Amanda Breeden

Sr. Director, Sponsored Programs and Research Office Denver Health

Amanda is a research administration nerd with a passion for bridging the divide between research administrators and researchers through lean management practices. She helps research administrators proactively transform relationships and reduce process waste. Lean research administration is a systems-focused approach to process improvement that puts the Investigator experience at the core of iterative and continuously improving solutions.

Lean research administration includes comprehensive research compliance but focuses on improving the processes of clinical trial startup, clinical trial management, budget negotiation, grant writing, proposal development, grant financial analysis, fund setup, contracting, closeout - really, all aspects of grant and contracts administration.

She focuses on developing lean leaders, building and sustaining high performing teams, operational excellence, developing lean management systems, team-wide lean thinking, and organizational change management, in academic research /healthcare.

Her personal values are authenticity, efficiency, humor, and justice. Beware the dad jokes.