Author Fellowship Program

JRA Author Fellowship Program

The goal of the JRA Author Fellowship Program is to increase the confidence, capacity, and willingness of research administrators to serve the field and share their expertise as peer-reviewed or refereed journal authors. Prospective authors (Fellows) are paired with published Peer Advisors for a nine-month supportive fellowship.

    Author Fellowship Program Committee

    • Holly Zink, Director of Career Development & Training Programs, University of Kansas Medical Center
    • Rani Muthukrishnan, Director of Research Compliance,

    For questions regarding the JRA Author Fellowship Program, please email journal@srainternational.org.

    Click here to learn more about past Author Fellowship cohorts!

    Cohort 9 Fellows and Peer Advisors

    Patricia Amoah Yirenkyi, AGRM

    Assistant Grants and Research Manager
    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Peer Advisor: Olumide Odeyemi, Research Integrity and Reporting Coordinator, University of Tasmania

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    Crina Gandila, MS, CRA

    Research Administrator
    Southern California University of Health Sciences

    Peer Advisor: Dhanonjoy Saha, PhD, Research Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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    Elizabeth N Christian, MPPA

    Research Project Manager
    Northwestern University

    Peer Advisor: Angela Silva, DBA, MAOL, CRA, CEO and Founding Partner, Collaborative Partners Initiative, LLC

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    Shipra Mittal, MS, MBA

    Senior Grants Manager
    New York University

    Peer Advisor: Saiqa Anne Qureshi, PhD, MBA, Adjunct Faculty, John's Hopkins 

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    Melaine D’Cruze, MBA (PK), MA-EPEID (UK)

    Director, Research Office and Instructor
    Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan University, Pakistan

    Peer Advisor: Michael Owen, Dean, Faculty of Education, Brock University 

    Behrang Samadi, PhD, PMP

    Director of Research Administration
    Syracuse University

    Peer Advisor: Jessica Schiller, EdD, Grants Program Manager, University of Notre Dame

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    Marlena Maniecka

    Senior Contracts Analyst
    University of North Texas

    Peer Advisor: Holly Zink, Director of Career Development & Training Programs, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

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    Ninette Kotzee

    Research Manager
    University of Pretoria

    Peer Advisor: Charmaine Williamson, Academic Advisor (Higher Education Sector)-Qualitative Research & Grant Writing for Research Project, Part-time Faculty-University of South Africa and Business School of Netherlands

    Sheele-Ann Thaw, PhD

    Office of Graduate Studies, Associate Dean of Enrolment and Applied Research
    Excelsior Community College, Jamaica

    Peer Advisor: Rashonda Harris, MBA, CRA, EdD, Adjunct Faculty Member, Johns Hopkins University