The Department of Internal Medicine Research Administration Office is a resource for pre-award and post-award research management. We are committed to ensuring our customer base has adequate support to submit grants as well as manage funding after award. Additionally, we provide management of start-up, bridging and retention packages as well as postdoc and graduate student appointments.
Contacts and Responsibilities
Research Administration Staff act as resources for a portfolio of assigned responsibilities. The assignments are as follows:

Lori Bassler
Director, Research Administration & Financial Operations
loretta-bassler@uiowa.edu
319-335-6947
Responsibilites: Pre-award Proposal Budget Development; Departmental Research Budget; NIH NRSAs & T32s; Industry Fellowships; Effort Reporting; Data Analysis; Post-award NIH, VA and Association Awards

Angela Hester
Research Support Specialist
angela-hester@uiowa.edu
319-335-6993
Responsibilities: Pre & Post-award grant submission and financial support for Immunology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenteroloy/Hepatology, General Internal Medicine, Infectious Disesases, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology, Pulmonary, and Rheumatology; Database Management; Subaward Processing; Postaward Financial Assistance

Necole Miller
Research Manager
necole-miller@uiowa.edu
319-335-5175
Responsibilites: Pre & Post-award NIH and Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial Awards

Dianna Penny
Administrative Support Coordinator (part-time)
dianna-penny@uiowa.edu
319-335-8588
Responsibilities: Assistance with CAYUSE, UIRIS Proposal Routing, Postaward Financial Assistance

Qunli Shi
Administrative Support Coordinator
qunli-shi@uiowa.edu
319-353-5178