Research Advisory Committee


Summary and quick links
       Mission of the RAC
       RAC by-laws
       Membership
       Shared equipment solicitations
       Minutes of RAC meetings


Mission.  The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) advises the Dean on strategic research issues, major requests for research program allocations, research core facilities, and general issues concerning research program infrastructure.  The RAC gives high priority to requests for resource allocations in those research areas in which the School can achieve national and international pre-eminence, and which will substantively improve existing programs at the School and University.  The RAC also advises the Dean on the development of School of Medicine policies such as utilization of research space and external consulting activities.  Meetings are held twice monthly.

Membership.  The RAC is comprised of 12 distinguished faculty members who serve three-year terms.  Members represent clinical and basic science departments and centers:

Victor H. Engelhard (Microbiology/Beirne Carter Center; RAC Chair)
J. David Castle (Cell Biology)
Theresa A. Guise (Medicine)
Jennifer A. Harvey (Radiology)
Jeffrey R. Holt (Neuroscience)
James M. Larner (Radiation Oncology)
Joel M. Linden (Medicine)
Ian G. Macara (Microbiology)
Christopher A. Moskaluk (Pathology)
Stephen S. Rich (Public Health Sciences)
Avril V. Somlyo (Molecular Physiology & Biophysics)
Richard D. Stevenson (Pediatrics)

Shared equipment solicitations.  The RAC also solicits applications for shared equipment in the spring.  Please see the following links:  list of recently-supported equipment, current solicitation for shared equipment.

Minutes of RAC meetings.  Quarterly summaries of previous RAC meetings are posted below:
       2006
          Quarter 1    Quarter 2    Quarter 3    Quarter 4
       2007
          Quarter 1    Quarter 2    Quarter 3    Quarter 4
       2008
          January - March (in progress) 
          April - June (coming soon)

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