Committees

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Faculty and staff leadership supporting strategic initiatives, planning, and policy across our research enterprise.

Associate Chairs for Research

CHAIR

  • Karl Jepsen, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, U-M Medical School; Chair, Laboratory and Research Safety Committee; Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School

MEMBERS

  • David Antonetti, Ph.D., Roger W Kittendorf Research Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Associate Chair in Laboratory Research, Medical School
  • Chad Brummett, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
  • Laurie Buis, Ph.D., MSI, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Associate Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Medical School, Associate Professor of Information, School of Information
  • Sriram Chandrasekaran, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering
  • Eugene Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Frederick Huetwell Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cynthia Chestek, Ph.D., Associate Chair for Research in Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering); Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • James Quentin Clemens, M.D., Edward J. McGuire Professor of Urology
  • Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D., Professor of Otolaryngology
  • Vanessa Dalton, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Andrzej Dlugosz, M.D., Poth Professor of Cutaneous Oncology
  • Jonathan Fay, Ph.D., Director of Research Translation, and Academic Innovation in Biomedical Engineering
  • Katherine Gallagher, M.D., Pfiefer Professor of Surgery; Associate Professor of Surgery
  • Kurt Hankenson, DVM, M.S., Ph.D., Associate Chair for Research; Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Andrew M. Ibrahim, M.D., MSC, George D Zuidema Professor of Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Chair, Department of Surgery, Medical School, and Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, A Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
  • J. Michelle Kahlenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Giles G Bole M.D., and Dorothy Mulkey M.D. Research Professor of Rheumatology, Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine, Professor of Dermatology, and Associate Division Chief for Basic and Translational Research, Medical School
  • Claire Kalpakjian, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • John Y. Kao, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
  • Richard Keep, Ph.D., Crosby-Kahn Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy
  • Jacob Kitzman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Genetics, Associate Chair, Department of Human Genetics, and Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School
  • Frederick Korley, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • Gary Luker, M.D., Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Microbiology and Immunology
  • Michelle Mierzwa, M.D., Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
  • Richard Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology
  • Ryan Edward Mills, Ph.D., Program Director of DCMB Computing Infrastructure, Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, and Professor of Human Genetics, Medical School
  • Stacey Missmer, ScD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School
  • Suzanne Moenter, PhD., Fred J. Karsch Collegiate Professor of Physiology
  • Meredith A Morgan, NP, Theodore S Lawrence M.D., Ph.D. and Patricia Krause Research Professor of Radiation Oncology, Associate Chair, Department of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology and Professor of Radiation Oncology, Medical School
  • Paula Anne Newman-Casey, M.D., Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
  • Asma Nusrat, M.D., F. Peyton Rous Professor of Pathology
  • Patrick O’Brien, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
  • Mary O’Riordan, Ph.D., Frederick C Neidhardt Collegiate Professor, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and Ph.D. Program Director & Graduate Studies Chair, Microbiology & Immunology, Medical School
  • David Olson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics
  • Jodyn Platt, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School and Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
  • Peter J Scott, Ph.D., Paul L Carson Ph.D. Collegiate Professor of Radiology, Associate Chair, Basic Science Research, Program Assistant, Cyclotron Facility, Department of Radiology, Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
  • Alan Smrcka, Ph.D., Benedict R Lucchesi Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Professor of Pharmacology, Associate Chair for Research, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, and Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Peter Todd, M.D., Ph.D., Bucky and Patti Harris Professor of Neurology; Associate Professor, Neurology
  • Kristen Verhey, Ph.D., A. Kent Christensen Collegiate Professor; Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology; Professor, Biophysics
  • Maureen Walton, M.P.H., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry

Biomedical Research Council

The University of Michigan Medical School Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) supports biomedical research and facilitates interdisciplinary research and training across the University.  BMRC members serve as the primary appointment representatives for their departments, representing the Health Sciences Schools and Colleges and the Veterans Administration Medical Center.

The BMRC meets to discuss research issues and makes recommendations to the Medical School and University Administration on policies and practices to assist research investigators. This mission is supported through the following programs:

  • The BMRC's Bridging Support funding program, which is available to basic science researchers in the Medical School
  • The Council reviews applications to the internal competitions for prestigious Limited Submission awards and selects the institutional nominees.

The BMRC is headed by a chairperson and vice chairperson who serve one-year terms. At the end of their terms, the vice chair succeeds the chair and a new vice chair is selected from the current membership. BMRC members serve a three-year term.


CHAIR

  • Lei Yin, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Professor of Internal Medicine

VICE CHAIR

  • Alan Boyle, Ph.D., Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics and Professor of Human Genetics, Medical School

MEMBERS

  • Anuska Andjelkovic-Zochowska, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Research Professor, Neurosurgery, Medical School
  • Roman Giger, Ph.D., Dr. Richard Mark Newman Research Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Professor of Neurology, Medical School
  • Adam Helms, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
  • Richard Keep, Ph.D., Associate Chair, Department of Neurosurgery and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
  • Tom Kerppola, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, Professor of Biophysics, LS&A
  • Jonathan Lifshitz, Ph.D., Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
  • David Markovitz, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
  • Deepak Nagrath, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Medical School
  • Elif A Oral, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
  • Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology and Professor of Radiology, Medical School
  • Libo Shan, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, College of Literature Science, and the Arts
  • Patrick Schloss, Ph.D., Frederick G Novy Collegiate Professor of Microbiome Research, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School
  • Gregory Tall, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School
  • Yu Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Medical School 

EX OFFICIO

  • Steven L. Kunkel, Ph.D., Endowed Professor of Pathology Research, Professor of Pathology, Co-Director, Division of General Pathology, Vice Dean of Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Medical School
  • Karl Jepsen, Ph.D., Henry Ruppenthal Family Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Associate Dean for Research, Professor Of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Medical School

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

  • Sandy Alberto, Research Development, UMMS Office of Research

 

Research Capital Investment Committee

The Executive Vice Dean for Research has been provisioned funds to support the investment in research core facilities. The Research Capital Investment Committee will prioritize capital requests from core directors, by relevance and need to the Medical School faculty at large.

The Research Capital Investment Committee includes a subset of faculty from the Biomedical Research Core Facility (BRCF) Scientific Advisory Committee in order to provide the sharing of information across both committees. In addition, membership includes multiple faculty members from across the Medical School with a variety of affiliations.

CHAIR

  • Andrew Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D., Gerald D Abrams Collegiate Professor and Professor of Pathology, Medical School

MEMBERS

  • Marina Pasca di Magliano, Ph.D.,  Maude T Lane Professor of Surgical Immunology, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Associate Director Academic Program, Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Medical School
  • J. Michelle Kahlenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Giles G Bole M.D. and Dorothy Mulkey M.D. Research Professor of Rheumatology, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Associate Professor of Dermatology, Medical School
  • Martin Myers Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Marilyn H Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research, Director of the Michigan Diabetes Initiative, Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
  • Cassandra Wong, Director, Biomedical Research Core Facilities

EX OFFICIO

  • Karl Jepsen, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, Henry Ruppenthal Family Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Medical School

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

  •  Anitha Chennat, Associate Director, Biomedical Research Core Facilities
  •  Julie Power, Administrative Specialist, Biomedical Research Core Facilities
  •  Carrie Schray, Business Manager, Biomedical Research Core Facilities

CONSULTANTS

  •  Deborah Lennington, Financial Analyst Lead, Medical School
  •  John Brimacombe, Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Biomedical Research Core Facilities Advisory Committee

The BRCF Advisory Committee is responsible for assessing the scientific direction and research impact of current and possible BRCF Cores, and evaluating the prioritization of Cores (BRCF and non-BRCF) within the strategic research mission. Recommendations are to be made to the Senior Associate Dean for Research.

Contact Us
Office of Research
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phone: 734-615-1332