WV-INBRE Steering Committee
The WV-INBRE Steering Committee is comprised of four members of the Administrative Core (Principal Investigator, Program Coordinator, Bioinformatics Core Director and Genomics Core Director), the Vice President for Research at Marshall University, a representative from the Vice President for Health Science Research at West Virginia University, one researcher and one administrator from each partner institution with a major research award, and two representatives from additional partner institutions. Each of these members is a voting member. Members of the External Advisory Committee attend all Steering Committee meetings as non-voting members.
| Administrative Core Voting Members | |
| Principal Investigator, Marshall University | Gary Rankin, PhD rankin@marshall.edu (304) 696-7313 |
| Program Coordinator, West Virginia University | Stan Hileman, PhD smhileman@hsc.wvu.edu (304) 293-1502 |
| Bioinformatics Core Director, Marshall University | Jim Denvir, PhD denvir@marshall.edu (304) 696-7327 |
| Genomics Core Director, Marshall University | Don Primerano, PhD primeran@marshall.edu (304) 696-7338 |
| Partner Institutions Voting Members | |
| Alderson-Broaddus University | Yi Charlie Chen, PhD Asst. Professor, Biology chenyc@mail.ab.edu (304) 457-6277 Joan Propst, PhD Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs propstjl@ab.edu (304) 457-6267 |
| Shepherd University | Qing Wang, PhD Assistant Professor, Mathematics qwang@shepherd.edu (304) 876-5643 Robert Warburton, PhD Acting Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics rwarburt@shepherd.edu (304) 876-5401 |
| West Liberty University | Joseph Horzempa, PhD Assistant Professor, Biology joseph.horzempa@westliberty.edu Karen Kettler, PhD Interim Dean, College of Sciences kkettler@westliberty.edu (304) 336-8070 |
| West Virginia State University | Naveed Zaman, PhD Dean, College of Natural Science and Mathematics zamanna@wvstateu.edu (304) 766-4248 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | Bruce Anthony, PhD Assistant Professor, Chemistry/Biochemistry anthony_c@wvwc.edu (304) 473-7823 |
| Additional Voting Members | |
| Vice-President of Research, Marshall University | John Maher, PhD maherj@marshall.edu (304) 696-4748 |
| Representative from the Vice President for Health Science Research, West Virginia University | Christopher Cuff, PhD Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology ccuff@hsc.wvu.edu (304) 293-7823 |
| External Advisory Committee, non-Voting | |
| Dean College of Pharmacy University of South Carolina |
Stephen Cutler, PhD cutler@cop.sc.edu (803) 777-4151 |
| Associate Professor of Biology Seton Hill University |
Jamie Fornsaglio, PhD fornsaglio@setonhill.edu (724) 830-1593 x6105 |
| Chair, Dept. of Cell & Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Hollings Cancer Center University of South Carolina |
Kenneth Tew, PhD tewk@musc.edu (843) 792-2514 |
| Director, Advanced Genome Technologies Core The University of Vermont |
Tim Hunter, PhD Timothy.Hunter@uvm.edu (802) 656-2559 |
| Director of Center for Colon Cancer Research Professor, Biological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences University Of South Carolina |
Franklin G. Berger, PhD fgberger@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 777-1171 |
Revised: 11 Dec 2018