Sanjay Awasthi, MD, Associate VP for Clinical Research, Interim Director
I am interested in studying reactions of glutathione with electrophiles, enzyme catalysts for these reactions, and the biological and chemical fates of the glutathione-electrophile conjugate products of these reactions. My colleagues and I have identified a novel glutathione-conjugate transport protein, RLIP76, which functions in intracellular signaling pathways and can also transport structurally unrelated amphiphilic chemotherapeutic agents. We are currently studying the role of this transporter in lung cancer cell drug-resistance and morphology.
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Enisa Arslanagic, MD, MPH, CCRC, Quality Assurance Director
Enisa graduated from Medical School in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and has practiced in Family Medicine for 13 years. Due to the war in Bosnia she was forced to leave the country and start a new life in the United States. She worked in Clinical Research with the UNTHSC Internal Medicine/Endocrinology division for 12 years before joining the Office of Clinical Trials in 2007. Enisa also is a recent graduate from the UNTHSC School of Public Health in May 2008 with a degree in Master of Public Health. She finds research very interesting ,exciting, and rewarding.
Jim Moss, Financial Manager
Jim is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in management and an emphasis in accounting. Prior to coming to work at the State of Texas, Jim accumulated twenty years experience in management and operations consulting. He came to the Office of Clinical Trials from the UNT Health Science Center’s Internal Audit Department. As Clinical Trials Financial Manager he is responsible for execution of the office's accounting and reporting polices, and for overseeing the financial aspects of individual trial protocols.
Romona Gibson, Administrative Specialist
Romona joined the Office of Clinical Trials in August 2006. Prior to coming to the UNTHSC, she worked as a Program Project Specialist for six years in the Technology & Cognition Department at the University of North Texas. She was recently voted into the
In here spare time, Romona enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren, gardening, and antiquing.
Wendy Stoecker, Regulatory Project Manager
Wendy joined UNT Clinical Trials in November 1998. Prior to working in Clinical Trials, she was with Alcon R&D International Regulatory Affairs for several years. As Clinical Trials Regulatory Project Manager, she is responsible for the preparation and submission of all new studies to the Institutional Review Board, the negotiation of clinical trial agreements with pharmaceutical sponsors, and the oversight of the regulatory processes associated with clinical trials.
Tina McCall, Assistant Regulatory Project Manager
A 1992 graduate of Tulane University with a double major in French and Political Science and a minor in Economics, Tina thought she would take her newly minted degree to work for the World Bank. She was mistaken. An accidental summer job with a community action agency launched her into the exciting world of federal grant writing and contract review, a foray from which she has yet to recover. Having joined the Office of Clinical Trials in October 2008, she is the newest member of the regulatory team and will work closely with the project manager and the specialist to generate clinical trial contracts and the concomitant paperwork.
To maintain some semblance of sanity, Tina regularly practices the art of tai chi.
Srishti Puri, Regulatory Specialist
Srishti graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Biology from the University of Texas at Dallas. Currently she is enrolled in the School of Public Helath at UNT Health Science Center; working toward her Masters in Epidemiology. She joined the Office of Clinical Trials in September 2007. Prior to working with Clinical Trials, she worked as a medical assistant for a Gastroenterologist in Las Colinas.
Fidelita (Della) Weis, RN, BSN, CCRC, Clinical Trials Project Manager
Della received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines in 1975. She has worked at UNTHSC since 1985 when she joined the Department of Family medicine. She has since worked in clinical care, management or research in Public Health, Surgery, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
Her first clinical trial study at UNTHSC was in 1987. She enjoys working in clinical trials because it allows her to use her nursing skills in different populations and illnesses. She finds in-patient hospital clinical trials the most rewarding.
As a result of her experience in medical billing and performing trials she is very experienced in costing procedures of clinical trials. She learned that each clinical trial must have a completely unique budget that matches the study protocol. She is currently in addition to coordinating several trials is responsible for assisting in the budget negotiation process of clinical trials at UNTHSC.
During her spare time Della enjoys playing tennis, the piano and the guitar.
Wanda Hilliard, Executive Assistant
Wanda joined the Office of Clinical Trials in June 2008. She recently completed a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Management at Dallas Baptist University. Her background is in the areas of administrative support and organization.
Rhonda Dennis Administrative Secretary
Rhonda joined the UNT Health Science Center in January 2005 as an extern from Iverson Business School. After completing her externship, she was offered a job by the Internal Medicine Department in the Geriatrics Clinic at the Patient Care Center. She worked in the clinic for three years before she was recruited by the Office of Clinical Trials as an Administrative Secretary.
This page last updated Nov 11, 2008
