Network Steering Committee

Douglas E. Wright, PhD, (Chair & Campus Coordinator)
Principal Investigator, K-INBRE
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mail Stop 3038, 3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-2713; Fax: 913-588-5677
dwright@kumc.edu

K.J. Abraham, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Associate Professor
Langston University
Department of Biology
219 HAMH, Hwy 33 P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050
Phone: 405-466-3310
kjabraham@lunet.edu

Janice Barton, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Professor Emeritus
Washburn University
Chemistry
1700 SW College Ave.
Topeka, KS 66621
Phone: 785-231-1010, ext. 1269
janice.barton@washburn.edu

Tim Burnett, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Assistant Professor
Emporia State University
Department of Biological Sciences
1200 Commercial St., Campus Box 4050
Emporia, KS 66801
Phone: 620-341-5910
tburnett@emporia.edu

S. Keith Chapes, PhD, MPH (Undergraduate Coordinator Office Director and Campus Coordinator)
Professor
Kansas State University
Division of Biology
231 Ackert Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-3935
skcbiol@ksu.edu

Bridgett Chapin, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Instructor
Haskell Indian Nations University
155 Indian Avenue, Box 5029
Lawrence, KS 66046
Phone: 785-832-6609
bchapin@haskell.edu

Dianne Durham, PhD (Associate Director)
Program Coordinator, K-INBRE
Professor and Director, Division of Research
Department of Otolaryngology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mail Stop 3010, 3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-6721; Fax: 913-588-5677
ddurham@kumc.edu

Jenny Divis Fulks (Student Representative)
Graduate Student
University of Kansas
Department of Chemistry
Malott Hall, Office: 3071, Labs: 3064, 3068
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-3015
jdivis@ku.edu

William Hendry, III, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Professor and Chair
Wichita State University
Department of Biological Sciences
529 Hubbard Hall
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0026
Phone: 316-978-6086; Fax: 316-978-3772
william.hendry@wichita.edu

Gregory S. (Greg) Kopf, PhD (Lead Institution Administrative Representative)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration
Executive Director, KUMC Research Institute
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
6002 Wescoe Pavilion, Mail Stop 1039
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-945-6636
gkopf@kumc.edu

Gerald Lushington, PhD (Bioinformatics Core Director)
Associate Scientist/Director
Molecular Structures Group
University of Kansas
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Malott Hall, Room 3021
1251 Wescoe Hall Dr.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7582
Phone: 785-864-1140
glushington@ku.edu

Michael Madden, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Professor
Fort Hays State University
Department of Allied Health
130 Cunningham Hall, 600 Park St.
Hays, KS 67601-4099
Phone: 785-628-5678
mmadden@fhsu.edu

Jim Orr, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Professor
University of Kansas
Division of Biological Sciences
5061 Haworth Hall
1200 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-3859
jorr@ku.edu

Virginia Rider, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Associate Professor
Pittsburg State University
Biology, 1706 South Joplin
213 Heckert-Wells
Pittsburg, KS 66762-7552
Phone: 620-235-4739
vrider@pittstate.edu

Ryan Spaulding, PhD (Communications Core Director)
Director, Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth
Research Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mail Stop 1048, 3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-2081; Fax: 913-588-2227
rspaulding@kumc.edu

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