Help/Services Directory - PI Dashboard

Alyssa Gonzalez, MPA, provides support for both applications and award management, including tracking contract renewals, updating budgets, and coordinating progress reports. Before joining Ochsner in 2022, she spent for years as Grant Program Manager at the MD Anderson Cancer Center and three years as Finance and Program Manager at the LSU Research and Technology Foundation. She holds a BA in Political Science (2015) and a Master of Public Administration (2017), both from Louisiana State University.

Hillary Williams, Jr., provides professional support for Ochsner-led applications and manages subaward-document requests. His 20 years of grants experience includes serving as Director of Sponsored Programs and Title III at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, TX, founding Director of Sponsored Programs and Research at South College, Knoxville, TN, and Director of Grants Development at Delgado Community College. He has reviewed grant proposals for both the NIH and the U.S. Department of Education. His commitment to community engagement is demonstrated by his role as Executive Director of HELP Educational Services (since 1996), for which he spearheads tutoring programs, grant writing workshops, and workforce development initiatives for underserved populations, and by his volunteer work with organizations such as The Rebuild Center and Xavier Preparatory School. He earned a BA in English Education from Southern University at New Orleans.

Andre Duhe, CPA, provides a range of grant services, including financial reporting; account set-up, monitoring, and forecasting; invoicing; and leading quarterly budget reviews. She serves as the initial point of contract for grant purchases, reviewing cost allowability and offering guidance as needed. Her 20 years of experience includes appointments as Senior Auditor and Audit Manager for public accounting firms and as Director of Finance for CrescentCare, where she oversaw the fiscal management of NIH, CDC, HRSA, and other federal grants. She earned her accounting degree from The University of New Orleans.

Teresa Krentel, CPA/CFF, MBA, provides pre- and post-award services, including invoicing, account monitoring and forecasting, and Just-in-Time reporting. A former Manager of Litigation Consulting and Forensic Accounting, she applies two decades of professional experience toward ensuring that grant finances are managed in compliance with federal regulations, award terms, and institutional policy. She holds an MBA from the University of New Orleans and a BS in Finance and Business Administration from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette; serves on the financial literacy and career awareness committees at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and belongs to the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants. Her community service includes volunteering as Commissioner/Treasurer for the Lake Terrace Crime Prevention District.

Sarah Boyd, PhD is a Senior Grants Writer for Research and innovationOchsner (iO). She has more than 10 years of successful grant writing experience to a broad range of funding agencies including SAMHSA, HRSA, HUD, DOJ, CDC, NIH, DoEd, and more. She enjoys working on multidisciplinary projects, data visualization challenges, and modernizing science communication. Dr. Boyd’s PhD is in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Her dissertation research involved the creation and large-scale production of a novel flagellin monomer and antigen co-expression platform for increased vaccine efficacy. Dr. Boyd lives in the Northern suburbs of Atlanta, GA. In her free time, she enjoys baking and the slow art of traditional flower pressing.

Priya received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where she studied the molecular underpinnings of gastrointestinal cancers. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she served as a Scientific Consultant and Grant Writing Specialist at Eva Garland Consulting, LLC. Her experience spans the fields of Biotechnology, Diagnostics/Assays, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Medical Devices, having worked on over 70 grants and contracts submitted to federal and private funding agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense (DoD), Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), and National Science Foundation (NSF). Outside of work, she enjoys hiking and birdwatching.

Heidi Davis, PhD, brings a dual perspective to grants management, having been a federally funded PI prior to becoming a research administrator. Her twenty-plus years of research administration include serving as Executive Director of Research Services within the Rutgers University Biomedical and Health Sciences Division, Sponsored Programs Director at Loyola University New Orleans, and Faculty Development Director/Grants Administrator at LSU Health Sciences Center—New Orleans. Prior positions include Senior Program Officer at the National Academies, Staff Scientist at the regulatory-focused firm of Keller and Heckman in Washington, DC, and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Tulane University. She earned her doctorate in Chemistry at The University of Chicago, served a postdoctoral fellowship in Physics with Sir Michael Berry at the University of Bristol, and studied law at Georgetown University Law Center. Outside of Ochsner, she writes fiction and occasionally performs improv in New York, where she once shared the stage with Amy Poehler.