v-NERIC 2021 Updates

Virtual North East Regional IDeA Conference (v-NERIC) New IDeAs, New Discoveries RI-INBRE hosted the 2021 virtual North East Regional Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Conference (vNERIC) on August 16-18, 2021, which attracted over 650 researchers from the National Institutes of Health IDeA programs throughout Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The conference included keynote […]

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v-NERIC Lightning Talk Format and Upload Information

v-NERIC Lightning Talk Format and Upload Information Information on the format for lightning talk slides and upload information is below. Contact the Session Chair Dr. Samantha Meenach (smeenach@uri.edu) with questions. Formatting: Your slides need to follow these formatting guidelines in order to work using the virtual conference platform: Title slide: Include your talk title, name, […]

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Mary Jo Turk, PhD

Mini Keynote August 17th Mary Jo Turk, PhD Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine O. Ross McIntyre, M.D. Professor  Norris Cotton Cancer Center Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Dr. Turk is the O. Ross McIntyre, M.D. Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She began her faculty career in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology […]

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Mark Nelson, PhD

Mini Keynote August 18th Mark Nelson, PhD VT-COBRE Co-Director, Vermont Center for Cardiovascular & Brain Health University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Professor & Vice Chair for Emerging Researchers, Medicine Dr. Mark Nelson is University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of […]

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Bongsup Cho, PhD, Program Director RI-INBRE

Bongsup Cho, PhD Program Director, RI-INBRE The University of Rhode Island Dr. Bongsup Cho is the Program Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored biomedical infrastructure program grant RI-INBRE (Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence). He previously served as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the University of Rhode […]

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Donald H. DeHayes, PhD, NERIC bio

Donald H. DeHayes, PhD Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs The University of Rhode Island As Provost and Chief Academic Officer at the University of Rhode Island (URI), Dr. DeHayes is responsible for providing leadership, strategic financial management, planning, inspiration, and innovation for all academic programs and initiatives of the university as well as […]

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Jon R. Lorsch, PhD, NIGMS Director

Jon R. Lorsch, PhD Director National Institute of General Medical Sciences Dr. Jon R. Lorsch, became the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) in August 2013. In this position, Lorsch oversees the Institute’s $2.9​ billion budget, which supports basic research that increases understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for […]

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K. Gus Kousoulas, PhD

Konstantin Gus Kousoulas, PhD Principal Investigator, Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN) Louisiana State University Baton Rouge President, National Association of IDeA Principal Investigators Dr. K Gus Kousoulas is Head of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences and Professor of Virology and Biotechnology at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. He is the Principal Investigator of the […]

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Ravi Basavappa, PhD NERIC Bio

Ravi Basavappa, PhD Program Leader National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Director Common Fund Dr. Ravi Basavappa received his Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Chicago for studies on the structure of tRNA. He then was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in virus crystallography. Prior to joining the NIH, Dr. Basavappa […]

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