Pre-Award and Research Development Team

Current Team Members

Arthur Uhimov

Executive Director, Pre-Award and Strategic Research Development

Tijana Bzenic, MBA

Assistant Director, Pre-Award Grant Management

Viktoriya Zhuravleva, Ph.D.

Director, Strategic Research Development

Jennifer Lieberman

Assistant Director, Pre-Award Grant Management

Daphna Shohamy, Ph.D.

ZI Grants Committee member; Director and CEO of Columbia's Zuckerman Institute; Co-Director and Professor, Kavli Institute for Brain Science; Professor in the Department of Psychology & Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

Mark Churchland, Ph.D.

ZI Grants Committee member; Professor of Neuroscience; Codirector, Grossman Center for the Statistics of Mind; Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University

Pre-Award and Research Development Team Pets

Grant Gurus; Mascots; Support Animals; Pre-Deadline Blood Pressure Control

Pre-Award and Research Development Alumni

Lilian Coie, PhD

Former position with us: Research Development Apprentice

Current position: Staff Scientist and Science Writer, Phatnani Lab, New York Genome Center

Maria Gabriele, MBA

Former position with us: Associate Director, Pre-Award Grant Management

Rui M. Costa, DVM, PhD

Former role with us: ZI Grants Committee member

Current position: President and Chief Executive Officer, Allen Institute; Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology, Principal Investigator at the Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University

Elizabeth M.C. Hillman, Ph.D.

Former role with us: ZI Grants Committee member

Current position: Chair, Department of Imaging Sciences;
Faculty, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Stavros Lomvardas, Ph.D.

Former role with us: ZI Grants Committee member

Current position: Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Herbert and Florence Irving Professor at the Zuckerman Institute; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Neuroscience; Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University

Pre-Award and Research Development Team