
Network Steering Committee
Douglas E. Wright, PhD, (Chair & Campus Coordinator)
Principal Investigator, K-INBRE
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
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
Dale Abrahamson, PhD (Incentives and Awards Committee Chair)
University Distinguished Professor and Chair
University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Mail Stop 3038, 3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-7000; Fax: 913-588-2710
dabrahamson@kumc.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
Susan J. Brown, PhD (Bioinformatics Satellite Director)
University Distinguished Professor
Kansas State University
Division of Biology
340 Ackert Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-3935
sjbrown@ksu.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
Robert Cohen, PhD (Transitions Oversight Office Director)
Professor and Chair
University of Kansas
Department of Molecular Biosciences
4035 Hayworth Hall, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-5780
rcohen@ku.edu
Vicki Corbin, PhD (Campus Coordinator)
Associate Professor
University of Kansas
Department of Molecular Biosciences
Haworth Hall
1200 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7566
Phone: 785-864-3934
corbin@ku.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
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
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
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
Emily Archer Slone (Student Representative)
Graduate Student
Kansas State University
Division of Biology
18 Ackert Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-6130
eslone@ksu.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