Dr. Slattery started her career as a pre-award research administrator and grant specialist at Rice and transitioned to proposal development and project management in 2013. With a demonstrated history of working in proposal development in higher education, medical fields, and industry, Dr. Slattery has served on teams that have won research center, research training and career development, conference, and instrumentation/equipment grants from NSF, NIH, NASA, DOD, DOE, NEH, NEA, EPA, and Shell, among others. Additionally, Dr. Slattery has been a member of a research compliance review board for Baylor College of Medicine since 2017. She is a member of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals.  BA, English (summa cum laude), University at Albany – SUNY; MA, English, Rice University; Ph.D., English, Rice University.