Meet the Staff
Staff
Marta Cenac-Mehedinti, MSc
Director of Sponsored Research
Phone: (626) 815-3343
Email: mcenac@apu.edu
Xiao-Qing (Sharon) Wang, PhD
Director of Graduate Student Publications
Phone: (626) 815-5850
Email: swang@apu.edu
Martha came to APU after 27 years in research support and oversight at the City of
Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, where her responsibilities included
assisting biostatistics research, protecting human subjects in research, monitoring
protocols for data safety, coordinating marrow and blood transplants, and overseeing
regulatory services at multiple levels. Bellin is an eager lifelong learner who also
enjoys traveling, canoeing, and camping, especially near rivers. View Bellin’s CV.
Marta Cenac-Mehedinti is responsible for guiding APU external funding applications,
grant development training, and overall pre-award processes. She focuses on encouraging
and supporting university faculty in their pursuit of external grant support, and
oversees university-wide initiatives to improve external funding and research development,
including the Junior Faculty Research and Grants Mentoring Program. View Marta's LinkedIn profile.
Yvonne Rodriguez provides overall administrative support for the Office of Research
and Grants. She manages APU internal grants and provides support for external grants.
Yvonne provides management support and maintenance for the Cayuse grants systems.
She also coordinates the monthly Faculty Scholarship updates issues.
Carrie is responsible for post-award monitoring to ensure proper stewardship of external
funds received by the university from private and public funding sources for sponsored
research and academic initiatives. She reports to the executive director of the Office
of Research and Grants and works closely with the director of Sponsored Research who
oversees pre-award grant endeavors. View Carrie’s LinkedIn profile.
Sharon Wang manages the thesis and dissertation publication process while guiding
students to successful completion of their APU graduate degrees. Wang has a PhD in
sociology from the University of Notre Dame and nearly 15 years of teaching experience
in American higher education. Her experience includes advising graduate students on
thesis proposals, designing survey questions, collecting and analyzing data, and writing
statistical findings. She also was a final thesis evaluator and Institutional Review
Board (IRB) chair and taught research methods, statistics, and ethnography. View Wang’s CV.