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Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology

Headshot of Ashley Davis (JHS Administrative Director II, Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology), February 2023.Ashley Davis

ashleydav@uab.edu

JHS Administrative Director II

In Office: Tuesday and Wednesday



Leadership

  • Management of Departmental Staff
  • Assist Chair with management of faculty recruitment and retention matters
  • Assists chair with strategic planning for the department
  • Disseminate Information from Heersink School of Medicine, UAB

Finance

  • Budgeting for Department
  • Ensures proper accounting for all state, grant, and miscellaneous restricted/unrestricted accounts and EF
  • Distributes Monthly BA Reconciliation Reports to Faculty
  • Prepares Board of Trustees BOT Endowed Professorships/Chair Packets
  • Management of Start-up Packages for newly recruited faculty
  • Approves Payment Requests, POs and P-card Transactions 
  • Funding Source Changes
  • Journal Entries

Grants Management

  • Department Effort Officer
  • Over-the-Cap Reporting
  • CDIB Liaison with OSP
  • Grant Post Award Management
    • Post-award activities include regular review, reconciliation, and projection of award finances, preparing adjustments and corrections to award budgets, preparing financial reports, and at the end of the award, ensuring all financial requirements have been met and closing out the award.
    • Submission of JIT, Progress Reports, Re-budgets, Cost Transfer Request
    • Helps execute Subawards from the Departmental Standpoint

HR Management

  • Departmental Liason w/ Heersink School of Medicine HR Shared Services



Headshot of Ashley Davis (JHS Administrative Director II, Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology), February 2023.Brittini Shields 

shieldsb@uab.edu

Executive Assistant I

In Office: Wednesday and Thursday



Assistant to the Chair

  • Chair's Calendar
  • Manages Chair's Meetings
  • Assist with Chair Correspondence
  • Annual Review Meeting with CDIB Faculty
  • Manage HSOM Promotion and Tenure Process
  • Admin Assistance with Vice-Chairs and Executive Council
  • Manages Chair Travel
  • Faculty Recruitment Coordinator
  • Planning and Coordinating visits

Events Coordinator 

  • CDIB Bi-weekly Seminar Series 
  • CDIB WIPS
  • Yearly GATE Meeting



Headshot of Ashley Davis (JHS Administrative Director II, Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology), February 2023.Lindsey Dukeminier

lindsey7@uab.edu

Human Resources Partner Generalist

In Office: Monday and Wednesday



HR Management

  • Handles all faculty, staff, postdoc, and student employment activities
  • ACT Doc Submission 
  • Bi-weekly Payroll through Kronos
  • PeopleAdmin Requisition for Faculty hires
  • CRFs for Staff, Postdocs, students
  • Liaison with International Office
  • Faculty Data Form Update/Changes



Jamie Harris     

harrisjm@uab.edu

Facilities Administrator-Heersink School of Medicine   

In Office: Everyday



Space and Facilities

  • Moving
  • Renovations
  • Furniture
  • Safety Issues
  • Key Card Access
  • Key Requests
  • Space Survey
  • Equipment (Asset) Yearly Inventory
  • Maintenance Requests
  • Housekeeping Requests (Building Services)
  • New Student Facility Access



Headshot of Ashley Davis (JHS Administrative Director II, Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology), February 2023.Megan Rollins

meganr22@uab.edu

Business Officer I

In Office: Tuesday and Wednesday



Administrative Duties

  • Bi-weekly Newsletter
  • Updates Departmental Website
  • Handles Social Media Accounts for CDIB and CCKD
  • Maintains current listing of all department personnel and updates email distribution lists
  • Updates Faculty Profile Page for Research Faculty

Finance

  • Serves as Administrative Support for Research Faculty
  • Requisitions / Payment Request
  • P-Card Proxy for all Departmental Cards
  • Helps approve Payment Requests, POs and P-card Transactions 
  • Faculty, Staff, & Student Travel Reimbursements
  • University Contracts
  • Journal Entries
  • Maintains a Log of Payment Requests
  • Processes Subaward Invoice Payments

Grants Management

  • Responsible for management of one R25 education grant and three active T32 training grants. This includes appointments/termination of trainees, organizing monthly training activities, and assisting with progress report submissions.