Joyce is an Operations and Training Officer for the Office of Sponsored Research and has worked in research administration for approximately 20 years. Since joining the Office of Sponsored Research, she has held the positions of Grant Analyst, Contract Analyst and Manager of the Pre-award Team. As the Manager of the Pre-award Team, she was the signing official for pre-award and administrative matters for fellowships, grants and cooperative agreements from non-profit and government sponsors. During her tenure as Manager of the Pre-award Team, Joyce participated in the development of Research Management Services (RMS), providing immersion training in preparation for the initial roll-out of the RMS Teams. In the role of Training Specialist, Joyce focused on building on-boarding training for new hires, a standard training program for RMS (RA-101) and on-going training programs. She also participated on a work group tasked with developing a sustainable certification program. Joyce has been and continues to be involved in the development of the certification program and maintains the training programs that have been rolled-out.

Prior to joining the Office of Sponsored Research, Joyce was Assistant to the Division Administrator and Chiefs for the Divisions of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital (now Zuckerberg San Francisco General). Before beginning her adventures in Research Administration, Joyce held several private sector accounting positions performing financial reporting, training in revenue and payroll forecasting, and developing business plans.