ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The UNMC Regenerative Medicine Project has enlisted several experts amongst all fields of science to help guide it’s direction. It is necessary to have input from experts in other fields utilized by Regenerative Medicine in order to ensure that each area is being developed appropriately to ensure success. The advisory board is comprised of scientists and clinicians, those who know the patients’ needs and those who want to understand how to develop new therapies to contribute to these patients’ quality of life.
Click on the links below to read more about the Advisory Committee and their areas of expertise
Kenneth Cowan, Director of Eppley Institute
Vimla Band, Chair and Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy
Howard Gendlemen, Chair Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Lynell Klassen, Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine, COM
Hani Haider, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Bradley Britigan, Dean College of Medicine
Brian Lowes, Professor and Chair Dept of Cardiology
John Sparks, Chair Dept of Pediatrics
Steven Wengel, Chair Dept of Psychiatry
John Davis, Director of Research & Development Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Alan Langnas, Chair of Surgery-Transplant
Craig Walker, Professor and Chair Dept of Radiology
Kevin Garvin, Professor and Chair of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Thomas Hejkal, Professor and Chair Dept of Ophthalmology
Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean of Public Health
Richard Lutz, Director Munroe-Meyer Institute
Tom Petro, Dean College of Dentistry
Ruben Quiros , Chief Professor Dept of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology
George Hemstreet, Professor Urological Surgery
William Velander, Chair and Professor Bioengineering UNL
SEARCH COMMITTEE
The Regenerative Medicine Project currently has 4 available Faculty positions. A search committee was gathered to bring the best talent in the world right here to UNMC. Members of this committee gather to network, share their thoughts and inputs on potential applicants, and discuss the best avenues for recruiting top talent. Each member of the search committee has an established laboratory at UNMC and a connection to the Regenerative Medicine or Tissue Engineering Field. The links below will help you learn more about these excellent reserachers and their work.
Iqbal Ahmad
Angie Rizzino
Steve Rennard
Mayumi Naramura
Irving Zucker
Hamid Band
Vimla Band
Jialin Zheng
Jim Turpen
