FA 5 Progress Report WV-INBRE - Joan C. Edwards School of ...

Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle): Rankin, Gary O 6WV-INBRE PROGRAM DIRECTOR;WVU & MARSHALL U: ADMINISTRATIVE CORE (0001)TYPE: Administrative Core%IDeA $: 19.000% IDeA $: 690,277INVESTIGATOR, DEGREERankin, Gary O PHDDavis, Mary E PHDGriffith, Robert PHDMangiarua, Elsa PHDPrimerano, Donald A PHDSanders, Vickie MASantanam, Nalini PHDSheil, James M PHDShiemke, Andrew BS, PHDWatson, Valerie MSWebb, Kristen BSDEPARTMENTPharmacology,Physiology & ToxPhysiology &PharmacologyBasic PharmaceuticalSciencesPharmacology,Physiology & ToxBiochemistry &MicrobiologyWv-Inbre Office (Wvu)Pharmacology,Physiology & ToxMicro, Immun & Cell BioBiochemistryMicro, Immun & Cell BioWv-Inbre Office (Mu)NON-HOST INSTITUTION: STATE,COUNTRYWest Virginia University, Wv UsaWest Virginia University, Wv UsaWest Virginia University, Wv UsaWest Virginia University, Wv UsaWest Virginia University, Wv UsaWest Virginia University, Wv UsaTotal # human subjects expected for entire study: 0Total # human subjects enrolled to date: 0SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTIONThe Administrative Core (AC) is composed of the Principal Investigator, Program Coordinator, Core Directors(Genomics, Bioinformatics, ACoRN), Summer Program Coordinators, HSTA Coordinator and EvaluationCoordinator. WV-INBRE office staff at Marshall University and West Virginia University providesadministrative support to all activities of the AC. The AC works closely with the PI and is responsible fordirecting the day-to-day operations of WV-INBRE. The AC also works closely with the Steering Committeeand External Advisory Committee to continually work to improve the overall research and student/facultydevelopment and training activities of WV-INBRE. A major responsibility for the AC has been to establish,facilitate and evaluate a network of biomedical researchers at predominately undergraduate institutions(PUIs). The AC also works with Core Directors to establish workshops and training sessions and to facilitatethe operation of the Summer Research Program. AC members also normally prepare two newsletters ayear and work with the IT Coordinator to help maintain the WV-INBRE website (www.WV-INBRE.org).Specific Core activities are described in the appropriate subproject descriptions and progress reports.SUBPROJECT PROGRESSThe current funding year is the third year of Phase II of WV-INBRE. The lead institution wasMarshall University with West Virginia University serving as a partner lead institution. The AC, led byPI Dr. Gary Rankin, Marshall University, has been involved in many activities during the currentgrant year (Y11). One of those activities was conducting a competition among partner institution(PUI) faculty for new major PUI research awards. The overall scores and critiques were reviewedby the AC and submitted to External Advisory Committee (EAC) members for their review andrecommendation. Based on EAC recommendations, three applications were selected for funding.These projects were selected to be funded starting in May, 2012 and will be conducted by Dr. YiChen, Alderson-Broaddus College, Dr. Joseph Horzempa, West Liberty University, and Dr. QingPHS 2590 (Rev. 06/09)Continuation Format Page