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- Reports to the Director, Office of Duke-NUS Affairs.
- Manages all components of the Office’s collaborative research program to include assuring project compliance with all Duke and Federal requirements, fiscal oversight to monitor budget compliance, and compliance with award terms. Annual budget submissions of pilot projects. Liaises with Principal Investigators, Office of Research Contracts, and other offices to advance start-up of research projects. Coordinates calls for proposals and the pre-grant review process.
- Serves as Executive Assistant to Director. Supervises the Program Coordinator.
Mary Jo Harris is a professional administrative coordinator with over 30 years of experience. Her experience spans multiple industries including academic, research, manufacturing, construction, and service. Employed with Duke since 2015, she supervises administrative staff and provides high level administrative support for faculty and staff. Most recently, Mary Jo served as Administrative Coordinator at the DCRI.
She strives to ensure superb customer service, serves as departmental and cross functional liaison, provides general human resources support, financial, events management and other project functions.
Mary Jo, a North Carolina native, is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations.