Office of Research Advancement
The Office of Research Advancement supports the university’s research and scholarly community in the pursuit of external grant and research funding. Comprehensive administrative and technical support is available to researchers as they form their research teams, identify collaborators, refine their projects and develop their proposals. Working with UB faculty, our goal is to help create highly competitive proposals to support promising research and advance university initiatives.
![Joanna Barthelemy.]()
Joanna Tate, PhD
ORA Co-Director, Proposal Quality Improvement
Office of Research Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-5377
Email: jrbarthe@
buffalo.edu 
![Menna.]()
Menna-Kristina Mbah
ORA Co-Director, Proposal Development
Office of Research Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-6041
Email: mennakri@
buffalo.edu 
![Maggie Shea.]()
Maggie Shea
ORA Co-Director, Proposal Management
Office of Research Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-5376
Email: mshea3@
buffalo.edu 
![Lauren Brown.]()
Lauren Brown
Grant Editor
Office of Research Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-0322
Email: LMBrown3@
buffalo.edu 
![Taylor Coleman.]()
Taylor Coleman
Grant Proposal Manager
Office of Research Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-1611
Email: tabernar@
buffalo.edu 
![Theodore Laport.]()
Theodore Laport, PhD
Grant Editor
Office of Research Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-5379
Email: tlaport@
buffalo.edu 
![Christian.]()
Christian Rossman
Grant Proposal Manager
Office of Research Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-5374
Email: rossman5@
buffalo.edu 
![Samantha Stuhler.]()
Samantha Stuhler
Grant Proposal Manger
Office of Research Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-6827
Email: snstuhle@
buffalo.edu
