“During my three year tenure Michael was one of my “aces in the hole.” He was always available, willing and amazingly effective when big proposals came along, none more important than the CTSA grant–53million!– on which the Office of Research depends. Mike’s combination of support, guidance and disciplined oversight kept every aspect of our team’s work on track, and made my life as PI manageable, even fun. We prevailed in large measure because of Helms’ extraordinary value add. I would advise my colleagues facing any big program project or other proposal– what you need is Mike Helms!”
— Dr. Mark Cullen, Senior Associate Dean of Research and Professor (retired), Stanford
“Michael has been instrumental in the successful submission of large NIH and Industry research grants from faculty across the School of Medicine. His dedication, knowledge, and organization skills were the glue that held the teams together through the grant writing process. He is also great and fun to work with.”
— Dr. Ken Mahaffey, Associate Dean and Professor, Stanford
“Michael Helms was a joy to work with on multiple occasions over the past several years. I was referred to his office of Grant Development in the School of Medicine and we worked together on two very high-profile project grant submissions first in 2016 then in 2019. This included a gigantic effort to submit a so-called P30 center grant proposal to the US National Institutes of Health to support our diabetes center. Mike had a central role in coordinating our writing and data tables, and I could not have submitted the proposal without his help. I am happy to say this was funded – the first time Stanford has had a P30-supported diabetes center since the medical school was founded in 1959! More recently, in 2019 we submitted a pancreas cancer P01 center proposal (with me as co-director) and recently received a fundable score! This too was an enormous effort. This second center, focused on pancreatic cancer, is also one that Stanford Medical School has never had. I could go on and on but the bottom line is that Mike is a gem, has unique skills, and some one (if I had the resources) I would hire right away. I am more than happy to write more on his behalf, upon request. He will raise the performance of any institution he serves.”
— Dr. Seung Kim, Professor, Stanford
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