Research Development Advisory Council (ReDAC)
The Research Development Advisory Council (ReDAC) was inaugurated in 2006. Its members are associate/assistant deans for research or individuals who hold comparable responsibilities for research development within their respective academic college or school. Council members represent the research interests of each of the academic schools and colleges at VCU, make policy recommendations to the vice president for research and innovation and serve as a conduit of information from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation back to their constituencies. The council meets monthly with the vice president for research and innovation and the associate vice president for research development to address topics of specific interest to the VCU research enterprise, to discuss policy issues, and to identify resources and supports necessary for increasing the strength and competitiveness of VCU as a research university. Affiliate non-voting members are appointed to ReDAC on a case-by-case basis by the vice president for research and innovation in consultation with the academic vice presidents.
Members
Amy Salisbury, Ph.D., RN, chair
Associate dean for research, scholarship and innovation, School of Nursing
Email: salisburya@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 828-2095
Gary Cuddeback, Ph.D., vice chair
Associate dean for research, School of Social Work
Email: cuddebackg@vcu.edu
Derek Chapman, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Public Health
Email: dachapman@vcu.edu
Diane Derr, Ph.D.
Associate dean for research and development, School of the Arts in Qatar
Email: derrdc@vcu.edu | Phone: 4402-0737
Fadi Salloum, Ph.D.
Senior associate dean for research and research training, School of Medicine
Email: fadi.salloum@vcuhealth.org | Phone: (804) 827-2340
Rima Franklin, Ph.D.
Interim vice provost, VCU Life Sciences
Email: rbfranklin@vcu.edu
Ram Gupta, Ph.D.
Associate dean for faculty research development, College of Engineering
Email: rbgupta@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 828-1211
Christiana Lafazani, MFA
Associate dean for faculty affairs, School of the Arts
Email: clafazani@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 828-1713
Robyn Diehl McDougle, Ph.D.
Associate dean of research and outreach, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Email: rdmcdougle@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 828-2759
Mary Peace McRae, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Associate dean for research and graduate studies, School of Pharmacy
Email: mpmcrae@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 628-5233
Mayoor Mohan, Ph.D.
Interim associate dean for strategic affairs, School of Business
Email: mmohan@vcu.edu
Iain Morgan, Ph.D.
Associate dean for research, School of Dentistry
Email: immorgan@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 828-0149
Angela Reynolds, Ph.D.
Associate professor and interim associate dean for research, College of Humanities and Sciences
Email: areynolds2@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 828-4623
John Ryan, Ph.D.
Associate vice president for research development
Email: jjryan@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 827-2267
Kevin Sutherland, Ph.D.
Professor and interim associate dean for research, School of Education
Email: kssuther@vcu.edu | Phone: (804) 827-2652
Faika Zanjani, Ph.D.
Associate dean for research, College of Health Professions
Email: fzanjani@vcu.edu
Affiliate Members
Ariana Bracalente
Senior associate director of corporate and foundation relations and principal giving, Division of Development and Alumni Relations
Email: abracalente@vcu.edu
Jimmy Ghaphery, M.Ed.
Associate university librarian for scholarly communications and publishing, VCU Libraries
Email: jghapher@vcu.edu
Carly Katz
Senior director of federal relations, Office of the President
Email: cbkatz@vcu.edu
Gerard Moeller, M.D.
Director, Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Email: frederick.moeller@vcuhealth.org
Said Sebti, Ph.D.
Associate director for basic research, Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Email: said.sebti@vcuhealth.org
ReDAC meeting presentations
- Dr. Michael Donnenberg’s presentation on the School of Medicine’s Research Funding Priorities – (October 2022)
- Dr. Kathy Rudasill’s presentation on the School of Education’s Research Priorities – (October 2022)
- Dr. Robyn McDougle’s presentation on the Wilder School of Government and Public
- Dr. Diane Derr’s presentation on VCUarts Qatar Research Overview: Activities and Programming - (August 2022)
- Dr. Massimo Bertino’s presentation on the Nanomaterials Characterization Core Facility - (February 2022)
- Dr. Frank Corwin’s and Dr. Sundaresan Gobalakrishnan’s presentation on the Bioimaging and Applied Research Core Facility - (February 2022)
- Tina Cunningham’s presentation on Cybersecurity maturity model certification – (January 2021)
- Teresa Knott’s presentation on the Sanger series – (March 2021)
- Karolina Aberg’s presentation on the VCU Genomics Core – (April 2021)
- Kathy Rudasill’s presentation on FACR distribution – (April 2021)
- Emily Lilley’s and Dr. Judy Silberg’s presentation on the Mid-Atlantic Twin Registry – (April 2021)
- Lisa Ballance’s presentation on OVPRI updates – (April 2021)
- Paul Fawcett’s and Jim Ward’s presentation on Research core facilities and searchable list of HEETF equipment (May 2021)
- Lane Carasik’s presentation on VCU’s High Performance Research Computing Core – (May 2021)
- Dr. Michael Idowu’s presentation on VCU’s Tissue Data Acquisition and Analysis Core – (May 2021)
- Carly Katz’s presentation on NSF Reauthorization Legislation – (September 2021)
- Rebecca Martin’s presentation on the Flow Cytometry Shared Resource – (September 2021)
- Parthy Dinora’s presentation on the Partnership for People with Disabilities – (September 2021)
- Dr. John Leonard - Federal Demonstration Partnership (January 2020)
- Dr. Doug Davis - Research at the School of Business (February 2020)
- Quinton Johnson - Foreign Influence in Research (August 2020)
- Melissa Throckmorton and Joshua Hahn - OVPRI’s Research Development Services (September 2020)
- James Parrish’s, Dr. Sandy Turnage’s, and Ariana Bracalente’s Presentation on Pursuing Corporate and Foundation Funding (October 2020)
- Dr. Henry Rozycki’s Presentation on the Child Health Research Institute (October 2020)
- Dr. Monika Markowitz’s Presentation on a VCU-wide RCR initiative for faculty (October 2020)
- Dr. Meredith Weiss - Administration (December 2019)
- Dr. Joshua Langberg - College of Humanities and Sciences (December 2019)
- Carly Katz and Miles Gordon - Government Relations (December 2019)
- Jimmy Ghaphery - VCU Libraries (November 2019)
- Dr. Michael Donnenberg - Research at the School of Medicine (October 2019)
- Dr. Gregory Triplett - Research at the College of Engineering (September 2019)
- John Horigan - Office of Research Subject Protection (April 2019)
- Dr. Monika Markowitz - COI in Research (March 2019)
- Dr. Aron Lichtman - Research at the School of Pharmacy (March 2019)
- Tina Cunningham - F&A Fundamentals (March 2019)
- Dr. Kathy Rudasill - Research at the School of Education (February 2019)