Regional Research Collaborations

The Barn, Valley Falls, KS

July 17-19, 2009

Our keynote speaker for this research retreat was Dr. Kevin A. Roth, Robert and Ruth Anderson Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Regional research administrators and research faculty participated in formal presentations and moderated discussions, and then conference participants continued related discussions over meals and in the relaxed atmosphere.

Pictured standing, left to right: Megan Blossom, Evelyn Haaheim, Paul Terranova, George Stewart, Robert Duncan, Jerry Jaax, Michael Johnson, Kerry Taylor. Seated: Shelley Smith, Peter Smith, Mabel Rice, Kevin Roth, Steve Warren, Dick Schiefelbusch, John Colombo 

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Standing, left to right: Megan Blossom, Evelyn Haaheim, Paul Terranova, George Stewart, Robert Duncan, Jerry Jaax, Michael Johnson, Kerry Taylor. Seated: Shelley Smith, Peter Smith, Mabel Rice, Kevin Roth, Steve Warren, Dick Schiefelbusch, John Colombo

Retreat Participants

Keynote Speaker 

  • Kevin A. Roth, Robert and Ruth Anderson Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham  

Kansas State University 

  • Jerry Jaax, Associate Vice President for Research Compliance and University Veterinarian 
  • Kerry L. Taylor, Assistant Vice President for Research (Animal Care) 

The University of Kansas 

  • Danny Anderson, Interim Provost 
  • John Colombo, Director of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies 
  • Michael Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry 
  • Mabel L. Rice, The Fred & Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies; Director of the Merrill Center 
  • Richard Schiefelbusch, Director Emeritus of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies and the Merrill Center; Merrill Board member 
  • Peter G. Smith, Director, Institute for Neurological Disorders; Co-Director, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center 
  • Paul Terranova, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas Medical Center 
  • Steven F. Warren, Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Studies; Merrill Board member 

University of Missouri 

  • Robert Duncan, Vice Chancellor for Research 
  • Annie Sobel, Assistant to the Provost and the Vice President 
  • George Stewart, McKee Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis; Chairman, Department of Veterinary Pathology 

University of Nebraska 

  • Shelley D. Smith, Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Human Molecular Genetics, Munroe Meyer Institute 

Agenda 

The Barn, Valley Falls  

June 17-19, 2009 

Wednesday, June 17 

Opening Reception 

Dinner 

  • Welcome by Mabel Rice, Director of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center at KU  
  • Introduction of Participants 

Thursday, June 18 

Breakfast 

  • Welcome and introduction of the speaker – Mabel Rice 

Keynote Address 

  • Kevin A. Roth, M.D., Ph.D., Robert and Ruth Anderson Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, “Regional Neuroscience Research Collaboration: The Alabama Experience" 
  • Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice 

Break 

Research Administration Panel 

  • Paul Terranova, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas Medical Center, “Evolution of Reproductive Sciences at KUMC” 
  • Robert Duncan, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Missouri, “Strategy and Concrete Examples of Regional Research Collaborations Between Universities” 
  • Discussion – Moderator, John Colombo 

Lunch 

Research Faculty and Administration Panel 

  • Jerry Jaax, Associate Vice Provost for Research Compliance and University Veterinarian, Kansas State University, “The NBAF is Coming: How did it happen and why Manhattan?” 
  • George Stewart, McKee Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Chairman, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, “The University of Missouri Regional Biocontainment Laboratory – What It Is and the Emphasis on Regional” 
  • Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice 

Break 

Research Faculty and Administration Panel 

  • Peter Smith, Director, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, “Roles of a Center and Institute in the Evolution of Regional Research Collaborations: The KIDDRC & IND” 
  • Discussion – Moderator, John Colombo 

Dinner 

Friday, June 19 

Breakfast 

Opening Remarks – Mabel Rice 

Research Faculty and Administration Panel 

  • Annie Sobel, Assistant to the Provost and the Vice President, University of Missouri, “Achieving Unconventional Collaborations” 
  • Michael Johnson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Kansas, “Using Analytical Chemistry to Unravel Neurological Disease State Mechanisms” 
  • Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice 

Break 

Research Faculty and Administration Panel 

  • Shelley Smith, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, “The Molecular Biology of Neurosensory Systems: A collaborative COBRE project” 
  • Steve Warren, Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Studies, University of Kansas, “Expanding the Reach of KU Research Through Regional Collaborations” 
  • Open Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice 

Lunch and Departure