Institutional Advisory Committee

The Institutional Advisory Committee is a group of scientific leaders from our stakeholder institutions who collaborate to provide the region with research opportunities.

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W. David Arnold, MD

Executive Director of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Initiative,
University of Missouri
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Donna Buchanan, PhD

Director of Research,
Saint Luke's Health System
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Mario Castro, MD, MPH

Director & Co-PI, Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research Chief, Division Chief, L.E. Phillips and Lenora Carr Phillips Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Director, Rainbow Clinical Trials Science Unit,
University of Kansas School of Medicine
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Hans Coetzee, PhD

University Distinguished Professor and Vice President for Research,
Kansas State University
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Sumeet Dua, PhD

Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation,
University of Missouri–Kansas City
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Mark Hecker, PharmD, MBA

Director of Research Administration,
University Health
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Shelley Hooks

Vice Chancellor for Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology,
University of Kansas
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Scott Lankford, PhD

Chair of the School of Natural Sciences,
University of Central Missouri
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J. Steven Leeder, PharmD, PhD

Co-PI, Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Children’s Mercy Research Institute Associate Chair, Research – Department of Pediatrics,
Children’s Mercy
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Christian Lorson, PhD

Curators’ Distinguished Professor Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine Director, Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Research Program (SCIDRP) Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology,
University of Missouri
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Timothy Pluard, MD

Medical Director of Saint Luke’s Cancer Center and Director of Saint Luke’s Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer,
Saint Luke's Cancer Institute
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Jeff Robertson, PhD

Dean & Professor of Astrophysics,
University of Central Missouri
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Matthias Salathe, MD

Chief Research Officer & Senior Vice Chancellor,
University of Kansas Health System & University of Kansas Medical Center
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Kim Tran, MD, PhD

Dean, College of Biosciences and Vice Provost of Research,
Kansas City University
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Ben Wolfe, PhD

Dean and CEO,
Kansas State University Olathe