Quincy J. Byrdsong, EdD, CIP, CCRP

Dr. Quincy J. Byrdsong is the Executive Director for Research Administration at the WellStar Research Institute for WellStar Health System, the largest Health System in the State of Georgia. Dr. Byrdsong has extensive expertise in providing strategic vision, operational organization and programmatic infrastructure to complex institutions of higher education and healthcare systems. Currently, he functions as the Chief Research Administration Officer with operational oversight of all research administration activity and serves as the liaison to pharmaceutical sponsors and other funding agencies. In his role, Dr. Byrdsong analyzes, evaluates, and develops metrics for all research activity for mission alignment and productivity as well as informs the organizational agenda for research to include areas of strength, areas of opportunity, and areas of growth. He continues to speak to national audiences in the areas of executive research administrative oversight and the establishment of dynamic education programs and curricula for research administration, responsible conduct of research, conflicts of interest, and human subjects protections. Through his career, Dr. Byrdsong has served in several roles in academic medicine and research administration at Virginia Commonwealth University, Meharry Medical College, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Quincy received his bachelor and master’s degrees in biology from Middle Tennessee State University where he became part of the institution’s first cohort of Patricia Roberts Harris Fellows in Biology. He received his Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction at Tennessee State University. He is the Treasurer and a Member of the Board of Directors for the Society of Clinical Research Associates as well as a Member of the Board of Trustees at Monmouth University.