VCU Health Sciences names new director of research administration and compliance

By Malorie Burkett

Virginia Commonwealth University Health Sciences has named Quincy Byrdsong as the new director of research administration and compliance.

As the director, Byrdsong will lead efforts on the MCV Campus to strengthen research administration and to increase compliance with federal and industry research standards.  He also will assist university leadership in identifying best practices for research administration and customizing research administration educational programs for faculty and staff on the MCV Campus.

"We are extremely pleased that Mr. Byrdsong is joining VCU Health Sciences,” said Alan D. Johns, assistant vice president for Health Sciences - Financial and Administrative Affairs. “His expertise in research administration and leadership in the profession will serve to be a tremendous asset to the MCV Campus as we continue to expand our research agenda.”

Byrdsong, who has extensive qualifications in research administration and clinical trials management, will work with Johns and others to develop the infrastructure needed to support Health Sciences’ growing and increasingly complex research programs. Byrdsong also will work closely with VCU’s School of Medicine as it continues to implement its research strategic plan.

Most recently, Byrdsong served as the administrative program director for clinical and translational research for the School of Medicine and chair of the Institutional Review Board at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.

He has served in several capacities in academic medical centers, including director of the Meharry Institutional Review Board, department administrator for neurology and fiscal officer for the Meharry Center for Women’s Health Research. Additionally, he served as a research services consultant for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Byrdsong earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Middle Tennessee State University and is currently working toward a doctorate of education at Tennessee State University.