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Research Lifeline™ and Regulatory Compliance
Vanessa Shepard-Smith, DNS, RN, CIC, WCC
Managing Partner
Email: vanessa@sscomplianceconsulting.com
Phone: (931) 444-0633
Vanessa Shepard-Smith specializes in healthcare-related services for universities, colleges, hospitals, and large and small healthcare facilities. Vanessa supports policy development, quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI under CMS requirements), healthcare accreditation (state, regional, and national), needs assessments, procurement/purchasing, research healthcare compliance (biosafety, needle stick safety, HIPAA, etc.), and external evaluation for healthcare grant awards and programs. She has degrees in both nursing and finance, is a state-licensed registered nurse (State of Indiana), and holds nationally recognized nursing and healthcare certificates. She has served as an executive level healthcare administrator for 20 years.
Andrew Shepard-Smith, MM, BMME, AS
Managing Partner
Email: andrew@sscomplianceconsulting.com
Phone: (931) 444-0632
Andrew Shepard-Smith specializes in research regulatory compliance, Title 2 CFR Part 200, grant fraud mitigation, grant proposal writing, program and institutional accreditation, policy development, external evaluation, the creation or expansion of new grant/research offices, research risk assessments, and research compliance and ethics training. He holds degrees from Vincennes University, the University of Evansville, and the University of Cincinnati, and is a member of numerous professional organizations. Andrew is a compliance author and popular guest speaker with 20 years of experience as an executive research administrator, compliance officer, intellectual property and technology transfer officer, and/or external evaluator.
Julia Jones, MA, BA
Senior Consultant
Email: julia@sscomplianceconsulting.com
Julia Jones provides support services for healthcare organizations/hospitals and institutions of higher education, including research, data mining, qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, portfolio management, protocol workflow, policy analysis, export control, restricted party screening (RPS), contract compliance, and grant proposals related to minority health and equity. Julia holds a baccalaureate degree in Political Science from The Ohio State University and a master's degree in Policy and Leadership (with a focus in Minority and Urban Education) from the University of Maryland.
Elliott Smith
Administrative Support
Email: info@sscomplianceconsulting.com
Phone: (931) 444-9858
Provides the SSCC team with clerical support, website maintenance, portfolio management, scheduling, invoicing, record retention, graphic design, illustration, editing, and much more.
Research and Grantwriting Consultants
Content Experts, Personalized Support
Email: info@sscomplianceconsulting.com
SSCC works hard to match your institution with the exact type of expertise that you need through our close relationships with nationally recognized leaders in STEM, healthcare, legal affairs, government relations, export control, investigations, proposal/grant writing, accounting, biosafety, human resources, intellectual property management, and more.
Cheese
Chief Entertainment Officer (CEO)
Email: cheese@sscomplianceconsulting.com
Cheese is the newest addition to the SSCC family, and is a rescue cat who now serves as SSCC's Chief Entertainment Officer. He may often be seen climbing in laps or on shoulders during virtual calls, or playing in the office. His hobbies include running from window to window looking at squirrels, taking long afternoon naps, and watching animal videos on YouTube.
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