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Research Council

Purpose

The Research Council has umbrella responsibility for research development and coordination within the College of Medicine (COM).  The Research Council advises the Executive Associate Dean for Research on all matters which it considers significantly related the efficient and effect function of the College’s research missions.  In addition to its advisory role, the Research Council reviews applications for intramural pilot and bridging grants, reviews Core Facilities, and reviews proposed campus policies and revisions to existing policies that have the potential to impact the College’s research mission. The Research Council is to keep college faculty informed broadly about college‑level, campus and university events of importance to the research community.

Research Council members, with full voting privileges, are selected from the COM faculty and appointed by the Executive Associate Dean for Research. The membership is representative of the breadth of research conducted within the COM with a balance of basic, clinical and translational investigators.

The Chair and Chair-Elect of the COM Research Council shall be elected from among the voting membership annually. The Chair-Elect shall rise to the position of Chair the following year.

The COM Executive Associate Dean for Research and the Chair of the Research Council may invite others to take part in Research Council meetings as appropriate.

Members (voting)

  • John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
  • Giulia Baldini, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Paul Drew, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Science
  • Ruud Dings, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Nicola Edge, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
  • Craig Forrest, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
  • Ekaterina Galanzha, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. Sc., Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • Teresa Hudson, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry
  • Vladimir Lupashin, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
  • Angus Macnicol, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Science
  • Stavros Manolagas, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
  • Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., M.B.A., Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
  • Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
  • Eric Peterson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Paul H. Phillips, M.D., Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
  • Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
  • William J. Steinbach, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  • David Ussery, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
  • Michael Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Ex-Officio Members (non-voting)

  • Sean Adams, Ph.D., Director, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center
  • Suzanne Alstadt, Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
  • Westley Ashley, J.D., Assistant Director, Conflict of Interest
  • Jon Blevins, Ph.D., Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee
  • Karl Boehme, Ph.D., COM Representative on UAMS Research Committee
  • Alene Denson, Director of Grants Accounting, Department of Finance
  • William Gentry, M.D., Director, Clinician Scientist Program
  • Nancy Gray, Ph.D., Director, Bioventures
  • Laura James, M.D., Director, Translational Research Institute
  • Open, President, Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
  • Robert McGehee, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate School
  • Rebecca Nickleson, Director, Office of Research Information Systems
  • Richard R. Owen, M.D., Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
  • Edith Paal, Director, Institutional Review Board
  • Renee Raines, Assistant Dean for Administration, College of Medicine
  • Dari Scalzo, Research Compliance Officer
  • Tyrone Stephens, Director of OSPAN
  • Alan Tackett, Ph.D., Director of Research, Cancer Institute
  • Jerry Ware, Ph.D., Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee