1. HHMI at Stanford

3. HHMI Mission Statement
“The primary purpose and objective of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute shall be the promotion of human knowledge within the field of the basic sciences (principally the field of medical research and medical education) and the effective application thereof for the benefit of mankind.”

4. Overview
Administrative office to support the local investigators and field staff:
Very much like any academic department; however, we are without teaching components & graduate students
Unique approach to research management
Functions
Human Resources
Purchasing
Budgeting & Finance
Health & Safety
Equipment & asset management
Facilities – space allocations
Host & Inter/Intra-departmental relations

5. Location: Beckman Center , Room B202
HHMI – Stanford SOO
Location: Beckman Center , Room B202
Phone Number:
Fax Number:
Staff:
John P. Kennedy, Manager
Nancy Wolowski, Human Resources Assistant
Cathie Silva, Contract Administrator HQ Team

6. Staff Nancy Wolowski : Human Resources phone: 650.723.5083
Human Resources
New hires, Associate appointments & renewals
Benefits administration
Visa and work authorizations
Assist with Time Reporting Issues
Policy dissemination
Office Administrative Support
Travel advance & reimbursement coordination/processing
Payee, misc. reimbursements
On-Campus reconciliation support
Material Transfer Agreements & Letters of Assignment
Policy dissemination – of general nature
Daily mail activities
There was a sharp increase in Red widgets due to government regulations.

7. Staff Luis Valdez: Purchasing (Stanford labs) phone: 858.534.4779
(off site)
Luis Valdez: Purchasing (Stanford labs) phone:
Purchasing
Procurement of goods & services for the lab from AN & non-AN vendors
Utilizing Purchase orders, Credit Card, Web
Advise lab upon requests for maintenance & repairs
Problem resolution for returns, damaged goods, mis-shipments, etc
Problem resolution for vendor issues
ProCard reconciliation
Monitor & update open encumbrance issues
Coordination of capital equipment requests
New user training coordination with trainer
(on site)
Cathie Silva : Purchasing phone:
Contract Administrator- HQ Team
Working with Lead on Commodities team to negotiate new terms, review for compliance
Provide analysis on lab spend & vendor products to establish best contracts
Interactions with buyers to answer questions on commodities items, vendors, & sourcing needs
Support cross functional team in development of technical requirements, forecasting needs/service levels
Support the RFP process
Conduct quarterly supplier meetings to manage supplier performance / manage overall vendor relationship
Work with buyers & other commodity teams to maintain excellent working relationship
interface with user community to understand their business needs
Problem resolution for vendor invoicing and billing issues

8. Staff John P. Kennedy : Administration phone 650.725.7542
Customer Service
Conduit of information
Manage SOO & implement staff back-up procedures
Management consultation & guidance
Budget and Finances
Personnel management
Policy administration for HHMI, Host
Health & Safety Coordination, Compliance, & Oversight
Facilities & Project (renovation) management
Coordinate space inventory reporting
General Administration
Local Representative
Establish relationship w/regional office, HQ, Host, investigators & employees
Understand and operate w/in academic setting
Advocate for investigators and staff
Liaison w/Hosts

9. Investigators - - Stanford University
Philip A Beachy, Ph.D.
Hedgehog Signaling in Development, Regeneration, and Disease
Biochemistry
Dominique Bergmann, Ph.D.
Asymmetry, Fate, and Renewal in Plant Development
Biological Sciences

10. Investigators - - Stanford University
Axel T. Brunger, Ph.D.
Structural and Functional Studies of Synaptic Vesicle Fusion
Molecular & Cellular Physiology – Neurology
Gerald R. Crabtree, M.D.
Genetic Regulatory Circuits in Vertebrate Development
Pathology

11. Investigators - - Stanford University
Mark M. Davis, Ph.D.
Molecular Approaches to Lymphocyte Recognition and Differentiation
Microbiology & Immunology
Karl Deisseroth, MD., Ph.D.
Optogenetics: Development and Application
Psychiatry & Bio-Engineering
K. Christopher Garcia, Ph.D.
Structural Biology of Cell Surface Receptor Recognition and Activation
Molecular & Cellular Physiology

12. Investigators - - Stanford University
David M. Kingsley, Ph.D Genetic Control of Vertebrate Skeletal Development
Developmental Biology
Mark A. Krasnow, M.D., Ph.D Genetic Control of Lung Development
Biochemistry

13. Investigators - - Stanford University
Liqun Luo, Ph.D.
Genetic Analysis of Neuronal Circuit Assembly
Biological Sciences
Tirin Moore, Ph.D.
Neural Circuits of Cognition
Neurobiology
William T. Newsome, Ph.D Neural Mechanisms Underlying Visual Perception and Visually Based Cognition

14. Investigators - - Stanford University
Roel Nusse, Ph.D.
Signaling by Wnt Proteins During Development and Regeneration
Developmental Biology
Jonathan K. Pritchard, Ph.D.
Causes and Consequences of Human Variation
Genetics

15. Investigators - - Stanford University
Mark Schnitzer, Ph.D.
Innovations in Brain Imaging:
From Miniaturized to Massive Parallel Instrumentation
Biological Sciences
Kang Shen, Ph.D.
Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Target Selection and Synapse Formation
Krishna Shenoy, Ph.D.
Neural Circuits Underlying Motor Activity and Neural Prostheses
Electrical Engineering

16. Investigators - - Stanford University
Thomas C. Sudhof, M.D.
Synapse Formation and Function
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Julie Theriot, Ph.D.
How to Build a Cell
Biochemistry
Joanna Wysocka, Ph.D.
Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation During Embryogenesis
Chemical and Systems Biology

17. Investigators - - University California Santa Cruz
David Haussler, Ph.D.
Algorithms for Genome Analysis
Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering