The Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships (BDP) Central Administration Team, or BCAT, is managed within the BDP office and comprised of Coordinators and Grants and Contracts Analysts (GCAs). To alleviate the administrative burden on faculty, each BDP cluster is assigned a Coordinator and GCA to provide dedicated, comprehensive support for the cluster members. The BCAT also works in close collaboration with departmental staff to ensure they are up to date on the latest happenings involving their faculty.
Chasmine Stoddart, Director for Research. 443-927-1960, cstodda1@jhu.edu
Janel Cummings, Sr. BCAT Manager, manages the BCAT coordinators. 667-306-8645, jcummi27@jhu.edu
Sarah Smith, Grants and Contracts Manager, manages internally funding award programs and the grants analysts that provide pre- and post-award support for the BDPs. 443-927-1961, ssmith@jhu.edu
Jazmine Biggs, Sr. BDP Program Coordinator, supports the Advancing Racial Equity in Health, Housing & Education cluster and programs for BDP Lawrence Jackson. 443-927-3088, jbiggs6@jhu.edu
Sydnae Cleveland, Grants and Contracts Analyst, pre- and post-award support for the BDPs. 443-927-3312, sclevel5@jhu.edu
Jennifer Harris-Ebelugwu, Sr. Administrative Coordinator, provides dedicated support to several BDPs. 667-306-8654, Jharr132@jhmi.edu
Kellie Hunter, Sr. Administrative Coordinator, supports the Preparing and Responding to Emerging Pandemics, Climate, Resilence and Health, and Promoting and Governing Technological Advances clusters. 667-306-8881, k.hunter@jhu.edu
Lauren Jennings, Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst, provides pre- and post-award support for the BDPs. 667-306-8879, ljenni17@jhu.edu
Dorothea Nikas, Sr. Administrative Coordinator, supports the AI-X and AI & Society clusters. dhatgiy1@jhmi.edu
Toya Forbes, Sr. Administrative Coordinator, supports the Epigenome Sciences and Brain Resilience across the Lifespan clusters and BDP Ulrich Mueller. 667-306-7682, lvialet1@jhmi.edu
Cody Watson, Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst, provides pre- and post-award support for the BDPs. 667-306-9308, cwatso52@jh.edu
Megan Welsh, Sr. Administrative Coordinator, supports the Knowledge to Action and the Business of Heath cluster. 443-927-3086, mwelsh11@jhmi.edu
Dawnn Wienecke, Sr. Administrative Coordinator, supports the Hub for Imaging and Quantum Technologies and Sustainable Transformations and Energy clusters. 443-927-3087, dawnn.wienecke@jhu.edu
What is BCAT?
The Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships Central Administration Team was created to be a comprehensive service center for any BDP-related faculty member.
What does pre- and post-award proposal and grant management support entail?
Pre-award support includes coordinating with the PI to gather all documents for the application, budget and budget justification creation and drafting of commonly used proposal sections. You would also have access to our graphics and science writing support staff- all free of charge. Post-award support includes tracking and projecting expenses on the awards, progress report processing, subaward management, account reconciliation, etc. If there is a specific need that is not addressed, please ask and we can look into making it available to you.
I would like to submit a large, collaborative proposal.
All BDPs are welcome to use our services. Please contact Sarah Smith to begin this process.
I’m interested in learning more about a particular cluster.
Visit our cluster homepage to find out more about all 11 BDP clusters.
I would like to host a hiring event for my cluster.
Please contact the BCAT member assigned to the relevant cluster.
I’m not a BDP but would like assistance with a large, multi-department submission.
Please contact the Research Development Team or visit https://research.jhu.edu/rdt/ to see if their services align with your needs.
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