Staff | Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Administration

Daralyn Aburdene, Chief Administrative Officer
Phone: 310-267-1188
23-148 CHS
E-Mail: daburdene@mednet.ucla.edu

Sarah Bosse, Fund Manager
23-145 CHS
E-Mail: sbosse@mednet.ucla.edu

Suzan Farag, Purchasing
Phone: 310-825-5449
23-145 CHS
E-Mail: sfarag@mednet.ucla.edu

Emily Fitch, Student Affairs Officer
Phone: 310-825-0390
23-385 CHS
E-Mail: efitch@mednet.ucla.edu

Amber Hain, Assistant to Dr. Johannes Czernin
Phone: 310-825-4829
200 MP, B114-69
E-Mail: aluke@mednet.ucla.edu

Ben Lehrer, Technology Development Director
Phone: 310-794-4370
23-222 CHS
E-Mail: Blehrer@mednet.ucla.edu

Esther Martinez, Fund Manager
23-145 CHS
E-Mail: estmartinez@mednet.ucla.edu

Joseph Martinez, Personnel and Payroll
Phone: 310-206-5016
B2-085K CHS
E-Mail: joemartinez@mednet.ucla.edu

Kristine Nguyen, Fund Manager
23-145 CHS
E-Mail: kristinenguyen@mednet.ucla.edu

Bernadette Omote, Assistant to the Chair/Academic Personnel
Phone: 310-794-7728
23-132 CHS
E-Mail: bomote@mednet.ucla.edu

Jessica Ramirez, Procurement Coordinator
23-145 CHS
E-Mail: jiramirez@mednet.ucla.edu

Jared Retamoza, Fund Manager
23-145 CHS
E-Mail: jretamoza@mednet.ucla.edu

Marvin Selga, Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 310-825-3130
23-126 CHS
E-Mail: mselga@mednet.ucla.edu

Michelle Servan, Fund Manager
23-145 CHS
E-Mail: mservan@mednet.ucla.edu

Marcus Swayne, Facilities
Phone: 310-825-8875
Email: mswayne@mednet.ucla.edu

Contracts and Grants

Pre-Award Contracts and Grants Workgroup
preawardspharm@mednet.ucla.edu

Kristine Nguyen (Lead)
E-Mail: kristinenguyen@mednet.ucla.edu

Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research

Ben Lehrer
Technology Development Director
Phone: 310-794-4370
E-Mail: Blehrer@mednet.ucla.edu

Pre-Award Roles and Responsibilities

Deadlines

Department Deadlines:

R01 and R21 applications:

All documents (except for the specific aims and research) are due to the pre-award office at 8AM, 7 business days prior to agency deadline.
- The specific aims and research components of your grants are due to the pre-award office at 8AM, 5 business days prior to agency deadline.

All other grant applications:

All documents (except for the specific aims, research) are due to the pre-award office at 8AM, 7 business days prior to agency deadline.
The specific aims and research components of your grants are due to the pre-award office at 8AM, 5 business days prior to agency deadline.

Resources

Facilities

The Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine and the UCLA campus provides facilities to faculty, students and staff to assist them in conducting their laboratory research, student education and administrative duties.

Contact:

Marcus Swayne
Phone: 310-825-8875
Email: mswayne@mednet.ucla.edu

UCLA Facilities Management

UCLA Facilities Management Trouble Ticket

Fund Management and Purchasing

Location/Fax

23-145 CHS / Fax: 310-825-6267

4327 CNSI / Fax: 310-206-8975

IT

The Department of Pharmacology is part of DGIT that provides IT support to the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA School of Dentistry, and UCLA School of Nursing.

Ways to request services and contact DGIT:

Create a ticket at DGIT Support
Email: DGITsupport@mednet.ucla.edu
Phone: 310-267-CARE (7-2273)

For Virtual Support: Sign into IT Connect Online (Staff will be available Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, and Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm.)

Personnel and Payroll

The Personnel Office provides consultation and information to faculty, students, and staff regarding payroll, compensation, recruitment, health and welfare benefits, retirement benefits, visas and licensing, employee/labor relations, medical leaves, as well as parking and many other human resources policies and procedures.

Personnel Staff:

Joseph Martinez, Staff HR Manager
Phone: 310-206-5016 (x65016)
Office: B2-085K CHS
joemartinez@mednet.ucla.edu

Employee/labor relations
Staff compensation (salary increase and promotion requests)
Staff personnel, payroll, and benefits
Staff and management recruiting
Postdoctoral scholars
Visiting graduate researchers
Visas and licensing
Staff payroll and benefits
Undergraduate and work-study student personnel and payroll
Campus directory update
Parking coordinator
Volunteer coordinator
Key requests

Bernadette Omote, Assistant to the Chair and Academic HR
Phone: 310-794-7728 (x47728)
Office: 23-132 CHS
bomote@mednet.ucla.edu

Academic Dossiers
Faculty Recruitment/Advancement
Employee/labor relations
2113 Medical License processing
Faculty and academic researcher appointments, compensation, payroll and benefits
Visiting scholar appointments
Campus directory update
Key requests

UC Path

UCnet Compensation and Benefits

Organizational Chart

Pre-Award Contracts and Grants Workgroup preawardspharm@mednet.ucla.edu