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Charles
L. Gruder, Ph.D.
Acting Program Director
Dr. Gruder was the first permanent director of TRDRP
from 1990 to 1994 and is currently the acting director.
Dr. Gruder also serves as the Executive Director of
the Special Research Programs, three statewide research
programs that the university administers for the state.
Dr. Gruder has more than 35 years experience in academia,
science, and research administration, having held a
variety of leadership positions.
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Sandra
Alexander
Program & Web Assistant
Sandra Alexander joined TRDRP in January, 2005 with
over 7 years of experience at the University of California.
She holds a B.A. degree in Liberal Studies from San
Francisco State University. She performs a variety of
administrative duties and evaluates the Non-UC and UC
agreements. Other responsibilities include maintenance
of the program’s website and assisting the Media
Designer in other production materials.
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Kamlesh
Asotra, Ph.D.
Research Administrator for Cardiovascular Disease
& General Biomedical Sciences
Kamlesh Asotra joined the staff in November 2003. His
research background is in a myriad of biomedical research
disciplines including heart disease, stroke, cancer,
reproduction, metabolism, neuroscience and drug delivery.
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M.F.
Bowen, Ph.D.
Research Administrator for Cancer & Pulmonary
Disease
Prior to joining the staff in August 1998, M.F. taught
basic and comparative biology while an assistant professor
at Northern Illinois University and conducted research
at SRI International as the PI on several NIH RO1 grants
in cellular neurophysiology. She has also served as
a consultant to several Fortune 500 corporations.
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Jewel
Charles
Program Assistant
Jewel joined TRDRP staff as a Program Assistant in
March 2003. Jewel brings years of administrative work
experience to TRDRP from the health care field. She
works closely with the director and staff as well as
Scientific Advisory Committee members and performs a
wide variety of administrative and other duties.
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Carlin
Colbert
Program Assistant
Carlin is a Program Assistant with TRDRP. She joined
the staff in February 1998. Carlin has extensive administrative
skills and assists the Program Administrators in administrative
operational needs on a daily basis. Additionally, she
has over 9 years of work experience at the University
of California.
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Sharon
L. Davis
Media Designer
Sharon is the Media Designer for TRDRP. Her areas of
responsibility are the design/production of TRDRP publications
and maintenance of the program’s website.
She joined TRDRP in 1999 with experience in Advertising
and Marketing. She holds a B.A. in Fine Arts and Design
from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco.
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Phillip
Gardiner Dr. P.H.
Research Administrator for Social Behavioral Sciences,
Nicotine Dependence &
Policy Research
Phil joined TRDRP in February 1997, and is a trained
survey researcher and evaluator. He has written numerous
articles on health disparities and African Americans
menthol cigarette use, is the editor of the TRDRP Newsletter,
Burning Issues, and was the motive force behind
the adoption of the Community-based Participatory Research
Awards. Among other external tobacco-related activities,
Phil has been the Chairperson for Clear Way Minnesota’s
Priority Population Research Review Panel.
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Teresa
E. Johnson
Administrative Coordinator
Teresa is the Program Administrator for TRDRP, joining
the program in 1995. She develops, coordinates, manages
and refines all administrative operations and supervises
the administrative staff. In addition, she is responsible
for the organization, preparation, set-up and implementation
of all systems, processes and procedures as well as
the day-to-day management of program projects. Teresa
holds a B.A. in Mass Communications from Drake University
in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Laurie
Kimbler
Grant Analyst for Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease,
General Biomedical Sciences, & Pulmonary Disease
Laurie joined the staff at TRDRP in July 2007 as the
Biomedical Grant Analyst. She holds a B.S. degree from
California State University, Fresno. Prior to coming
to the University of California Laurie taught high school
agricultural science for 9 years and has an extensive
accounting background as well. She has a strong interest
in biomedical science and has completed several intensive
biotechnology training courses at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory.
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Christine
Tasto-Olsen
Grant Analyst for Social Behavioral Sciences, Nicotine
Dependence &
Policy Research
Christine joined TRDRP in November 1999 as a Grant
Analyst. She holds an MPA degree from the California
State University, Hayward. Prior to working for the
University of California, Christine worked for the Alameda
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