Ms. Seiton provides oversight and advice on state and federal regulatory and other legal matters that affect the School. In her position as Associate Dean, she encounters a wide range of issues in which her legal and administrative skills provide the University with valuable advice and solutions. She serves as the administrator for the School of Medicine’s Conflict of Interest Committee. This committee is charged with the duty to assist faculty members in managing their relationships with outside commercial entities. Ms Seiton also serves as a resource to the University Institutional Review Board and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, as well as to other units and divisions of the University that are involved in research administration. Ms. Seiton provides training for the COI Committee members, faculty, and staff on Conflicts of Interest in Research. She has lectured in the ethics course for the Masters of Clinical Research Program, and she provides presentations at the School of Medicine Research Administrators monthly meetings. In addition, she is responsible for reviewing all consulting agreement of faculty members in the School of Medicine. Ms. Seiton has also been an active member and Chair of the President’s Commission on the Status of Minorities and the University Benefits Committee.
Before coming to Emory University, Ms. Seiton was the Director of Risk Management and an Assistant Division Counsel for Charter Behavioral Healthcare Systems, Inc. As the Director of Risk Management, she managed medical malpractice litigation and settlements for all Charter hospitals across the country. She advised hospital managers on issues of medicare fraud and abuse, antitrust, hospital governance, and commercial transactions when she practiced law as Assistant Division Counsel. Ms. Seiton joined Emory University in 1997 to provide oversight and advice on state and federal regulatory matters that affect the School of Medicine. She was appointed as Assistant Dean for Administration in September 1998 and was promoted to Associate Dean for Administration in 2007.
Ms. Seiton received her B.S. degree in General Management with a minor in Philosophy at Boston College and received her J.D. degree from The Dickinson School of Law. While in law school, she served as a legal intern at the Human Relations Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Philadelphia Branch Office. She also served as the Co-Chair of the Minority Law Students Association and the Co-Chair for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.
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