Research Advisory Committee

 
Summary and quick links
       Mission of the RAC
       RAC by-laws
       Membership
       Shared equipment solicitations
       Summaries 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 include faculty from several clinical and basic science departments and centers:

J. David Castle (Cell Biology; RAC Chair)
Paula Q. Barrett (Pharmacology)
Daniel J. Burke (Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics)
Frederick H. Epstein (Radiology)
Nathan B. Fountain (Neurology)
Molly Hughes (Medicine)
Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic (Anesthesiology)
James M. Larner (Radiation Oncology)
Christopher A. Moskaluk (Pathology)
Stephen S. Rich (Public Health Sciences)
M. Mitchell Smith (Microbiology)
Lukas K. Tamm (Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics)

Shared equipment solicitations.  The RAC solicits applications for shared equipment each spring.  The next program announcement and deadline are scheduled for March 2010.
        list of recently-supported equipment
        most recent solicitation for shared equipment

Summaries of RAC meetings.  Quarterly summaries of RAC meetings are posted at the hyperlinks below:
        2006:   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4
        2007:   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4
        2008:   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4
        
2009:   Q1   Q2            Q4 (coming soon; no Q3 meetings held)
       
2010:   Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4 (just around the corner)
 

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