Kassie Obelleiro is an Operations and Training Officer for the Office of Sponsored Research. She trains and certifies the pre-award research administrators and supports personnel in the proposal and award acceptance processes. Prior to joining UCSF, she was the Sponsored Programs Training Officer in the Office of Research at UC Davis where she coordinated, developed and implemented research administration instruction and training resources for contract and grant staff. In that role, she developed and led training during the implementation of a campus-wide electronic Research Administration (eRA) system, developed an eRA Train the Trainer Certificate program and expanded the weekly campus-wide training sessions. Before serving as the Training Officer, she was the Limited Submissions Program Coordinator in the Interdisciplinary Research Unit of the Office of Research and trained faculty and staff on identifying research funding in addition to coordinating the limited submissions process. She holds a BA in Sociology – Organizational Studies from UC Davis.