Leadership & Staff

Leadership

Lori McMahon

Vice President for Research, Professor, Neuroscience

✉ mcmahon@virginia.edu

 205-253-7888

Jeff Blank

Associate Vice President for Research

✉ jblank@virginia.edu

 434-924-3990

Gwendolyn Bouchie

Executive Director of Research Strategy and Communications

✉ dem2ns@virginia.edu

Richard W. Chylla

Executive Director of Licensing & Ventures Group

✉ rich@uvapf.org

Frederick H. Epstein

Associate Vice President for Research, Professor, Biomedical Engineering

✉ fhe6b@virginia.edu

Kelly Hochstetler

Associate Vice President for Research Operations, Compliance & Policy

✉ kjh@virginia.edu

 434-982-5725

Anjula Joseph

Senior Director of Finance

✉ auj6n@virginia.edu

 434-982-6617

Tom Leonard

Director, Environmental Health and Safety

✉ rtl5p@virginia.edu

 434-982-4928

Raphael Malbrue

Director & Attending Veterinarian, Center for Comparative Medicine

✉ Raphael.Malbrue@virginia.edu

 434-924-5058

Kimberly M. Mayer

Associate Vice President for Research Development

✉ kmayer@virginia.edu

 434-243-4023

Rob Merhige

Assistant VP for Commercialization & Compliance

✉ rrm9u@virginia.edu

Cheryl Wagner

Chief of Staff

✉ cheryl-vpr@virginia.edu

 434.409.0273

Staff

Lucy Anderson

Finance Administration Manager

✉ laa6e@virginia.edu

Sara Chiles

Executive Assistant for Kelly Hochstetler, Cheryl Wagner, Kristen Schwendinger

✉ gmz3tg@virginia.edu

Meredith Cole

Director of Communications and Marketing

✉ meredith-vpr@virginia.edu

Stephan Cooley

Research Navigator (OSP)

✉ stephan-vpr@virginia.edu

Courtney Harris

Senior Program Manager

✉ charris@virginia.edu

Bri Holland

Executive Assistant to Lori McMahon, and Fred Epstein

✉ briholland-vpr@virginia.edu

Erika Priddy

Training Development Manager

✉ esp5f@virginia.edu

Kristen Schwendinger

Director of Research Integrity & Ethics

✉ amd8hc@virginia.edu

 434-297-6684

Valerie Spears

Business Manager

✉ vlg9k@virginia.edu