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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Research and Development Committee

The Research and Development (R&D) Committee handles a variety of funding opportunities for faculty and administers the current Bridge Funding program. They are also involved in student research opportunities, including the Medical Student Summer Research Program. Dr. Howard Fox, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Development, is the Chairperson for this committee.

Committee Chair and Co-Chair

Vice Chair of Research, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor, Division of Nephrology
Nephrology Associate Chief of Research
Chair, Research and Development Committee

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Roslyn B. Mannon, MD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Co-Chair, Research and Development Committee

Christopher D. Conrady, MD, PhD

Senior Associate Dean of Research & Development
Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences

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Dr. Fox's lab

Howard Fox, MD, PhD

Committee Members

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

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Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

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Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

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Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Division

John Dickinson, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology

Dr. Bryant England

Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Full member, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

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Kate Hyde, PhD

William D. Angle Professor of Cardiology
Section Chief of Heart Failure, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program

Brian Lowes, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Human Factors, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences

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Bethany Lowndes, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy
Director, UNMC Research IT Office (RITO)

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A. Ross McIntyre Professor of Physiology
Professor, UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology

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Kaushik P. Patel, PhD

Robert Lieberman Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Research Faculty

Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD
Brianna Simmons

Educational Programs Administrator, College of Medicine

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Ex Officio

Professor, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Vice Chancellor for Research, UNMC
Founding Director, Center for Staphylococcal Research

Bayles Laboratory

Ken Bayles, PhD

Professor, Vice Chair for Bioinformatics Research & Training, UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy
Chief Bioinformatics & Research Computing Officer, UNMC Vice Chancellor for Research Office
Founding Director, UNMC Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Core
Co-Director, UNO & UNMC Center for Biomedical Informatics Research & Innovation
Director, Great Plains IDeA-CTR Biomedical Informatics & Cyberinfrastructure Core

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Vice President for Research, Nebraska Medicine
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research, UNMC
Professor, UNMC Division of Biomedical Informatics and Health System Sciences
Professor, UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases
Director of Clinical and Translational Research Operations, Children’s Nebraska

Russell McCulloh, MD