Ashley Barnes, MSHI
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Ashley Barnes, MSHIClinical Research Data Coordinator III |
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Ashley Barnes is responsible for coordinating and organizing clinical radiological data provided in connection with various oncology related research efforts. She follows participants/patients from recruitment through treatment, discharge and follow up to keep pertinent records and documentation. Her responsibilities extend to the data coordination and organization all clinical research studies. She received her Master’s in Health Informatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and her Bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in Computer Information Systems at The University of North Alabama. She worked as a PCT at UAB Highlands Medical Surgical Unit, a Cardiac Monitor Tech, and as a Data Manger and Clinical Research Study Coordinator at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her experience with oncology patients and clinical trials will help her serve as a liaison between primary investigators, clinical staff, and research support staff for the Department of Radiology. |
Leticia Mason
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Leticia MasonClinical Research Coordinator II |
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Leticia is responsible for organizing participant recruitment and enrollment, coordinating patient care, and follow-up appointments required by study protocols. She worked as a patient care technician on the postpartum and newborn nursery unit for 17 years and was a clinical research coordinator in Maternal Fetal Medicine and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center. Leticia has a range of both clinical and lab experiences that help her serve as a liaison between primary investigators, clinical staff, and research support for the Department of Radiology. |
Publications
Featured Publications by month:
January
Martin CL, Hill JH, Wright BD, Fernandez SR, Miller AL, Yoon KJ, Lapi SE, Aller SG. Evaluating TcAs for Use in Biotechnology Applications. BioTech (Basel). 2025 Jan 25;14(1):5. doi: 10.3390/biotech14010005. PMID: 39982272; PMCID: PMC11843870.
Omweri JM, Houson HA, Lynch SE, Tekin V, Sorace AG, Lapi SE. PET imaging of 52Mn labeled DOTATATE and DOTAJR11. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 18;15(1):2395. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85143-7. PMID: 39827143; PMCID: PMC11742957.
Mujahid A, Alotaibi B, DeMellier C, Gallegos C, Sherwani M, Alexandrian A, Sorace A, Brady A, George R. Characterization of Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome in a Mouse Model Using [18F]F- Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography. Health Phys. 2025 Jan 16. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001947. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39817868.
Vishwanath K, Choi H, Gupta M, Zhou R, Sorace AG, Yankeelov TE, Lima EABF. Modeling tumor dynamics and predicting response to chemo-, targeted-, and immune-therapies in a murine model of pancreatic cancer. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jan 3:2025.01.03.631015. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.03.631015. PMID: 39803494; PMCID: PMC11722293.
Gallegos CA, Lu Y, Clements JC, Song PN, Lynch SE, Mascioni A, Jia F, Hartman YE, Massicano AVF, Houson HA, Lapi SE, Warram JM, Markert JM, Sorace AG. [89Zr]-CD8 ImmunoPET imaging of glioblastoma multiforme response to combination oncolytic viral and checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy reveals CD8 infiltration differential changes in preclinical models. Theranostics. 2024 Jan 1;14(3):911-923. doi: 10.7150/thno.89206. PMID: 38250045; PMCID: PMC10797292.
February
Houson HA, Wright BD, Fernandez SR, Buss T, White SL, Cederstrom B, Omweri JM, McConathy JE, Schnitzer JE, Lapi SE. PET Imaging Expedites Detection of Aberration in the Humanization of an Annexin A1 Targeting Antibody. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2025 Feb 21;18(3):295. doi: 10.3390/ph18030295. PMID: 40143074; PMCID: PMC11946604.
Saini S, Bhupathiraju NVSDK, Jayawardana SB, Phipps MD, Lewis JS, Francesconi LC, Wijeratne GB, Deri MA, Lapi SE. [45Ti]Ti-HOPOs: Potential Complexes for the Development of 45Ti PET Imaging Agents. ACS Omega. 2025 Jan 29;10(7):7306-7316. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c05544. PMID: 40028061; PMCID: PMC11866203.
Tekin V, Zhang Y, Yates C, Jaynes J, Lopez H, Garvin C, Larimer BM, Lapi SE. PET Imaging of CD206 Macrophages in Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury Mouse Model. Pharmaceutics. 2025 Feb 14;17(2):253. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics17020253. PMID: 40006620; PMCID: PMC11860134.
Kasten BB, Dai T, Jiang K, Clements JC, Zhou K, Gallegos CA, Lee SN, Sorace AG, Houson HA, Stone LD, Markert JM, Rao J, Warram JM. Comparison of 5-aminolevulinic acid and MMP-14 targeted peptide probes in preclinical models of GBM. Theranostics. 2025 Feb 24;15(8):3517-3531. doi: 10.7150/thno.107210. PMID: 40093889; PMCID: PMC11905129.
Rowe C, Santiago N, Warner J, Tsytsarev V, Rozhkova EA, Ngwu-Hyacinth O, Bolding M. Human perception of ionizing radiation. Phys Life Rev. 2025 Feb 7;53:1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.02.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39987784.
March
Dubey S, Yu Z, Stephens EM, Lazrak A, Ahmad I, Aggarwal S, Andrabi S, Hossain MI, Jilling T, Fernandez SR, Bartels JL, Lapi SE, Mobley JA, Pastukh VM, Gillespie MN, Matalon S. Oxidative damage to lung mitochondrial DNA is a key contributor to the development of chemical lung injury. Redox Biol. 2025 Mar 29;82:103624. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103624. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40209617.
Lynch SE, Crawford CI, Houson HA, Omweri JM, Pukkanasut P, Gallegos CA, Whitt JD, Jaskula-Sztul R, Lapi SE, Sorace AG. Characterizing SSTR2 expression and modulation for targeted imaging and therapy in preclinical models of triple-negative breast cancer. Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 22;15(1):9988. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-94578-x. PMID: 40121305; PMCID: PMC11929780.
April
Gimblet GR, Reddy P, Holland MM, Houson HA, Whitt J, Copland JA, Kenderian SS, Jaskula-Sztul R, Lapi SE. PET imaging of differentiated thyroid cancer with thyrotropin-alfa. Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 3;15(1):11375. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-94923-0. PMID: 40175460; PMCID: PMC11965406."
Leema Lutfi, BME, MBA
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Leema Lutfi, BME, MBAFinancial Officer I |
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Lutfi is a bilingual (Arabic & English) born leader and is a skilled professional with over 10 years’ experience in customer service, administration, and advanced organizational leadership. Lutfi is responsible for the financial duties of a large and complex imaging division, monthly reconciliation of GA and GL project accounts, and managing outgoing subcontracts. She assists with the financial projections for GA and GL project accounts, with implementation of BA4. She manages external contract and federal subcontracts (review subcontract documents, make sure subcontracts are fully executed, process subcontract payments). She invoices for some studies/deposit revenues that come in from external services and expense studies in a timely manner. She identifies salary reclasses that need to be generated and check to see if completed. She is responsible for post-award management of grants/subcontracts to UAB/research agreements related to vendor compliance, contracting, invoicing, and A/R. She assists with managing grant portfolio related to grant submission tasks and maintaining faculty other support and other pre-award duties. |