Clinical Trials Staff
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.