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ARKANSAS

Billy Thomas, M.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Center for Diversity Affairs
4301 W. Markham, #625
Little Rock, AR 72205-7199
Tel: 501-686-7299
E-mail: thomasbillyr@uams.edu

ARIZONA

Stuart Newfeld, Ph.D.
Arizona State University
School of Life Sciences
Life Sciences C-wing Room 274
Mailcode 4501
Tempe, AZ 85287
Tel: 480-965-6042
E-mail: Newfeld@asu.edu

Alice Gibb, Ph.D.
Northern Arizona University
Babbitt Administrative Center
Building 51, Room 100 Knoles Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4130
Tel: 928-523-4880
E-mail: alice.gibb@nau.edu

Maria T. Velez, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
Graduate College
Administration 322
Tucson, AZ 85721-0066
Tel: 520-626-0095
E-mail: mvelez@u.arizona.edu

CALIFORNIA

Antonio De Maio, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
Department of Surgery
9500 Gilman Drive, #0739
La Jolla, CA 92093
Tel: 858-822-6501
E-mail: ademaio@ucsd.edu

William G. Tong, Ph.D.
San Diego State University
Department of Chemistry
San Diego, CA 92182-1030
Tel: 619- 594-2442
E-mail: william.tong@sdsu.edu
Web: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/mbrs Link to external Web site

Marino A. De Leon, Ph.D.
Loma Linda University
School of Medicine
11234 Anderson Street
Mortensen Hall, Room 132
Loma Linda, CA 92354
Tel: 909-558-8622
E-mail: mdeleon@som.llu.edu

Barbara A. Horwitz, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
One Shields Avenue
NPB Briggs Hall
Davis, CA 95616-8519
Tel: 530-752-0169
E-mail: bahorwitz@ucdavis.edu

John Matsui, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology
3060 Valley Life Science Building
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: 510-643-9768
E-mail: matsui@berkeley.edu

Luis Mota-Bravo, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Minority Science Program
265 Steinhaus Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-2527
Tel: 949-824-5680
E-mail: lmota@uci.edu
Web: http://port.bio.uci.edu/MBRS Link to external Web site

Tama Hasson, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
2121 Life Science Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606
Tel: 310-825-9277
E-mail: thasson@college.ucla.edu

Patricia G. Calarco, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Graduate Division
1675 Owens Street, Box 0523
San Francisco, CA 94143-0523
Tel: 415-476-9716
E-mail: Graduate.Dean@ucsf.edu

Melissa Jurica, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Sinsheimer Laboratory
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Tel: 831-459-4427
E-mail: mjurica@ucsc.edu
Web: http://stemdiv.ucsc.edu Link to external Web site

FLORIDA

Michael S. Gaines, Ph.D.
University of Miami
Department of Biology
Undergraduate Research and Community Outreach
122 Cox Science Center
P.O. Box 24827
Coral Gables, FL 33124
Tel: 305-284-5058
E-mail: mgaines@bio.miami.edu

ILLINOIS

Rick McGee, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
The Feinberg School of Medicine
440 East Superior, Rubloff 12
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312-503-1737
E-mail: r-mcgee@northwestern.edu
Web: http://www.northwestern.edu/climb Link to external Web site

IOWA

Lori Adams, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
Department of Biology
143 Biology Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1324
Tel: 319-335-1322
E-mail: lori-adams@uiowa.edu
Web: http://ogei.grad.uiowa.edu/iba Link to external Web site

KANSAS

James A. Orr, Ph.D.
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Division of Molecular Biosciences
2045 Haworth Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
Tel: 785-864-3859
E-mail: jorr@ku.edu
Web: http://www2.ku.edu/~imsd Link to external Web site

LOUISIANA

Maria Da Graca Vicente, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University
A&M College Baton Rouge
Department of Chemistry
232 Choppin Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Tel: 225-578-7405
E-mail: vicente@lsu.edu

MARYLAND

Michael F. Summers, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Tel: 410-455-2527
E-mail: summers@hhmi.umbc.edu

MASSACHUSETTS

Sandra L. Petersen, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Veterinary and Animal Sciences
STEM Diversity Institute
Integrated Science Building
661 N. Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: 413-545-1808
E-mail: spetersen@vasci.umass.edu

Rachel Skvirsky, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Department of Biology
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125-3393
Tel: 617-287-6617
E-mail: rachel.skvirsky@umb.edu

Ichiro Kawachi, M.D.
Harvard University
School of Public Health
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617-432-0235
E-mail: kawachi@channing.harvard.edu

MICHIGAN

Harold W. Neighbors, Ph.D.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Health Behavior and Health Education Department
Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health
1420 Washington Heights
109 South Observatory
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Tel: 734-647-6665
E-mail: woodyn@umich.edu

Joseph C. Dunbar, Ph.D.
Wayne State University
Department of Physiology
540 E. Canfield
Detroit, MI 48201-1928
Tel: 313-577-1520
E-mail: jdunbar@med.wayne.edu

MINNESOTA

Louis J. Maher, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
200 First Street S.W.
Rochester, MN 55905
Tel: 507-284-9041
E-mail: maher.james@mayo.edu

Benjamin Clarke, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
323 School of Medicine, 1035 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
Tel: 218-726-6587
E-mail: bclarke@d.umn.edu

MISSOURI

Mark Hannink, Ph.D.
University of Missouri, Columbia
Life Science Center, Room 440E
1201 Rollins Street
Columbia, MO 65211
Tel: 573-882-7971
E-mail: hanninkm@missouri.edu

Cherilynn R. Shadding, Ph.D.
Washington University in Saint Louis-SOM
The Genome Institute
4444 Forest Park Blvd., Campus Box 8501
St. Louis, MO 63108
Tel: 314-286-1897
E-mail: cshaddin@genome.wustl.edu

NEW JERSEY

Barry Komisaruk, Ph.D.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark
Graduate School
360 Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Blvd.
Hill Hall, Room 404
Newark, NJ 07102
Tel: 973-353-5834
E-mail: brk@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Jerome Langer, Ph.D.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology
675 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635
Tel: 732-235-5224
E-mail: langer@umdnj.edu

NEW MEXICO

Margaret C. Werner-Washburne, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Department of Biology
Castetter Hall
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel: 505-277-9338
E-mail: maggieww@unm.edu
Web: http://biology.unm.edu/imsd Link to external Web site

NEW YORK

Ana Abraido-Lanza, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health/Sociomedical Sciences
722 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Tel: 212-305-1859
E-mail: afl7@columbia.edu

Margarita Dubocovich, Ph.D.
University of Buffalo
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
3435 Main Street
102 Farber Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214
Tel: 716-829-3048
E-mail: mdubo@buffalo.edu

NORTH CAROLINA

Kenneth N. Kreuzer, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Biochemistry
Box 3711
Durham, NC 27710
Tel: 919-684-6466
E-mail: Kenneth.kreuzer@duke.edu

Trudy Mackay, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University
Department of Genetics
Campus Box 7614
Raleigh, NC 27695-7614
Tel: 919-515-5810
E-mail: trudy_mackay@ncsu.edu
Web: http://www.ncsu.edu/grad/imsd Link to external Web site

Virginia Miller, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
116 Manning Drive CB# 7290
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Tel: 919-966-9956
E-mail: vlmiller@med.unc.edu
Web: http://www.med.unc.edu/imsd Link to external Web site

RHODE ISLAND

Andrew Campbell, Ph.D.
Brown University
P.O. Box G
A-126 97 Waterman Street
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-3281
E-mail: andrew_campbell@brown.edu
Web: http://biomed.brown.edu/imsd Link to external Web site

SOUTH CAROLINA

Bert Ely, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Department of Biological Sciences
Coker Life Science Building 701
Columbia, SC 29208
Tel: 803-777-2768
E-mail: ely@sc.edu

Cynthia F. Wright, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
173 Ashley Avenue, 102 BSB
MSC 501
Charleston, SC 29425
Tel: 843-792-2564
E-mail: wrightcf@musc.edu
Web: http://www.musc.edu/grad/grants/imsd.html Link to external Web site

TENNESSEE

Linda Sealy, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
710B Light Hall
Nashville, TN 37232-0301
Tel: 615-322-3224
E-mail: linda.sealy@vanderbilt.edu

Cynthia B. Peterson, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee
Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
M401 Walters Life Sciences Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
Tel: 865-974-5148
E-mail: cbpeters@utk.edu
Web: http://web.utk.edu/~peer Link to external Web site

TEXAS

Gayle R. Slaughter, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Graduate Sciences Department
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
Tel: 713-798-6970
E-mail: gayles@bcm.tmc.edu

Thomas Yorio, Ph.D.
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699
Tel: 817-735-0268
E-mail: yoriot@hsc.unt.edu

Nicquet Blake, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center- San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
MSC 7819
San Antonio, TX 78229
Tel: 210-567-3722
Email: blaken@uthscsa.edu

VIRGINIA

Suzanne Barbour, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Biochemistry
P.O. Box 980614
Richmond, VA 23298-0614
Tel: 804-828-2308
E-mail: sbarbour@hsc.vcu.edu

Edward J. Smith, Ph.D.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Comparative Genomica Lab
Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences
2250 Litton-Reaves Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tel: 540-231-6797
E-mail: esmith@vt.edu
Web: http://www.imsd.apsc.vt.edu Link to external Web site

WASHINGTON

Patrick S. Stayton, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Department of Bioengineering
411 Bagley Hall
Seattle, WA 98195-1721
Tel: 206-685-0163
E-mail: stayton@u.washington.edu

WISCONSIN

Mary L. Carnes, M.D., M.S.
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Center for Women's Health Research
Department of Medicine
700 Regent Street, Suite 301
Madison, WI 53715-1507
Tel: 608-263-9770
E-mail: mlcarnes@wisc.edu


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