Guide to Contacts for Services Provided by the Administrative Core



Director / Staff Assistant / Senior Research Associate

Richard Alba
Director


(518) 442-4829

  • General questions related to operation of Center and Cores
  • Inquiries about procedures for projects to be approved for access to the Cores
  • Inquiries about appointments to Center "Affiliate" Status
  • General questions about funding opportunities

Linda Lawrence

Staff Assistant
 
(518) 442-3211

  • Liaison between Center and Research Office
  • Liaison between Center and Accounting, Financial Management Office
  • Administration of research grant budgets
  • Maintain file of up-to-date NSF and NIH packets
  • Proposal Preparation and Submission
  • Maintain files of all papers prepared by Center researchers for publication and presentation
  • Upon request, establish binders for all on going accounts, with paper trail of money in and out of accounts

Walter Ensel
Senior Research Associate
 
(518) 442-4692

  • Provide assistance to Center affiliated researchers planning to collect primary data with survey research projects. This includes assistance with the construction of survey questionnaires (telephone, person to person, and mail), pretesting of instruments, and preparation of survey data for analysis.

Christine Young
Secretary II
 
(518) 442-4905

  • Provide administrative services.