OSP Director of Pre Award Services Named

RCOM Lilly_Rennaenna Onario Lilly has been named Director of Pre Award Services at the Office of Sponsored Programs, effective April 18.

Lilly joined the BUSM staff in 2011 creating the Office of Proposal Development (OPD), a central resource assisting investigators preparing grants for external funding. As Director of OPD, her office has been integral in the efforts to centralize administrative support at the School of Medicine and its success has served as a model for these efforts. The Office of Sponsored Programs is undergoing transformation efforts to improve service across their functions.  As Director of Pre Award Services at the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), a newly created position, Lilly will play a key leadership role in contributing to these initiatives for OSP.

OPD Manager Kate Petcosky will assume the OPD Director role.