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Research Project Management Unit

Delivering high-quality project management.

We Harness Comprehensive Project Management Principles

We seek to develop and apply comprehensive project management strategies to support and enable the formation and deployment of cross-disciplinary research projects, teams, and programs focused on improving the health and wellbeing of patients, families, and communities.

We support new and ongoing research projects at BCCHR — including large-scale strategic institutional efforts — through connection, collaboration, and partnership.

Research Project Management Unit (RPMU) Services

We support BCCHR researchers who need help managing funded projects and BCCHR researchers and administrators who need help managing large, collaborative proposals that align with strategic priorities.

1 – Project Initiation

We help facilitate communication, collaboration, partnership development, and coordination between BCCHR and external resource groups. We also support budgeting, coordinate meetings, and identify and remove barriers.

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2 – Project Execution

We create project plans, develop project structure plans and performance measurement indicators, assist with project launch, support account set-up, define project leadership roles and governance structures, and more.

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3 – Project Monitoring

We provide direction throughout your BCCHR project’s lifespan, coordinate project administration, ensure the project stays on schedule and within budget, identify risk and compliance issues, and more.

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4 – Project Completion

We manage project reporting and track lessons learned throughout the project’s lifespan. We also create final reports to funders or other stakeholders, budget summaries, and other final project documents.

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RPMU Core Personnel

We support research projects across the Oak Street campus.

Russell Bonaguro

Team Lead, RPMU
Project Manager, Precision Health

Russell Bonaguro

He/Him/His

Team Lead, RPMU
Project Manager, Precision Health

Russell Bonaguro is an experienced researcher and project manager with more than 14 years working at BCCHR, including eight years in the lab, and six years in administration enabling research at BC Children’s. Driven by the belief that researchers can accomplish more together, he takes pride in his ability to maximize strengths, enable communication, and understand perspectives toward solving complex problems. As a project manager, he works to establish connections and teams among the precision health community at BCCHR (and UBC) and manages projects to improve research-based diagnostics and therapeutics pipelines at BC Children’s. He also supports the management of large-scale team grant applications and various BC Children’s Hospital Foundation proposals. He holds a Bachelor of Science in cell biology and genetics from UBC, a Master of Public Health from SFU, and his Project Management Professional (PMP) designation.

Bonnie Barrett

Project Manager

Bonnie Barrett

She/Her/Hers

Project Manager

Bonnie Barrett is trained in project management, business administration, and graphic/web design. Bonnie has worked in various BCCHR departments for over a decade, including Human Resources, Research Services, and the Executive Office. Prior to working as a project manager at BCCHR, Bonnie worked in the not-for-profit sector for more than 10 years. She has worked with teams at BCCHR to redefine administrative process flows, develop the CHIPS portal, and create and advance a variety of research initiatives and proposals (including Healthy at Home Initiative, Slocan Redevelopment Project, Canadian Digital Technology Supercluster, MITACS, etc.). Bonnie has strengths in administration, project management, partnership and team building, coordination, governance, process flow development, HR, budgeting, and scope and timeline management.

Contact RPMU

If you are affiliated with BCCHR, please visit ResearchHub to learn more. For general questions about project management support, contact the RPMU.

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