Denise Moody

Denise Moody is the Director of Research Operations, Systems, and Policies at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation in Torrance, CA and has spent nearly 25 years in research administration overseeing central sponsored programs (pre- and post-award), clinical trials operations, departmental shared services programs, subrecipient monitoring, financial compliance, sponsored accounting, audit, and indirect cost rate negotiations. She has past experience managing non-financial research compliance areas to include human subjects research (“IRB”), animal subjects research (“IACUC”), export controls, conflict of interest, and research misconduct at Harvard University. Other institutional experiences include Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Boston VA Research Institute. Denise served as the 2025 President of the National Council of University Administrators (NCURA) and has served on numerous committees in leadership and membership roles in both NCURA