Administration
Karen L. Houseknecht, Ph.D. was appointed Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship on June 1, 2018. She also serves as professor of Pharmacology in the UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine. Prior to joining the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Houseknecht served as professor and founding faculty member in the UNE College of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Houseknecht’s career, which has spanned academic and corporate research environments, has focused on her unwavering passion around the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for... Read More
Nicholas D. Gere
M.B.A.
Director of Research Administration; Director UNE Office of Sponsored Programs
Joining UNE in February, 2005, Nick was UNE's founding director of Sponsored Programs. Holding a B.A. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Boston University's Public Management Program, Nick has extensive experience in the administration of sponsored research at organizations such as Boston Children's Hospital, Boston University School of Medicine, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and New England Research Institutes, Inc. He is responsible for working with UNE researchers and grant seekers to obtain external support for their research and... Read More
Expertise
Grant and Contract Administration
Research Compliance
Technology Transfer
Peter Herrick
MSEd, MPH
Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs
Peter Herrick has broad experience in sponsored project administration from his nearly 10 years at UNE, as well as from Boston College and New England Research Institutes, Inc. before that. He holds an MPH and an MSEd. Among other tasks, he helps faculty and other researchers identify and secure funding for their projects, including understanding the assorted complexities involved in working with external funders, developing budgets and proposals, and working with university regulations and requirements. He divides his time between both campuses.
Peter typically... Read More
I completed a B.S. degree in Animal Sciences/Pre-Veterinary Medicine from the University of Massachusetts in 1994. After spending some time working as a veterinary technician I was given an opportunity to explore the field of Laboratory Animal Research. Since that time I have worked to continue acquiring skills and certifications. Currently I am certified through AALAS at the LATg level and continue to earn credits to remain a registered participant.Read More
Expertise
My expertise is primarily focused on various aspects of animal husbandry
animal handling
and rodent surgical procedures.
IACUC Administration
Sponsored Programs Administrator
Stuart Goldstein joined UNE’s Office of Sponsored Programs in 2017. His 40+ years of wide-ranging sponsored programs experience includes positions as:
- Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and House Ear Institute.
- Director of Research Administration at Joslin Diabetes Center and UMass ... Read More
Expertise
Grant and Contract Administration
Financial Management
Research Compliance
Contract Negotiations/ Management
Technology Transfer
program development
Director of Research Integrity
William R. ("Lliam") Harrison trained as a medical anthropologist at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona and studied law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. He has published results of his research on cross-cultural issues in medicine, bio-political aspects of disease, paleomycology (the study of fungal diseases in ancient human populations) and paleoimmunology. These last two lines of research were reviewed in the journal Science. Lliam has experience in conducting research involving... Read More
Expertise
Paleopathology
Professional regulation
Research regulation and the ethical conduct of research
Informed consent
Professional Staff
Megan Beauchemin
PhD
Zebrafish Facility Manager
Megan Beauchemin received her B.S. in Medical Biology from University of New England in 2008 and her Ph.D. in 2015 in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering at University of Maine. Her dissertation work at the MDI Biological Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Voot Yin focused on elucidating the roles of microRNAs in zebrafish heart regeneration.
Megan is currently the Zebrafish Facility Manager at the University... Read More
Expertise
zebrafish research
biomedical research
cell and molecular biology
Dani Deason
B.A., M.B.A
Executive Assistant, Office of Research & Scholarship
Dani earned her bachelors degree in English Literature from Ball State University in 2007, and her Master's of Business Administration from Golden Gate University in 2015. She began supporting the Office of Research and Scholarship and the Office of Sponsored Programs in the summer of 2015. Her responsibilities include providing support for the Vice President for Research and Scholarship and the Office of Sponsored Programs, assisting with the annual HIPAA training for the UNE community (faculty, professional staff, and students),... Read More