News & Events

Jayne Moraski, MS, Assistant Director, OPO and Lab Relations

Jayne Moraski, MS, is the Assistant Director of nPOD and will work primarily to coordinate relationships with the nPOD screening laboratories and organ procurement organizations (OPO). Please contact Jayne if you are an OPO interested in working with nPOD. Jayne also coordinates nPOD educational webinars, manages nPOD’s onsite presence at professional conferences and coordinates our annual meeting. Jayne can be reached via email at jmoraski@ufl.edu or by phone at (352) 359-2741.

Amy Wright, MS, MBA, nPOD Coordinator for Investigator Relations

We are pleased to introduce Amy Wright, MS, MBA, who has joined the nPOD project as the Coordinator for Investigator Relations. In her new position, Amy will focus on making sure nPOD investigators have the support they need to conduct nPOD related research. Amy can assist investigators with nPOD online pathology access, applications from new investigators, tissue sample requests from existing investigators, IRB paperwork, and other investigator related concerns. Amy is also the staff liaison for the investigator based nPOD Tissue Prioritization Committee, the nPOD Publication and Presentations Policy Committee, and the nPOD Technology and Scientific Collaboration Committee. She can be reached by email at ajwright@pathology.ufl.edu or by phone at (352) 273-9294.

Carmen Retrum, MS, nPOD Coordinator for Special Projects

Carmen Retrum, MS, is the nPOD Special Projects Coordinator. In this role, she serves as the nPOD staff liaison for the nPOD-e, nPOD-t, and nPOD-c initiatives. nPOD-e is an effort to expand nPOD’s recovery efforts to Europe in order to increase access to human biospecimens for our investigators. The nPOD-t initiative is in the preliminary stages of exploring the feasibility of recovering pancreata from donors who have have had a pancreas transplant. These tissues would also be available to nPOD investigators. The nPOD-c effort seeks to better understand the needs of investigators engaged in diabetes-related complications research and develop a model to recover human biospecimens to support these investigators. Carmen continues to serve as the nPOD Webmaster. She can be contacted atleahret@ufl.edu or by phone at (352) 273-9296.

Lindsay Kallman, nPOD Administrative Assistant 

Lindsay Kallman is the new nPOD Administrative Assistant. She assists with all aspects of the program including scheduling, nPOD online pathology passwords, newsletter, events and much more. You can reach Lindsay atlikallman@ufl.edu or by phone (352) 273-9295.