Clinical Trials Faculty & Staff
Wendy M. Novicoff, Ph.D.
Position
Director of Clinical Trials
Professor, Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Public Health Sciences
Professor, Data Science Institute
Bio
Wendy Novicoff, Ph.D. is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and serves as the Director of Clinical Trials for Orthopaedic Surgery. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and came to the East Coast for college, receiving her undergraduate degree at Duke University and her graduate degrees from the University of Virginia. Wendy works with many groups at the University of Virginia, including serving as Faculty for the School of Data Science, as the Education Director for the Be Safe Program (UVA’s patient safety program), as the lead Evaluator for UVA’s Clinical and Translational Science Award program, and as Program Director for both the Master of Science in Clinical Research and the Graduate Certificate in Public Health Sciences programs. Wendy is a member the Raven Society, the most prestigious honorary society at the University of Virginia and was named the UVA Committee on Women in Medicine and Science (COWIMS) Woman of the Month in February 2025.
For more information about Dr. Novicoff, please head over to her faculty page.
Lizzie Leitch, MEd, ATC
Position
Clinical Research Coordinator
Contact
email: EBL7NU@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Divisions
Bio
Lizzie serves as a Clinical Research Coordinator for the Sports Medicine Division. Lizzie completed her bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sport Science with double minors in Creative Writing and Composition, Rhetoric and Digital Literacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014 prior to receiving her Master’s from the University of Virginia in 2015. Also a licensed Athletic Trainer, Lizzie has worked clinically with athletes in high school, collegiate and professional sports and will continue her clinical work at UVA in the Sports Medicine clinic in addition to her role in research.
Milos Lesevic, BS
Position
Clinical Research Coordinator
Contact
email: ml4ec@Virginia.EDU
Divisions
Bio
Milos graduated from James Madison University with a BS in Biology in 2017. Following graduation, he worked within UVA Orthopedics’ Sports Medicine Division as a Medical Scribe. While working as a scribe, he became interested in Orthopaedic research and expanded his role to also serve as a part-time coordinator. This experience resulted in six publications with faculty from the Sports Medicine Division. He then accepted a Clinical Research Coordinator role with the UVA Cancer Center in 2019. In that role, he coordinated a variety of genitourinary oncologic trials ranging from registry studies to first-in-human Phase I trials. In August 2021, he returned to UVA Orthopaedic Surgery where he currently works a Clinical Research Coordinator for the Spine and Hand & Upper Extremity Divisions.
Nancy McKnight, MS, ATC, CRC
Position
Clinical Research Coordinator
Contact
email: HHZ8FZ@Virginia.EDU
Divisions
Bio
Nancy graduated from Fresno State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training in addition to obtaining a teaching certificate. She continued her education at San Diego State University earning a Master’s in Exercise and Nutritional Science.
Over the course of her career she has worked as both an Athletic Trainer and teacher. Her extensive teaching experience spans K1 through college, with 17 years at the high school level.
While employed at George Mason University, besides her teaching responsibilities, Nancy also served as the project manager for a grant addressing concussion education in the local school district and was instrumental in collecting data for an epidemiology study regarding sports injuries in the middle school student athlete. Upon moving to Florida, Nancy worked as a Clinical Athletic Trainer at the Andrews Institute for several years before returning to Virginia.
Having spent the majority of her career working with children, Nancy is excited to serve as the Clinical Research Coordinator in the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Department at UVA.
Eric McVey, MEd, CCRP
Position
Clinical Trials Manager / Clinical Research Coordinator
Contact
email: edm9u@Virginia.EDU
Divisions
Bio
Eric graduated from Cedarville University with a BA in Athletic Training before completing his Master’s Degree in Athletic Training at the University of Virginia. He worked as the Clinical Manager at Partnership Fabrication Systems before joining the University of Virginia’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a clinical research coordinator in February 2016. Currently, he works primarily with the Adult Reconstruction Division and helps oversee the day to day activities of the Clinical Trials Division.
Tina Daoud MS, ACRP-CP
Position
Clinical Research Coordinator
Contact
Bio
Tina Daoud, MS, ACRP-CP is the coordinator for our Trauma and Foot & Ankle Division. She has over 4 years of clinical research experience and has been in the medical field for over 10 years.
Lisa Lewis, PT, MS
Position
Clinical Research Coordinator
Contact
Divisions
Bio
Lisa graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 2000 with an MS in Physical Therapy. As a PT she worked in various specialties including home care, geriatrics and pelvic floor rehabilitation. She joined the UVA Department of Orthopedic Surgery as a Clinical Research Coordinator in November, 2023. She currently works primarily with the Spine Surgery and Adult Reconstruction divisions.