TSI Programs
Biomedical Informatics Program will facilitate communications, data sharing as well as provide analytic tools and resources for researchers to address the next generation of questions and translate answers from the bench, to the bedside and to the community.
Leaders:
Carl D. Langefeld; Yue Wang (Joseph); John Boehme
Members:
Bobby Amoroso; Alain Bertoni; John Boehme; Jeff Carr; Ralph D'Agostino; Jasmin Divers; Jacque Fetrow; Yaorong Ge; Curtis Hampton; Don Hire; Deborah Meyers; Robert Morrell; Scott Rushing; Peter Porcelli; Jianfeng Xu.
Program in Bioethics, Health & Society fosters both the centrality needed for effective coordination of research ethics efforts and the visibility necessary to ensure that research ethics and health policy scholarship, teaching, and service are maximally available and useful to TSI investigators, trainees and partners. Click here for more information on the Research Ethics Consultation Program or e-mail at RECP@wfubmc.edu.
Leaders:
Nancy King, Christine Nero Coughlin; Mark Hall
Members:
Steven Block; Thomas DuBose; Hannah Hardgrave; Michael Hyde; Frederick Kahl; Kathi Kemper; Terrance McConnell; Sally Shumaker; Allison Snow-Jones; Lance Stell; Rosemarie Tong; James Toole.
Community Engagement Program will build on the existing knowledge and experience of researchers to partner with community groups to co-develop effective, respectful, mutually beneficial partnerships with clinical practices and other community based organizations to address health related issues.
Leaders:
Doug Easterling; Jane Foy
Members:
Thomas A. Arcury; Elizabeth Arnold; Ronny Bell; Jorge Calles; Randall Clinch; Capri Foy; Michele Gillespie; Mark Hall; Sebastian Kaplan; Kathi Kemper; Kristie Long-Foley; Ananda Mitra; David Mount; Scott Rhodes; Robert Sherertz; Kaycee Sink; Ronald Smith; Melicia Whitt-Glover; Aimee Wilkin; Mark Wolfson.
Development of Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies Program is designed to provide the environment, infrastructure, training, education and entrepreneurial opportunities to foster the continuous development of novel technologies and methodologies and to increase the efficiency of clinical translation by providing a mechanism for the selection and commercial development of the most promising technologies and methods.
Leaders:
George Christ; Tom Clarkson; Elizabeth Hiltbold
Members:
Karl-Erik Andersson; Anthony Atala; Colin Bishop; Floyd Chilton; Ralph D'Agostino; Mark Espeland; Jacque Fetrow; Benjamin Harrison; Scott Hemby; Dalane Kitzman; Andrew Koman; Paul Laurienti; Sang Jin Lee; Baisong Lu; Ralph Lugo; David Ornelles; Jan Rohozinski; Bruce Rubin; Jeff Schmitt; Shay Soker; Raghunatha Yammani; James Yoo; Yuanyuan Zhang; Weixin Zhao.
Nonhuman Primates as Models of Human Disease Program is designed to meet the infrastructure needs for TSI investigators utilizing primate models and data to assist with research support and future research development.
Leaders:
Jay Kaplan; Michael R. Adams; Anthony Comuzzie
Members:
Martha Alexander-Miller; Susan Appt; Roger Avery; Allyson Bennett; Donald Bowden; Jennifer Cann; Thomas Clarkson; Mark Cline; Paul Czoty; Gregory Daniel; Samuel Deadwyler; Sean Ervin; Lynn Fairbanks; Carlos Ferrario; Nelson Freimer; Randloph Geary; Tim Howard; Jeryl Jones; Kylie Kavanagh; Nancy Kock; Stephen Kritchevsky; Cynthia Lees; Stephen Mizel; Michael Nader; Griffith Parks; Peter Pierre; Lawrence Rudel; Carol Shively; Shay Soker; Susan Sumner; Koudy Williams; Charles Wood; Jeffrey Carr; William Strawn; Janice Wagner; Mark Welker.
Regulatory Knowledge and Support Program is designed to facilitate the preparation, conduct, and dissemination of translational research through a mulitude of institute supported resources including grant support, compliance regulations, safety advocacy, mentoring, and research training and education.
Leaders:
Curt Furberg; David Friedman
Members:
Susan Margitic; Richard Weinberg
Research Design and Biostatistics Program will support the TSI by providing a single point of access to its investigators for the areas of study design, data analysis, and data interpretation. We will build on existing study design strengths and offer expanded access to WFU faculty with expertise in various areas of translational research.
Leaders:
Walter Ambrosius; Walter J. Rejeski
Members:
Haiying Chen; Wei Lang; Anthony Liguori; Michael Miller; Tom Register; Carol Shively; Janet Tooze; Lynne Wagenknecht; Melicia Whitt-Glover.
Research Education, Training and Career Development Program will recruit and prepare researchers who will conduct clinical and translational science (CTS) and will educate health professionals and research staff about CTS and implementation of best practices.
Leaders:
Debra Diz; David Goff; Linda McPhail; Michael O’Shea
Members:
Sonia Crandall; Ronny Bell; Bridget Brosnihan; Carlos Ferrario; Craig Hamilton; Kevin High; Tim Howard; Allyn Howlett; Susan Hutson; Edward Ip; Ann Lambros; Carol Milligan; Michelle Naughton; Michael Robbins; Lawrence Rudel; Michael Seeds; Beth Smith; Richard St. Clair; James Van Rhee; Mark Welker.
The Team Science Program is designed to foster multidisciplinary team research. Team science is a theme that resonates throughout the TSI and this program will develop training and program support for TSI faculty and staff to utilize as a resource.
Leaders:
David Altman; Sally A. Shumaker
Members:
Bill Drath; Karen Dyer; Jeffrey Feldman; Claudine Legault; Cindy McCauley; Frederick Morgeson; Charles Palus; Michael Renn; Randall Rogan; John Ryan; Jerold Smith; Todd Thornburg; Mark Van Dyke; Rachel Woodside.
Translational Technologies and Resources Program links biomolecular science to patient populations through a uniquely efficient, and cost-effective integration of infrastructure and human insight. To enhance the application of advanced technologies to clinical and translational research, the program has formed Technology Resource Groups in Genomics and Gene Expression, Proteomics/Metabolomics, Cell and Systems Biology, Animal Models, and Imaging.
Leaders:
Eugene R. Bleecker; Richard Loeser; Douglas Lyles
Members:
Ranjan Chakraborty; Stephen Boyle; David Carroll; Thomas Caruso; Rafael Davalos; Waldemar Debinski; Christina Furdui; Yaorong Ge; Susan Hutson; Kerry Link; Mark Lively; Brigitte Miller; John Parks; Raymond Penn; Leslie Poole; Linda Porrino; John Robertson; John Rossmeisl; Nammalwar Sriranganathan; William Stone; Allen Tsang; Sharon Witonsky; Liqing Yu; Janice Wagner.