Mailing Address:     Department of Pediatrics
                                1044 West Walnut Room 402 Bldg R4
                                Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone:                  317-274-8900
FAX:                      317-274-8679  4th floor
                              317-274-9906  Wells West

Website:               www.wellscenter.iupui.edu        

Director:   Mervin C. Yoder, Jr., MD 

Associate Director:   Mark R. Kelley, PhD

Financial Operations:

Lynn Pressler :  Associate Director for Administration; grants coordinator; Wells Center financial manager.

Kim Cunningham :  Financial Affairs Assistant.

Maureena Lewis : Grant Specialist; Pre-Award Management; Research & Sponsored Programs liaison; monitors & updates faculty CV's and NIH Biosketches.  

Karrie Tolbert : Financial Analyst.

Beth Vaughn: Financial Business Manager, Wells Center contact for purchasing issues and assistance.  

Administrative Operations:

Regeania Brown :  Administrative Secretary; Wells receptionist and administrative support for David Skalnik, Kristin Chun and Scott Goebel; schedules Wells Conference Rooms; keeper of general office, equipment and hospitality supplies. Wells Center contact for business cards, telephone and pager requests and issues.

Leigh Crick :  Manager of Human Resources; IU Human Resources and International Affairs liaison.

Julie Driscol :  Research Administrative Coordinator for Wells Center Associate Director Mark Kelley and the Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology Research Group.

Donna Fischer :  Program Manager for the Riley Heart Research Center.

Linda Henson :  Research Administrative Coordinator for Nadia Carlesso and Becky Chan in the Comparative Hematopoiesis and Stem Cell Biology Research Group.

Betsy Horton :  Research Administrative Coordinator for Mark Payne in the Developmental Cardiology Research Group.

Colleen Kelly :  Communication Specialist; public relations, website, publications, video.  Media inquiries call 317-274-8908 or 317-383-6198 (cell).

Tiffany Lewallen :  Executive Assistant to Wells Center Director Dr. Mervin C. Yoder and the Comparative Hematopoiesis and Stem Cell Biology Research Group.

Catherine Matthews : Research Administrative Coordinator for Mary Dinauer in the Comparative Hematopoiesis and Stem Cell Biology Research Group.

Jennifer Scherer :  Research Administrative Coordinator to Mark Kaplan and Rob Tepper in the Pulmonary Inflammation/Ashthma Research Group.

Susan Stanley :  Research Administrativve Coordinator for Wade Clapp and Feng Chun Yang in the Developmental Immunology/Hematology Research Group.

Shari Upchurch :   Research Administrative Coordinator for Raghu Mirmira and the Basic Diabetes Research Group.

Marilyn Wales :  Research Administrative Coordinator for Reuben Kapur in Developmental Immunology/Hematology Research Group.

Janice Walls :  Assistant Business Manager for the Developmental Immunology/Hematology Research Group and support to David Ingram and Laura Haneline.

Melody Warman :  Office Coordinator for the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, contact for external speaker seminars, and coordinator for the Molecular Medicine in Action (MMIA) program and summer interns.

Research Operations:

David Schippnick :  Research Facility Administrator; Facilities Coordinator; repairs to all facility equipment, Wells Center labs and offices, contact person for keys.

Ernest Atwood :  Wells East 4 Media Prep (autoclave glassware, hazardous waste disposal, liquid nitrogen, C02 tanks).

Cal Johnson  :  Wells West Media Prep (autoclave glassware, hazardous waste disposal, liquid nitrogen, CO2 tanks).

Les Lee :  Wells West Media Prep (autoclave glassware, hazardous waste disposal, liquid nitrogen, C02 tanks).  

Charles Wade :  Wells East 3 Media Prep (autoclave glassware, hazardous waste disposal, liquid nitrogen, C02 tanks).