CRA Chairs
Co-Chairman Clinical Research Alliance
Millie D. Long MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Co-Chairman Clinical Research Alliance
Raymond K. Cross, MD, MS, AGAF, FACG
Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Director, Quality of Care and Clinical Research Programs, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
S. Alandra Weaver, MPH
National Headquarters
733 Third Avenue, Suite 510
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 646.943.7454
Email: [email protected]
Manager, Clinical Research, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
Schantel Williams, RN
National Headquarters
733 Third Avenue, Suite 510
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 646.943.7473
Email: [email protected]
CRA Administrative Assistant
Susan Jackson, M.P.A.
University of North Carolina
130 Mason Farm Road
CGIBD, CB 7080 Bioinformatics Building, Room 4162A
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
Tel: (001) 919-843-9071
Fax: 919-843-6633
Email: [email protected]
Clinical Research Alliance Chairs
Chair nominations are submitted by members of the network; each network site is eligible to cast one vote. Chairs are elected by simple majority and serve for a three year term, unless otherwise stated by the Foundation.
Chair responsibilities include the following:
- Oversight for the operations and quality of the scientific activities conducted at CRA sites
- Responsible for efficient operations of the network and representing the CRA in its business with the Foundation’s NSAC
- Organize and facilitate the CRA network meetings
- Receive, monitor and supervise dispersal of all externally received funds and advise on the utilization of these funds
- Annually, field a request for proposals (RFPs) for clinical pilot projects, and oversee the voting, review, and selection process
- Assist in the start-up process for newly funded pilot studies and troubleshoot issues that arise regarding the pilot studies
- Monitor membership