Published on Jan 15, 2020
I am pleased to announce that with the recent hiring of Brandi Garcia and Katy Jones, the University Research Administration (URA) Contract team is now fully staffed. We appreciate your patience as we have gone through this transition due to turnover of staff. Brandi will be transitioning from her current role with URA Pre-Award during the month of January, but going forward the team’s responsibilities break down as follows:
Click on the link below to see the contracting team
URA Contracts Team
| Name | Email Address | Phone Number | Responsibilities |
| Stefan Jellicoe, Assistant Director | jellicoe@uchicago.edu | 773-702-2918 | Visiting Scientist Agreements and other miscellaneous agreements affecting research activities |
| Dan Bristow | danbristow@uchicago.edu | 773-834-3351 | Clinical Trial Agreements and Amendments |
| Erin Bullok | erinbullok@uchicago.edu | 773-702-2925 | Clinical Trial Agreements and Amendments |
| Brandi Garcia | brandigarcia@uchicago.edu | 773-702-1974 | Non Profit Foundation and Corporate Research Agreements |
| Katy Jones | kathrynjones@uchicago.edu | 773-702-2918 | Data Use Agreements |
| Disrael Sanchez-Rodriguez | dsanchezr@uchicago.edu | 773-702-8601 | Material Transfer Agreements and Export Control Reviews |
| Linda Williams | learned@uchicago.edu | Confidentiality Agreements |
The URA Contracting Team goal is to have an initial review of the agreement completed and comments to the other party within 5 business days from receipt in URA. We will strive to protect the interests of our researchers and the University in every agreement without delaying the research. However, sometimes delays are inevitable and out of our control. In those instances, it is our priority to keep those involved informed of the reason for the delay and the status, and to work with the faculty and department to bring the negotiation to a resolution. If you have questions or concerns regarding the status of any research related agreement, please reach out to these individuals or to me at mrludwig@uchicago.edu.For information and instructions on routing contracts for our review, please visit the Contracts tab on the URA website athttps://ura.uchicago.edu/
We look forward to continuing to work with each of you!
Michael R. Ludwig
Associate Vice President for Research AdministrationAnd Director, URA
6054 S. Drexel Avenue, Suite 363/Chicago, IL 60637
mrludwig@uchicago.edu
773-702-8604