NAIPI Working Groups come from volunteers among the National Committee members and NAIPI at large. In 2014 and 2015, NAIPI President Dr. Carolyn Hovde Bohach created four important Working Groups: Best Practices, Data Collection, Governmental Relations, and NAIPI website.
The charge for the NAIPI Best Practices Working Group is to:
Members of the Best Practices Working Group:
Danny Dhanasekaran, Ph.D., Chair
COBRE Principal Investigator (Oklahoma)
danny-dhanasekaran@ouhsc.edu
Barb Goodman, Ph.D.
South Dakota INBRE Principal Investigator
barb.goodman@usd.edu
Scott (Sam) Minnich, Ph.D.
Idaho INBRE Program Coordinator
sminnich@uidaho.edu
Steven Fiering, Ph.D.
New Hampshire INBRE Program Coordinator
steven.fiering@dartmouth.edu
Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D.
COBRE Principal Investigator (Arkansas)
smeltzermarks@uams.edu
William Steven Ward, Ph.D.
COBRE Principal Investigator (Hawaii)
wward@hawaii.edu
The charge for the NAIPI Data Collection Working Group is to:
Members of the Data Collection Working Group:
Lucia Pirisi-Creek, M.D., Chair
South Carolina INBRE Principal Investigator
Carolyn Hovde Bohach, Ph.D.
Idaho INBRE Principal Investigator
Robert (Scott) Seville, Ph.D.
Wyoming INBRE Program Coordinator
Krishan Arora
Program Officer
NIGMS
National Institutes of Health
Linda Liou
Idaho INBRE Program Manager
The charge for the Government Relations Working Group is to:
Members of the Governmental Relations Working Group:
Konstantin (Gus) Kousoulas, Ph.D., Chair
COBRE Principal Investigator (Louisiana)
James Kenyon, Ph.D.
Nevada INBRE Principal Investigator
Douglas Wright, Ph.D.
Kansas INBRE Principal Investigator
Ex-Officio Members
W. Fred Taylor, Ph.D.
Chief, Capacity Building Branch
NIGMS-TWD-CBB
National Institutes of Health
Rafael Gorospé, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director
NIGMS-TWD-CBB
National Institutes of Health
The charge for the NAIPI Website Working Group is to:
Members of the Website Working Group:
Carolyn Hovde Bohach, Ph.D., Chair
Idaho INBRE Principal Investigator
Konstantin (Gus) Kousoulas, Ph.D.
COBRE Principal Investigator (Louisiana)
Lucia Pirisi-Creek, M.D.
South Carolina INBRE Principal Investigator
Whitney Myers
Idaho INBRE Admin.