Shared Services Support

The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) is supported by administrative shared services offices under the UNC-Chapel Hill Office for the Vice Chancellor for Research.

Research Administration Service Center (RASC)

The Research Administration Service Center (RASC) within the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research oversees financial management of funded projects at HPDP. A team of seasoned research administrators provides guidance and instruction with research administration activities including: pre-award services, proposal budget development, monthly reconciliation and reporting to project teams and HPDP leadership, payroll and other HR related activities, and general financial oversight of HPDP funding. Research administrators within RASC are assigned to specific HPDP investigators, and do not rotate. In this way, there is clear and consistent delegation of responsibilities, which allows investigators to focus on their research rather than on administrative concerns.

Contacts for HPDP include:

• Yana Biblin, Director, Research Administration Service Center
  ybiblin@email.unc.edu
• Ross Babinec, Research Admin Team Lead
  rbabinec@email.unc.edu
• Mina Majcen, Budget Analyst
  minas@email.unc.edu
• Fatema Syeda, Budget Analyst
  sfatema@unc.edu
• Shelia Cheek, Accounting Technician
  shelia_cheek@unc.edu

Please contact Christina Rodriguez first at ccrod@unc.edu if you are interested in submitting a proposal with HPDP.

Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS)

As part of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Office of Research Administration Systems (ORIS) provides information technology and information systems support to researchers and staff at HPDP. ORIS provides support for hardware, software, and other technology .

Human Resources

HPDP also is supported by the Vice Chancellor for Research Unified Business Cluster (UBC) Human Resources. Through human resources, HPDP hires permanent and temporary staff for research projects, as well as students at UNC-Chapel Hill and other organizations.

To see job openings, please visit The Office of Human Resource’s Careers at UNC Chapel Hill Page, and search under Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. If you are interested in a student opportunity with HPDP, please visit our Student Opportunities page.

All HPDP Human Resources issues are handled by:

• Shelton Holley (sholley@unc.edu), Human Resources Specialist in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research