Ms. Lopez is the Director of Finance and Administration for the Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (DEB). IGHS is a campus-wide organization that works to coordinate international activities being conducted on campus by UCSF investigators.

Ms. Lopez oversees and manages all financial and administrative matters for the IGHS and DEB. She manages all pre- and post-award functions which includes awards from a wide range of funding agencies, including private, federal, state, local, and international governmental and international private organizations for all research projects of faculty and academic staff at GHS/DEB. She oversees operations at multiple off-campus locations including several local and international sites.