Peabody Box 40, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203-5701
Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Center Director and Principal Investigator, 322-8242
Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., Center Associate Director, 322-8945
Tim Stafford, Center Director of Operations & Core Director, 322-8233
Administrative & Fiscal Services,
(615) 322-8239, fax (615) 322- 8236
Tim Stafford, Director of Operations, 322-8233
Laura McLeod, Coordinator of Operations, 343-5322
Amanda Miles, Assistant to the Director, 322-8242
Peggy Chatfield, Facilities and Operations Coordinator, 322-8146
Linda Dupré, Grants Development Coordinator, 322-8253
Karla Woodard, Grants Development Specialist, 322-8239
Nancy Huffman, Grants Management Coordinator, 322-8234
Sue King, Administrative Assistant, Personnel, Payroll, and Travel, 322-8232
Mary Dangerfield, Fiscal Services Assistant, 343-3386
Heidi Holstein-Edwards, Fiscal Services Assistant, 343-6115
Communication, Education & Governance,
(615) 322-8240, fax (615) 343-5637
Jan Rosemergy, Ph.D., Director of Communications, 322-8238
Courtney Evans, Associate Director of Communications, 322-5658
Amy Pottier, Communication Coordinator, 322-8240
Nick Williams, Webmaster, 322-8144
Graphics Services
Kylie Beck, Graphic Designer, 322-5275
Technology Services
Jon Tapp, Director of Computer Services, 322-8086
Logan Runger, Programmer/Analyst/Manager of Database and Network, 322-8143
Tony Maupin, Technical Support and Photographer/Video, 322-8094
Community and Special Projects (not core supported)
Elise McMillan, J.D., Director of Community Outreach, 343-2540
Family Outreach Center
Administrative Services Core conducts and manages the Center's major financial, administrative, and clerical activities, and provides financial and administrative support for all Cores and individual research projects. With University support, grants development services are provided, as well as services related to development (e.g., foundations, individual donors), communication, education, and governance functions.
Tim Stafford, 322-8233, manages nonscientific aspects of Center and facilitates access to all Core resources
Editing and formatting narrative, budget development, form pages (Other Support, Biosketches, Resources), tables and graphics, obtaining letters of support, assistance with IRB and ACC procedures, routing applications for Vanderbilt approval, duplicating, mailing, grant transfers.
Linda Dupré, 322-8253, grants development
Nancy Huffman, 322-8234, budget development
Budget development and justification for competing and noncompeting NIH applications; fiscal services for Center and investigators who elect to use this service, budget consultation and training for investigators and research staff, personnel and payroll, travel assistance, purchasing and accounts payable support, inventory control.
Nancy Huffman, 322-8234, budget development and justification
Mary Dangerfield, 343-3386, budget monitoring and reporting on grants administered, inventory
Sue King, 322-8232, personnel, payroll, travel
Coordination for physical maintenance, housekeeping, security; reserving MRL conference rooms, research parking spaces, and car for research transportation. To reserve a parking space for a research participant, see procedures. For participants needing transportation, project staff can use Kennedy Center car; see policies and car reservation form. To reserve MRL 241 (largest event space) or 410, see MRL 241 and 410 reservation form.
Peggy Chatfield, 322-8146
Coordination for physical maintenance, housekeeping security; reserving MRL conference rooms, research parking spaces, and car for research transportation.
Peggy Chatfield, 322-8146
Director is responsible for assignments within Center-administered space. For information, contact Tim Stafford, 322-8233.
Assistance in raising funds from individuals, foundations, corporations. Support for Leadership Council and Nicholas Hobbs Donor Society.
Tim Stafford, Director of Operations, 322-8233
Jenny Alford, Activities Coordinator, 343-5322
Research Communication Services
Maintains dissemination database and Center Web site, manages electronic communication, including Center wide "Monday Morning Message" and specialized distribution lists; develops and disseminates print materials describing Center and research projects; writes news releases and manages media releases. If you become aware of a "bad news" situation, please notify Jan Rosemergy, who will immediately notify Vanderbilt News and Public Affairs; click here for policy "When News Isn't Always Good."
Jan Rosemergy, Ph.D., Communication & Media Relations, and Center Governance, 322-8238
Amy Pottier, Research Lectures, Conferences and Special Events, 322-6526
Nick Williams, Kennedy Center web site, 322-8144
Research Lectures, Conferences, and Seminars
Plans, schedules, coordinates, and manages the Center's research events: Lectures, on Human Development and Developmental Disabilities (researchers may contact us to schedule meetings with guest lecturers), Developmental Disabilities Grand Rounds, Neuroscience Graduate Seminars, research conferences and meetings. Services: event planning; handling correspondence; arranging transportation, lodging, and meals; planning agenda and arranging meeting facilities; producing and disseminating preliminary and final conference programs; handling publicity; organizing registration; arranging audiovisual support; and processing reimbursement of lecturers or conference participants. To reserve MRL 241 (largest event space), see MRL 241 reservation form and the reservation policies.
Amy Pottier, 322-6526
Research Ethics Education
Consultation during proposal writing, prior to investigators submitting research protocols to Vanderbilt's Institutional Review Board; case consultation regarding specific concerns that arise while research is in progress; and consultation on policy formation. Continuing education events, in collaboration with the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, research training programs, and Institutional review Board.
Faculty Leadership, Robert Hodapp and Terri Urbano
Contact: Courtney Evans, 322-5658
Support for Membership and Governance Committees
Coordinates and supports Kennedy Center Membership Committee, National Scientific Advisory Board
Jan Rosemergy, Ph.D., 322-8238
Visiting Scholars Program
Visiting faculty scholars collaborate with VKC researchers and are appointed for specific time periods with approval of the VKC Director.
For information, contact Jan Rosemergy, 322-8238.
Programming
Consultation on the use of computer software and applications for investigators who use observation methods to collect data; development of computer programs to support an individual investigator's research project(s); access to, adaptation of, and training with observational research software programs.
KC Tech Services, 322-8086
General Technical Support
Installing computers and software; troubleshooting software and network-related problems; training to facilitate optimal applications of software; consulting on hardware and software purchases; translating files in different formats; scanning in files from text using Optical Character Recognition; repairing computer hardware; secure management of file servers; support of secure networked systems in which data for individual projects are secured for privacy and backed up.
KC Tech Services, 322-8086
Designs and produces illustrations, graphs, posters, newsletters, brochures, flyers; scanning and layout; color printing; logo and web design, and video and multimedia services.
View detailed information on our graphics procedures, including fees for services. For more information or to request services, contact Kylie Beck, 615-322-5275.
Graphics Request Procedures
All graphics requests are to be directed to Melanie May, Art Director. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Room 201, MRL Building. It's best if you can schedule an appointment in advance so that there is time to discuss all aspects of your service request. To schedule an appointment, call 322-8579 or email Kylie Beck. A due date will be set at the start of the job when you meet with her. A proof date will be communicated to you by the artist assigned to your job (view service fees) You will be sent and invoice and will need to assign center and account numbers and return it to Graphic Services.
View listing of Graphics Services.
Photographic and Video Services
Original photography, print or slide duplication; consultation, installation, training on photographic or video imaging equipment; videotape production; digital video (DV), S-VHS, and VHS editing; character generation; audio enhancement; video processing; S-HS and audiotape duplication; audiovisual support for research events. Fees for services: $50/hr. for video editing and production; you will be sent an invoice and will need to assign center and account numbers and return it. Jobs can be left and picked up via Tony Maupin's in-box, 422 MRL; leave detailed instructions, including desired delivery date, investigators' names and contact name (if different) and phone number.