Serving as READDI-AC Program Manager, Ms. Baric is responsible for all administrative matters related to the program. Ms. Baric is a Project Development Manager at Eshelman Innovation in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She began her career in academia at the University of Southern California, Medical School in the departments of Microbiology and Neurology. There she gained experience in pre and post award administration and coordinated complex center grants. In 2007, Ms. Baric began working at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her responsibilities include coordination, preparation, and management of several large center grants. She has worked closely with UNC Investigators from various disciplines across campus. Her position is responsible for oversight of pre-award process and provides direction and guidance to pre-award staff for proposal development and processing. She assists the Director of Research Administration/Finance in post-award management, specifically working with large program projects that include multiple subcontracts, milestones, invoicing, and renewals. In addition, Ms. Baric possesses the knowledge of proposal and budget development for large program projects (P01, P30, U01, U19, U54, T32) as well as NRSA training grants, proposal assembly and agency/sponsored guidelines and compliance. She is also responsible for the administration of the virology predoctoral training grant as such interfaces with trainees, coordinates annual scientific symposium for the virology community with invited outside speakers.
