Business Office

The Business Office provides services for faculty and their staff, as well as for the Center's administration office. Services include contract and grants administration, management of clinical trials, department budgets, and oversight of shared resource facilities.

Services

Pre-award grants administration
  • Provide salary projections
  • Assist in the completion of Agency budget forms
  • Interpret Agency guidelines
  • Review proposals for completeness, including Agency and UCSD forms
  • Internal signature routing of proposals
  • Submission to UCSD Office of Contracts & Grants or School of Medicine Dean's Office

Post-award grants administration

  • Funds management and monitoring
  • Process and approve all expenditures (purchase orders/requisitions, travel, express cards, recharges)
  • Provide monthly reports showing year-to-date and projected balances
  • Prepare close-out reports for UCSD Office of Post Award and Financial Services (OPAFS)
  • Grants management advice (allowable costs, rebudgeting,      carryover balances, grant extensions)  
  • Inactivate and close out contracts and grants

Clinical trials review

  • Clinical Trial Service Agreement budgets
  • Route Agreements for departmental signatures
  • Manage funds and prepare monthly reports showing year-to-date and projected balances
  • Prepare annual budgets

Shared resources

  • Develop rates for services performed
  • Maintain the Shared Resource database
  • Provide billing services to all users
  • Generate service utilization reports
  • Provide business plans
  • Manage fund and prepare monthly reports showing year-to-date and projected balances
  • Prepare annual budgets

Contacts

 Director, Business Office  
Sonia Ashely (858) 822-0474 scashley@ucsd.edu 
 Financial Analysts    
Moon Pan (858) 246-0427 mpan@ucsd.edu 
Fund Managers    
Jolene Aguilar (858) 300-1018 jaguilar@ucsd.edu
Xinjie Ge (858) 822-1218 xge@ucsd.edu
Michelle Ghani (858) 822-1390 mghani@ucsd.edu
Leticia Hu (858) 822-2125 lehu@ucsd.edu
Rafael (Alex) Ramirez  (858) 822-2045 r7ramirez@ucsd.edu
Obdulia (Ruth) Thompson (858) 822-5435 othompson@ucsd.edu
Susan Yan (858) 822-2045 s1yan@ucsd.edu