Dave Thompson
Dr. Thompson after graduating from Kansas State University in 2006, Thompson traveled to Japan on a Fulbright Fellowship, performing research and language study. He completed a doctoral program under the mentorship of Jane Huggins at the University of Michigan focusing on non-invasive brain-computer interfaces. He then did a post-doctoral research fellowship under Cindy Chestek at […]
Steven A. Weinman
Dr. Steven A. Weinman is an established investigator who is the PI for Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research (KC-MORE) Association, bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and completed a combined MD-PhD degree at Washington University in St. Louis. He subsequently did Internal Medicine Residency and Gastroenterology Fellowship at Yale University and has been on […]
Elizabeth A. Friis
Dr. Elizabeth A. Friis is an established investigator who is the PI for STARTUP Central Association, a C.E. and M.J. Spahr Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Prior to joining KU in 2001, she was a Research Scientist at the Orthopaedic Research Institute from 1987 to 2001. Dr. Friis’ main research interests […]
Kimber K. Richter
Dr. Kimber K. Richter is an established investigator who is the PI for Implementation Science and Equity Association, is Professor of Population Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center and Director of UKanQuit, the tobacco treatment service of the University of Kansas Hospital. Dr. Richter received her Master of Public Health from the University […]
Steven Weinman
Steven Weinman, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Internal Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Director, Liver Center Lab 4056 Hemenway 913-945-6945 Weinman/Wozniak Lab Cellular Pathogenesis of Liver Disease Cirrhosis and liver cancer are prominent and increasing causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In most cases, both cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are the consequence of long-standing […]
Douglas Wright
Douglas Wright, Ph.D., Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Principal Investigator Kansas: IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE), Kansas. Douglas Wright, Ph.D. is a Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Wright completed his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky and his postdoctoral studies at Washington University. He […]
Andrew Godwin
Andrew Godwin, Ph.D., Endowed Professor, Division Director, Genomic Diagnostics and founding Director of Molecular Oncology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Deputy Director of the KU Cancer Center, Founding Director of the Kansas Institute for Precision Medicine Andrew Godwin, Ph.D. is the Chancellors’ Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences endowed Professor and Division Director of Genomic […]
Juergen Richt
Juergen Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor & KBA Eminent Scholar, Director, Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), Director NIH COBRE Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, KANSAS. Research During my 25+ year scientific career, I have studied pathogen-host interactions in various infectious disease models including Avian and Swine Influenza viruses (AIV, […]
Kimberly Kirkpatrick
Kimberly Kirkpatrick, Director, Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity (CNAP) Research Interests I received my Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1995 under the supervision of Professor Edward A. Wasserman. My dissertation examined the role of spatial and feature-based information in pigeon visual perception. I then moved to Brown University […]
Susan Lunte
Susan Lunte, Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Director, Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry. Principal Investigator & Director, NIH COBRE Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, Kansas. ResearchResearch interests of the Lunte group include: (1) microanalytical methods for the investigation of the transport and metabolism of peptides across the blood-brain […]