Internal Medicine Research Office
To learn more about IM research and support services, contact our operations, research administration, and clinical research administration staff:
Internal Medicine Research Office
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
4062 Sudler, MS 1037
Kansas City, KS 66160
Research Operations: imro-ops@kumc.edu
Research Administration: imro@kumc.edu
Clinical Research Administration: imroct@kumc.edu
Research Operations
Key People
Miranda Handke
Executive Director, All of Us Research Program/Heartland Consortium
Senior Director, Research Operations
imro-ops@kumc.edu
Carolina Aguiar
Director of Clinical Research Operations
imroct@kumc.edu
Thanh Koontz
Director of Research Operations
imro-ops@kumc.edu
Operations Staff
Brendan Burns
Research Operations Coordinator
Elizabeth Durkee
Research Operations Manager
Vanessa Harper
Events and Research Communication Coordinator
Tiffany Ingram
Research Operations Coordinator
Amy Moran
Clinical Trial Project Manager
Madison Spencer
Research Operations Budget Analyst
Research Administration
Key People
Ilse Duarte
Senior Director, Research Administration
imro@kumc.edu
Betina Senat
Director of Research Administration
imro@kumc.edu
Chris Bessmer
Director of Clinical Research Administration
imroct@kumc.edu
Research Administration Staff
Jenifer Crompton
Research Administrator
Khang Duong
Research Administrator
Maria Gonzales
Research Project Manager
Brenda Merrick
Research Project Manager
Joel Neises
Research Administrator
Tricia Robertson
Research Administrator
Pam Simpson
Research Project Manager
Gracie Smith
Research Administrator
Kaylah Ward
Research Administrator
Clinical Research Administration Staff
Jen Brady
Senior Regulatory Coordinator
Yvenie Desire
Senior Regulatory Coordinator
Mariah Duff
Regulatory Project Manager
Trevor Lampkin
Senior Regulatory Coordinator
Lisa Tempest-Browning
Senior Regulatory Coordinator