ROC RETREATFebruary 3-4, 2005

Neil C. Olson, DVM, PhD

Associate Dean For Research & Graduate Studies

Director of CVM BioPark & Facilities Development

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

• Research Themes/Priorities– Emphasize Highly Fundable

Themes– Interdisciplinary Collaboration of

Basic & Clinical Scientists

GENOMICSCIENCES

Infec

tious

Diseases

Food Safety

Cancer

Environment

Comparative

Biomedicine

 

Food Safety Research and Response Network

•$5 million awarded from the USDA.

•A multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary team of more than 50 food-safety researchers from 17 universities. Expertise includes all major pre-harvest food safety pathogens.

•Themes: 1) public health impact of pre-harvest food safety pathogens; 2) microbial ecology of pre-harvest food safety pathogens; 3) detection, surveillance and risk assessment of pre-harvest food-safety pathogens; and 4) cost-effective intervention strategies for pre-harvest food safety pathogens.

Center for Comparative Molecular Medicine

•Enhance collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches for the comparative study of molecular aspects of animal diseases. Support interactions between clinical and basic research groups within the CVM and the university by developing mechanisms that encourage and facilitate those interactions.

•Enhance research funding opportunities, increased access to unique animal resources, unique combinations of clinical/basic expertise, and access to valuable service core facilities.

•Provide clinical and research opportunities to graduate & veterinary students, clinical residents, and postdoctoral fellows.

•A central component for enhancing and accelerating the development of the Centennial Biomedical Campus.

Research Centers of Excellence

• NIAID Southeast Regional Center for Excellence for Emerging Infections Biodefense

• 6 Medical Schools, NIH funded $45M

• CVM: Affiliate Status

HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER

• Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense

• 16 Universities, 5 private companies, 4 governmental agencies

• $18M

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

• Faculty– Endowed Professorships– Recruiting Emphasis on Vacant Positions– 9 Month Appointments– Research Assistant Professors– Start-up Packages

• Graduate Students– Training Grants– Recruitment – Stipends– Endowments

•Facilities

–Leased Space

–Reallocation of Space

–Renovation of Existing Space

–HVAC

•Centennial Biomedical Campus

–New Construction: Research Building & Veterinary Medical Centers

–Infrastructure

–Partnerships

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Centennial Biomedical Campus

• Nanotechnologies– Biocompatible materials– Biochips– Biosensors– Single cell sensors for biomolecules

• Medical Devices

• Imaging

The CVM Research Committee presents

NCSU-CVM Annual Grant Writing Workshop Wednesday, Febuary 9th

D-239 N/S

Schedule: 10:00-10:15: Welcome and Introductions

10:15-12:15: Dr. Ken Adler: “NIH Grant writing…One more time”

12:15-1:00 Box Lunch (available to all

participants who RSVP)

1:00 – 3:00 Jaine Place, of the NCSU Proposal Development Unit: "Going After the Big Bucks: NIH Program Projects and NSF Centers"

Please RSVP by Friday, February 4th to Sarah_Battle@ncsu.edu

Change is inevitable

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent,

but the ones most responsive to change.”

-Charles Darwin