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Faculty Research

The Faculty Research Committee shall consist of one faculty member from each college and one from the Libraries. The chairs of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, the Institutional Review Board for Protection of Human Subjects in Research, and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee shall serve as ex-officio members of the committee. The Associate Provost and Vice President for Research, the Associate Vice President for Research, and the Graduate Dean shall serve as non-voting, ex-officio members of the committee. All faculty members shall serve three-year staggered terms. The committee chair shall be selected from among the 13 faculty representatives.

The committee shall be responsible for bringing research related concerns to the Vice President for Research, and for reporting appropriate research matters and policies back to the Senate.

Faculty:
     One faculty member from each college and one from the Libraries.

Continuing/Ex-officio: The chairs of:

• the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee,
• the Institutional Biosafety Committee, and
• the Institutional Review Board for Protection of Human Subjects in Research (IRB 1 and IRB 2)
• the Libraries' Research Data Mangement Librarian
  

Non-voting/Ex-officio:

• the Vice President for Research,
• the Associate Vice President for Research,
• and the Graduate Dean

Members

• Chair, Robert (Rusty) Arnold
• Paul Dyce, College of Agriculture – 2023
• Vinicia Biancardi, College of Vet Medicine – 2023
• Joyce Thomas, College of Architecture, Design & Construction – 2023
• Brian Connelly, Harbert College of Business – 2023
• Mark Schall, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering – 2024
• Wei Zhan, COSAM – 2024
• David Marshall, College of Education – 2024
• Brian Via, College of Forestry, Wildlife, and the Environment – 2024
• Patricia Hartman, Libraries – 2024
• Amrut Sadachar, College of Human Sciences – 2025
• Adrienne Wilson, College of Liberal Arts– 2025
• Robert (Rusty) Arnold, Harrison College of Pharmacy – 2025
• Christine Feeley, College of Nursing – 2025

Continuing/Ex-officio:

• Chair of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Terry Brandebourg
• Chair of Institutional Biosafety Committee, Michael Roberts
• Chair of IRB - Jennifer Robinson
• Libraries' Research Data Mangement Librarian - Ali Krzton
  

Continuing Non-voting/Ex-officio:

• James A. Weyhenmeyer, Vice-President for Research
• Not filled, Associate Vice President for Research
• George Flowers, Graduate School Dean