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Administrative Director, Clinical Research

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Desma Jones, CCRC
desma_jones@med.unc.edu | 919-843-9463
Expertise: Research Coordination and Quality Assurance

Ms. Jones is the Administrative Director, Clinical Research Operations in the Department of Radiology. She has over 6 years of experience in clinical research. She received her B.S. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining the Department of Radiology, Ms. Jones was a Research Coordinator for the Department of Anesthesiology’s Institute for Trauma Recovery.

Please contact Desma for questions in our department related to the following topics:

  • Quality assurance for clinical trials
  • Assistance with research protocol development
  • Patient recruitment
  • Budget development
  • Study start-up procedures
  • General regulatory questions
  • General questions about research within the department

Associate Clinical Research Coordinator

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Adriana Delgado

adriana_delgado@med.unc.edu | 984-974-8848
Expertise: Data Entry and Patient Recruitment

Mrs. Delgado is the Associate Clinical Research Coordinator within the Department of Radiology. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has an Associate’s in Clinical Research from Durham Technical Community College.

Please contact Adriana in our department with questions related to the following topics.

  • Spanish-speaking participant recruitment
  • Patient recruitment
  • Building a REDCap database
  • Data entry
  • General questions about research within the department

Lead Clinical Research Coordinator


Markeela Lipscomb, CCRC
| 919-843-3670
Expertise: Patient Recruitment

Ms. Lipscomb is the Lead Clinical Research Coordinator in the Department of Radiology. She received her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has been involved in clinical research for seven years. Before joining the Department of Radiology, she was a Social/Clinical Research Assistant for the Department of Psychiatry.

Please contact Markeela for questions in our department related to the following topics:

  • Patient Recruitment
  • Building a REDCap database
  • Data entry
  • Regulatory affairs (FDA Submissions, IRB Submissions)
  • General regulatory questions
  • General questions about research within the department

Physician Assistant


Luigi Troiani, PA, MHS

troianil@neurology.unc.edu | 919-843-2579
Expertise: Clinical Research and Physician Assistant

Mr. Troiani is a Clinical Instructor for the Department of Neurology. He has over 20 years of clinical research experience, including IRB submissions, recruiting, consenting, and enrolling. Mr. Troiani received a B.H.S. from the Physician Assistant Program at Duke University School of Medicine.  He also received his M.H.S. from the Duke University School of Allied Health.  He is a co-chair of the APP Center’s Education Subcommittee and a member of the Safety Welfare Analysis Group, an IRB committee.

Research Mammographer / Clinical Research Coordinator

Doreen Steed, RT (R) (M) RA
doreen_steed@med.unc.edu | 919-966-0188
Expertise: Diagnostic Medical Technology and Patient Recruitment  

Ms. Steed is a Research Mammographer and Clinical Research Coordinator in the Department of Radiology. She has 15 years of experience as a radiological technologist and ten years of experience in clinical research. Ms. Steed earned her A.A.S. in Radiography at Vance Granville Community College in Henderson, NC, and shortly after became a Radiologic Technologist/ Mammographer.

Please contact Doreen for questions in our department related to the following topics:

  • Patient Recruitment
  • Research imaging (CT and mammography)
  • General questions about research within the department

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Hannah Mignosa-Martin, CCRC | 919-843-1670
hannah_mignosa@med.unc.edu
Expertise: Patient Recruitment and Data Entry

Ms. Mignosa-Martin is a Clinical Research Coordinator within the Department of Radiology.  She received her Bachelor of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2018.  Before joining the Department of Radiology, Ms. Mignosa-Martin worked with PHE Inc. as an intern with Northwest Pediatrics.

Please contact Hannah for questions in our department related to the following topics:

  • Patient recruitment
  • Building a REDCap database
  • Data entry
  • General questions about research within the department

Associate Clinical Research Coordinator


Louis Murphy, CCRC

louis_murphy@med.unc.edu | 984-974-8848
Expertise: Data Entry and Patient Recruitment

Mr. Murphy is an Associate Clinical Research Coordinator within the Department of Radiology. He has over 4 years of clinical research experience. Mr. Murphy received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Please contact Louis in our department with questions related to the following topics.

  • Patient recruitment
  • Building a REDCap database
  • Data entry
  • General questions about research within the department

Associate Clinical Research Coordinator

Tracy Carroll, MHSA
tracy_carroll@med.unc.edu 984- 974-8157
Expertise: Data Entry and Patient Recruitment

Ms. Tracy Carroll is the Associate Clinical Research Coordinator within the Department of Radiology.  She received her B.A. in Mass Communications with a minor in Journalism at North Carolina Central University.  Additionally, she received her master’s in health services administration at Strayer University in 2011.  Before joining the Department of Radiology, she was a Clinical Research Coordinator at Duke University School of Medicine for the Department of Cardiology.

Please contact Tracy for questions in our department related to the following topics:

  • Patient recruitment
  • Building a REDCap database
  • Data entry
  • General questions about research within the department