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Office of Research Affairs

 

Event Calendar

February 15, 2012
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
"Skin Stem Cells: In Silence and in Action."
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., MSB 3.001
March 14, 2012
Charles Reynolds III, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh
"Prospectives on Positive Aging and Depression"
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., MSB 3.001
March 15, 2012
Collaborative Workshop
Chaired by Joseph Alcorn
"Mechanisms of RNA Metabolism and Action in Disease and Infection."
9:00 a.m. - noon., MSB 2.135
May 8, 2012
Herbert Fred, M.D.
UTHealth
"Medical Education on the Brink: 62 Years of Front-Line Observations and Opinions."
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., MSB 3.001
May 10, 2012
Collaborative Workshop
Chaired by Steven Norris
"Infectious Diseases: The Host-Pathogen Interface."
9:00 a.m. - noon., MSB 2.135
September 6, 2012
Collaborative Workshop
Chaired by Cheng Chi Lee
"Circadian Rhythms."
9:00 a.m. - noon., MSB 2.135
October 9, 2012
Annual Medical School Research Retreat
Robertson Auditorium - IMM
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,
November 1, 2012
Collaborative Workshop
Chaired by Ponnanda Narayana
"Multimodal in vivo Neuroimaging."
9:00 a.m. - noon., MSB 2.135
December 4, 2012
Thomas Steitz, Ph.D.
Yale University
"TBA"
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001

 

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Research Committee

Charges and Responsibilities
The Medical School Research Committee, a standing committee of the Faculty Senate, serves in an advisory capacity to the Dean and Administrative Council on matters pertaining to research activities at the Medical School and makes recommendations for infrastructural improvements.  The Committee also screens and selects applicants for intramural and extramural grants/awards, provides oversight and management for the Dean’s Lecture Series, the Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, the Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture, Interim Grant Assistance and Supplement Programs, and the Annual Medical School Research Retreat.

Current Member List

John H. Byrne, Associate Dean for Research Affairs - Chair Research Committee

David Gorenstein, Associate Dean for Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine

Jon Tyson, Director, MS Center for Clinical Research & Evidence Based Medicine

John Hancock, Vice Dean for Basic Research, Interim Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine

George Stancel, Ph.D., Exec. Vice President for Academic and Research Affairs

 

Term Expires 2012

Michael Blackburn,Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

John Holcomb,M.D., Surgery

Jair Soares,M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Hung Ton-That, Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

John Hancock, Ph.D., Integrative Biology and Pharmacology

 

Term Expires 2013

Joseph Alcorn, Pediatrics/Neonatology

Louvenia Carter-Dawson, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Brian Davis, Institute of Molecular Medicine

Daniel Felleman, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Michael Lorenz, Microbiology & Molecular Medicine

Eric Thomas, Internal Medicine/General

Sayed Hashmi, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics

 

Term Expires 2014

Perry Bickel, M.D., Internal Medicine

Marie-Francoise Doursout, Ph.D., Anesthesiology

Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., Neurobiology and Anatomy

Irina Serysheva, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Brad Snyder, M.D., Surgery