NCRC: Who's who on campus

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 2, 2009

The David H. Murdock Research Institute owns and operates the Core Lab Building.
Board of Directors:
– David H. Murdock, founder
– Dr. Andrew Conrad, chief scientific officer
– Dr. Steven Leath, UNC system vice president for research
– Dr. Steven Lommel, N.C. State University interim associate dean for research and assistant vice chancellor
– Dr. Tony Waldrop, UNC-Chapel Hill vice chancellor for research and economic development
– Dr. Victor Dzau, Duke chancellor for health affairs and president of Duke University Health System
– Dr. Rob Califf, Duke vice chancellor for clinical research and director of Duke Translational Medicine Institute
– Dr. R. Sanders Williams, Duke senior vice chancellor for academic affairs
Duke University’s MURDOCK Study will use thousands of Kannapolis and Cabarrus County residents to better understand chronic diseases.
– Dr. Rob Califf, principal investigator
– Dr. John McHutchison, co-principal investigator and associate director of Duke Clinical Research Institute
– Dr. Geoffrey Ginsburg, co-principal investigator and director of Duke Center for Genomic Medicine
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute wants to individualize nutrition and understand differences in metabolism.
– Dr. Steven Zeisel, director
N.C. State Fruit and Vegetable Science Institute wants to develop super foods with superior nutritional and horticultural characteristics.
– Dr. Mary Ann Lila, director
The UNCG Center for Research Excellence in Bioactive Food Components will study how constituents in food help people live longer, healthier lives.
– Dr. Wei Jia, co-director
– Dr. Debbie Kipp, co-director and chair of UNCG Department of Nutrition
N.C. A&T State University’s Center of Excellence for Post Harvest Technologies will focus on improving the quality and safety of food after it leaves the farm.
– Dr. Chung W. Seo, interim director
– Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna, interim director
The UNC-Charlotte Bioinformatics Research Center will provide specialized computer systems and software, data management solutions and analysis.
– Dr. Larry Mays, director
N.C. Central University Nutrition Research Program will use Zebrafish and rodent cancer models to study nutrition at the cellular and genetic level.
– Dr. Ken Harewood, interim director
The ASU Human Performance Laboratory will study antioxidants and how they affect athletes.
– Dr. David C. Nieman, director
Castle & Cooke North Carolina serves as the developer for the N.C. Research Campus.
– Lynne Scott Safrit, president