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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Research and Development Committee

The Research and Development (R&D) Committee handles a variety of funding opportunities for faculty and administers the current Bridge Funding program. They are also involved in student research opportunities, including the Medical Student Summer Research Program. Dr. Howard Fox, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Development, is the Chairperson for this committee.

Committee Members

Senior Associate Dean of Research & Development
Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences

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Dr. Fox's lab

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

402-559-9288

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

402-559-6111
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Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience

402-559-5416

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Christopher D. Conrady

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

402-559-7719

Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Division

John Dickinson, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology

Dr. Bryant England
Shannon Flaggard

Office Associate, Division of Nephrology

William D. Angle Professor of Cardiology
Section Chief of Heart Failure, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program

Brian Lowes, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Human Factors, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences

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Bethany Lowndes, PhD, MPH

Vice Chair of Research, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor, Division of Nephrology
Nephrology Associate Chief of Research

402-559-9227
402-559-9504

Dr. Roslyn Bernstein Mannon

Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy
Director, UNMC Research IT Office (RITO)

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Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

402-559-9364
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A. Ross McIntyre Professor of Physiology
Professor, UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology

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Kaushik P. Patel, PhD

Robert Lieberman Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Research Faculty

Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD

Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

402-559-4945
402-559-5900

Dr. Bayles' lab

Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy
Chief Bioinformatics and Research Computing Officer

402-559-5954

Dr. Guda's lab

Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine