Working Groups

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.

BEST PRACTICES WORKING GROUP

The charge for the NAIPI Best Practices Working Group is to:

Determine a format(s) to gather and categorize IDeA Good Practices
Determine a mechanism to disseminate IDeA Good Practices
Develop an orientation packet for new IDeA-funded investigators

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

DATA COLLECTION WORKING GROUP

The charge for the NAIPI Data Collection Working Group is to:

Determine what data NAIPI should be collecting that NIH is not collecting in the Annual Progress Reports
Determine the various data collection methods being used by everyone
After the various methods are determined, suggest how NAIPI best coordinate data from each state to make our collective successes most visible
A long rage goal may be to devise a user-friendly format that would be open for everyone to use, if they desire

Members of the Data Collection Working Group:

Lucia Pirisi-Creek, M.D., Chair

South Carolina INBRE Principal Investigator

luciapirisicreek@gmail.com

Carolyn Hovde Bohach, Ph.D.

Idaho INBRE Principal Investigator

cbohach@uidaho.edu

Robert (Scott) Seville, Ph.D.

Wyoming INBRE Program Coordinator

sseville@uwyo.edu

Krishan Arora

Program Officer

NIGMS

National Institutes of Health

arorak@nigms.nih.gov

Linda Liou

Idaho INBRE Program Manager

lioul@uidaho.edu

GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS WORKING GROUP

The charge for the Government Relations Working Group is to:

Enhance the visibility of the IDeA Program (one of NAIPI’s specific objectives)
Interact with Van Scoyoc Associates through the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation and Coalition
Develop mechanisms to educate NAIPI membership about the connection between federal/state government and the IDeA Program
Facilitate information flow from IDeA Program successes to decision-makers and from ‘inside the Beltway’ to the membership

Members of the Governmental Relations Working Group:

Konstantin (Gus) Kousoulas, Ph.D., Chair

COBRE Principal Investigator (Louisiana)

vtgusk@lsu.edu

James Kenyon, Ph.D.

Nevada INBRE Principal Investigator

jlkenyon@medicine.nevada.edu

Douglas Wright, Ph.D.

Kansas INBRE Principal Investigator

dwright@kumc.edu

Ex-Officio Members

W. Fred Taylor, Ph.D.