The UNMC College of Medicine has announced the search committee that will lead a national search to recruit a new chair for the UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology.
The former chair, Merry Lindsey, PhD, left UNMC earlier this year. Rebekah Gundry, PhD, has been serving as interim chair since July.
Vimla Band, PhD, chair of the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, will lead the search committee.
“As the chair of the recruitment committee, I am extremely pleased with the composition of the committee with diverse expertise,” Dr. Band said. “This will help us recruit a nationally/internationally recognized leader in physiology to be the next chairperson of the UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology.”
Other committee members are:
- Erika Boesen, PhD, UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
- Kaushik Patel, PhD, UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
- Pooneh Bagher, PhD, UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
- Iraklis Pipinos, MD, UNMC Department of Surgery
- Ruxana Sadikot, MD, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
- Justin Mott, MD, PhD, UNMC Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology
- Georgette Kanmogne, PhD, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neurology
- Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, UNMC Department of Pediatrics
- Karen Gould, PhD, UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy
- Armando de Alba, MD, UNMC Department of Family Medicine and assistant dean for DEI
- Austin Gowen, physiology graduate student
“I look forward to working with Dr. Band and the committee members to identify and recruit an outstanding chair for the department,” said Bradley Britigan, PhD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine. “I wish to express my appreciation to the members of the committee to devote their time to this important activity.”