Dhanonjoy Saha, PhD
Phone: 860-679-8148
E-mail: dsaha@uchc.edu

Dhanonjoy (Don) currently serves as the Director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP). In this capacity he is responsible for supervising day-to-day operations and developing policies and procedures for the ORSP. His duties include reviewing and verifying grant proposals, developing educational programs on grantsmanship and grant development, and assisting departments and centers with effective proposal development. In addition, he is charged with negotiating material transfer agreements. He also serves as a liaison between administration, faculty and granting agencies.

Paul Hudobenko
Phone: 860-679-3951

Paul is a Sponsored Program Specialist for ORSP. In this role he is responsible for a variety of duties, which include: pre-award grant application verification which may include assisting the department with developing budgets; negotiate contracts directly related to grants or sponsored programs; processing awards, material transfers, Institutional Prior Approval System (IPAS). He also serves as a liaison between administration, faculty and granting agencies. The departments that Paul is responsible for are:

Anesthesiology, Biomedical Structure Analysis Center, Cell Biology, Center Biomaterials, Community Based Education, Community Medicine, Correct. Managed Health Care, Diagnostic Imaging, Family Medicine, GCRC, Medicine, Cardiology, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology, Pulmonary, Neurology, Occupational/Environmental Medicine, Orthodontics, Pathology, Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology, Center for Vascular Biology, Psychiatry and Trauma and Emergency Medicine

Debbie Gaudreau
Phone: 860-679-2434

Debbie is a Sponsored Program Specialist for ORSP. In this role she is responsible for a variety of duties, which include: pre-award grant application verification which may include assisting the department with developing budgets; negotiate contracts directly related to grants or sponsored programs; processing awards, material transfers, Institutional Prior Approval System (IPAS). She also serves as a liaison between administration, faculty and granting agencies. The departments that Debbie is responsible for are:

Center for Science and Technology Commercialization, Center on Aging, Dermatology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Lab Medicine, Library, Molecular Medicine, Neonatology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Family Planning, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatrics, Child and Family Studies, Pharmacology, Surgery and Otolaryngology. Debbie is also responsible for the entire Dental School.

Alison Pohl
Phone: 860-679-4129

Alison is the Research Compliance Monitor for the Animal Care Committee (ACC). She coordinates the activities of the ACC; acts as a liaison between the ACC, faculty, and administration; inspects laboratories and reviews animal care and use protocols for regulatory compliance; prepares reports for federal agencies; and serves as a resource person for regulatory issues involving the use of laboratory animals as research subjects. She is also the module administrator of the InfoEd Laboratory Animal Management database system.

Edward Geiger, Jr
Phone: 860-679-2202

Ed is the Systems Coordinator for ORSP and, is the System Administrator for the InfoEd eRA system. His primary responsibilities include serving as System Administrator for the various modules within InfoEd, to include Proposal Development, Proposal Tracking, the InfoEd Project Management modules including Animal Care Management Module, the Human Subjects Management Module, the Safety Management Module and the Technical Transfer Module.  Ed will also be responsible for the configuration and maintenance of InfoEd’s Clinical Trials Module. His other duties include electronic data storage, data quality assurance, creating Genius profiles; playing an instrumental role in training the administration and faculty on the various modules; maintaining integrity of current modules; assisting departments regarding research and system related inquiries and the InfoEd reporting tools; acting as the liaison with the IT department.

Gloria Veronesi
Phone: 860-679-4040

Gloria is the Executive Assistant for ORSP. Her position is comprised of various responsibilities, which include: various pre-award application activities; processing of HCRAC fund applications and maintenance of databases; verify student travel; travel authorizations for staff; verification of billing and invoicing; on-line FedEx for applications, contracts.

Miriam Johnson
Phone: 860-679-2133

Miriam is an Administrative Program Assistant II and is the administrative support for ORSP. Her responsibilities include: precise organization and maintenance of complex filing system which includes federal, state and private organizations/sponsors; processing and distribution of all ORSP related materials; data entry into InfoEd system as needed; manage contract routing and distribution.