Faculty Research Committee

Responsibilities:

Specific areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to, policies and recommendations related to the following:

  • Enhancement of the research environment;
  • Policies on research grants and funding;
  • Policies on copyrights and patents;
  • Policies on human and animal research;
  • Policies on scientific misconduct and fraud;
  • Development of interdisciplinary research;
  • Removal of impediments to research.

Goals:

  • To work with the Vice Chancellor of Research to develop and implement the guidelines for the evaluation process of Bridge Funding.
  • To work with administration to upgrade research equipment; and/or obtain service contracts for research equipment.
  • Review and support equitable guidelines for research space allocation.
  • Continue review of Post-doctoral Trainee issues.
  • Support Research Faculty professional development, including publication, resource availability and grant support.
  • Review and make recommendations on how faculty are evaluated for research efforts.
  • Work to require that a portion of the F&A be returned to the investigator.

Members of Committee

Maggie DeBon, CahirCOM-Clinical mdebon@uthsc.edu
Sarka Beranova COP sberanov@uthsc.edu
Robert Craft COM-Clinical
Oscar Gandas COM-Clinical
Eldon Geisert COM-Clinical egeisert@uthsc.edu
David Hamilton COM-Basic dhamit7@uthsc.edu
Stacey Headley COM-Clinical aheadley@uthsc.edu
Mohammed Ismail COM-Clinical mismail@uthsc.edu
Patti Johnstone CAHS
Anastasios Karydis COD akarydis@uthsc.edu
Victor Kolade COM-Clinical vkolade@uthsc.edu
Pat Speck CON
Mike McDonald COM-Clinical mmcdon16@uthsc.edu
Helena Parfenova COM-Basic hparf@physio1.uthsc.edu
Merry Sebelik COM-Clinical msebelik@uthsc.edu
Jeff Steketee COM-Basic jstekete@uthsc.edu
Antheunis Versluis COD averslui@uthsc.edu
Junling Wang COP jwang26@uthsc.edu
Chris Waters COM-Basdic cwaters2@uthsc.edu
Zhaohui (Sunny) Wu COM-Clinical zwu6@uthsc.edu
Debbie Smith ex officio
Polly Hofmann ex officio

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