
Martine Jerant, MPH
Center Manager
mjerant@umich.edu
office: 734 615-8213
Martina Jerant
Martina Jerant serves as the manager for the Center for RNA Biomedicine at the University of Michigan. Using collaborative tools like Strategic Doing and Grant Sprints, Martina leads diverse groups of students, faculty, and researchers to collaboratively work across disciplines, build community and generate innovative ideas to advance RNA research and education across the University of Michigan.
Martina completed her undergraduate degree in Biology from Brown University and received her Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University.
Elisabeth Paymal
Elisabeth Paymal joined the Center for RNA Biomedicine as its public relations specialist in 2020. Prior to this role, she was the communication manager for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, a USAID project. At the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity from 2011 to 2015, she was the communication lead for a European Commission funded research project, and then the Head of communications and development.
Elisabeth received a Master’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Paris V-Sorbonne, and a BFA in Graphic Design summa cum laude from the University of Michigan (paymaldesign.com).