Jake Rome, ICTR Administrative Director

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in July 2019; at that time, Jake Rome, JD, was a staff reviewer for the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board. Rome currently serves as ICTR Administrative Director, FDA-Regulated Research Oversight Program. Tell me about your current position. My role is to review research studies involving human participants and work …

Suzanne Ponik, Senior Scientist, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology

Tell me about your current position. I’m a senior scientist and PI of our lab. We do breast cancer research focusing on mammographic density, a risk factor for breast cancer. How did you come into the position? I started in 2005 as a postdoc. My background was in mechanotransduction and signaling in bone biology. I …

Katie Stanley, Medical Illustrator, Media Solutions

Can you describe your main duties? My main duties are to provide illustration and design services, communicate with clients, and ensure projects are completed to meet the Client’s budget and deadlines. Can you describe your educational background and training? How did you learn to become a medical illustrator? I completed my undergraduate education at the …

Gina Green-Harris, Director, Center for Community Engagement and Health Partnerships

Gina Green-Harris, MPH, is the Director of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Community Engagement and Health Partnerships (CCEAHP) in Milwaukee. Tell me about your current position. As Director of CCEAHP in Milwaukee, I have a great opportunity to bring SMPH investigators and research programs from campus into the …

Carl Johnson, Director of Shared Scientific Instrumentation, Carbone Cancer Center

Tell me about your current position. I’m a facilities manager with the alternate title of director of shared scientific instrumentation. In 2009, I came on with more or less the express purpose to help populate WIMR, bring new labs into this new space, tailor the space to their needs, and deal with the accompanying problems …