigator assist in hiring, training and supervising personnel and students working on individual projects scheduling and conducting mid-year and annual performance evaluations.
Financial Associate/Financial Officer I
UAB
03.2005 - 07.2005
- Managed extramural funding of $12M along with budget development and management
- Tracking of expenditures along with faculty and staff effort reporting to include managing effort distribution for office personnel on various projects
- Managed departmental grant accounts by analyzing the gross expenditures and providing recommendations for maintaining fiscal stability
- Prepared financial statements and reports to department chair and faculty on regular or requested basis
- Handled post award processes via funding source changes, labor distributions, account notifications, rebudgeting, and cost transfers
- Assisted in pre-award grant submission by facilitating the budget process
- Provided back-up for other departmental administrators entering purchase orders, payment requests, journal entries for procurement officer; pre-award grant processes and human resources (ACT documents)
- Processed all check deposits for the EatRight program, entered expenses and reconciled Nutrition HSF accounts
- Responsible for execution of all subcontracts related to funded proposals and reconciliation of contingency reports to ensure departments’ total expenses did not exceed total expenses collected, recorded, and maintained.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
Virginia College
Birmingham, AL08.2019
BS - Business Administration
Troy State University
Troy, AL05.2001
Skills
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS)
- General Ledger, Grants, and Accounts Payable
- Microsoft Word/Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Budget Development
- ASSIST
- Oracle
- Microsoft Spreadsheet
- Auditing
- Microsoft Office
- ONCORE
- Strategic Thinking and Planning
- Leadership: Project Management
- Clinical Research Training Program (RTP)
- Talent Recruitment
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Utilization Management
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Contract Development
- Financial Leadership
- Regulatory Compliance
- Revenue Growth
- Strategic Planning
- Operations Management
- Customer Service
- Contract Development
- Financial Leadership
- Regulatory Compliance
- Project Management
- Revenue Growth
- Strategic Planning
- Contract Development
- Financial Leadership
- Resource Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Revenue Growth
- Strategic Planning
- Customer Service
- Financial Leadership
- Resource Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Project Management
- Revenue Growth
- Strategic Planning
Grant Activity
- Muntner, 04/01/2021, 03/31/2022, Use of Guideline-Concordant Lipid-Lowering Therapy and The Expected Benefit on the Number of Recurrent Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events among US Adults following An Acute Myocardial Infarction Cystic Fibrosis, Amgen, Inc. (7300319915), Program Manager
- Muntner, 04/01/2021, 03/31/2022, Proportion and Number of US Adults Eligible for Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy According to the 2018 AHA/ACC Cholesterol Guideline, Amgen, Inc. (7300319916), Program Manager
- An, 07/01/2021, 06/30/2026, Improving Blood Pressure Screening and Treatment Strategies in Young Adults, Kaiser Permanente (1R01HK158790), Program Manager
- Rosenson, 03/01/2018, 12/31/2022, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (1R01AG061186), This research aims to determine the association between (1) the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) proteome and (2) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related with HDL and inflammatory proteins with CI and AD in African- American and white adults., Program Manager
- Muntner, Ogedegbe, Shimbo (multi-PI), 07/15/2013, 06/30/2025, Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study, NHLBI (R01HL117323), Program Manager
- Muntner, Shimbo (multi-PI), 07/01/2018, 04/30/2022, Evaluating novel approaches for estimating awake and sleep blood pressure, NHLBI (R01HL139718), Program Manager
- Muntner, Overton (multi-PI), 08/01/2018, 06/30/2023, UAB Institutional Career Development Program in HIV-Related Heart, Lung, Blood and Research, NHLBI (K12H:143958), Program Manager
- Muntner, Reynolds (multi-PI), 07/15/2019, 05/31/2023, Home blood pressure and falls among older adults, NHLBI (R01HL147601), Program Manager
Professional Profile And Affiliations
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) UAB (2015-Current)
- Promotion: July 2008 Financial Associate to Financial Officer I
- Promotion: July 2015 Financial Officer I to Program Manager I
- Promotion: August 2016 Program Manager I to Program Manager II
- Promotion: October 2021 Program Manager II to Program Director III
- CCTS Clinical Research Training Program (2015)
- NCURA Financial Research Compliance Seminar (2018)
- NCURA Level I Fundamentals of Sponsored Projects Administration Workshop (2016)
Timeline
Program Manager II/Program Director III-SOPH
UAB
07.2015 - Current
Financial Associate/Financial Officer I
UAB
03.2005 - 07.2005
MBA - Business Administration
Virginia College
BS - Business Administration
Troy State University
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