Research & Innovation Organizational Chart

Division of Research & Innovation printable organization chart (PDF)

• Vice President for Research & Innovation: Ezemenari M. Obasi, Ph.D.

• Senior Director, Office of Research & Innovation Business Affairs Office: Daisy Wright, MBA

• Director, Research & Innovation Communications: Julie O'Connor, MBA

• Director, Division of Research & Innovation Research CoresL Jessica Back, Ph.D.

• Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Research & Innovation: Ashley Hysell

• Assistant Vice President for Research & Innovation: Matthew Allen, Ph.D.

• Assistant Vice President for Research Enhancement and Development: Rachel L. Wallace, Ph.D.

• Assistant Vice President for Research Integrity: Sonia Chawla, Ph.D.

• Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Program Administration: Aleta Savage, MBA

• Assistant Vice President for Technology Commercialization: Taunya Phillips, MBA

Centers, Institutes and Thematic Initiatives

• Director - Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics: Lawrence Grossman, Ph.D.

• Director - Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute: Alissa Huth-Bocks, Ph.D.

• Director - Institute of Gerontology: Ana Daugherty, Ph.D.

• Director - Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Center for Urban Responses to Urban Stressors: Melissa Runge-Morris, M.D.

• Co-Directors - Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases, Teena Chopra, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Paul Kilgore, M.P.H., M.D., F.A.C.P., Matthew Seeger, Ph.D., Marcus Zervos, M.D.

• Co-Directors -  Ben L. Silberstein Institute for Brain Health, David Rosenberg, M.D. and Jessica Damoiseaux, Ph.D.

• President and CE), Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Boris Pasche, M.D., Ph.D.

• Associate Vice President for Translational Science: Phillip D. Levy, M.D.

• Director - Healthy Urban Waters Program: Carol Miller, Ph.D.

• Assistant Vice President for Translational Sciences and Clinical Research Innovation: Phillip D. Levy, M.D.