CardioPulmonary Vascular Biology COBRE Committees
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee meets quarterly and is responsible for oversight of progress of targeted investigators and providing appropriate feedback. The Executive Committee reviews applications for junior investigators and pilot projects. The committee arranges for career developments events and the annual COBRE research retreat.
Gaurav Choudhary, MD
Co-mentor, Project 2
https://vivo.brown.edu/display/gchoudha
Elizabeth Harington, PhD
Co-mentor – Project 5
Associate Dean, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Professor of Medicine (Research)
Brown University
Providence VAMC
https://vivo.brown.edu/display/eoharrin
Alfred Ayala, PhD
Co-mentor – Project 5
https://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Alfred_Ayala
James Klinger, MD
Co-mentor – Project 3
https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jklinger
Sharon Rounds, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Brown University
https://vivo.brown.edu/display/srounds
Frank Sellke, MD
Co-mentor – Project 2 and Project 4
https://vivo.brown.edu/display/fsellke#Research
Corey E. Ventetuolo MD, MS
Co-mentor – Project 1
https://vivo.brown.edu/display/cventetu
Internal Advisory Committee
The IAC meets at least annually to review the progress of the Center and advise the Director and Executive Committee regarding internal management and academic issues.
Jack Elias, MD
Bharat Ramtatnam, MD
Satish Sharma, MD
External Advisory Committee
“The External Advisory Committee meets in Rhode Island twice a year to review the progress of junior and pilot investigators and advise the Directors and Executive Committee regarding investigator progress. EAC members assess junior investigators research progress based on formal oral presentations and benchmark data provided by the Administrative Core. They review and approve all new investigators to join the program.
Serpil Erzurum, MD
Kathleen Morgan, PhD
Viswanathan Natarajan, PhD
University of Illinois-Chicago
http://mcph.uic.edu/natarajan
http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/mcph/lab_natarajan.htm
Troy Stevens, PhD
University of South Alabama
http://www.usahealthsystem.com/body.cfm?id=3727&action=detail&ref=364
http://www.usahealthsystem.com/body.cfm?id=1944
Charles G. Irvin, PhD
University of Vermont
http://www.uvm.edu/medicine/vermontlung/?Page=profile.php&bioID=22698
Providence VA Medical Center
