ABI Scientific Coordinating Committee

The ABI Scientific Coordinating Committee has been appointed by the five member institutions to provide guidance for ABI scientific research

Donald Bobbitt, Ph.D.
Dean, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Mark Cochran, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Lawrence E. Cornett, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research, College of Medicine

Vice Chancellor for Research
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Carole Cramer, Ph.D.
Executive Director, ASU Biosciences Institute
Arkansas State University

Richard Jacobs, M.D.
Horace C. Cabe Professor of Pediatrics – UAMS College of Medicine
President, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
 

ABI Science and Industry Advisory Committees

For ABI to move forward with quality research, its programs must continually be assessed and reassessed. In order to provide excellent human health research projects, two external advisory committees have been named to assist this effort. The ABI Science and Industry Advisory Committees are composed of distinguished, knowledgeable persons in the fields of science and industry and serve as resources for the Arkansas Biosciences Institute Board. The committees will provide advice and recommendations on potential areas for new research; for strengthening on-going research; for promoting ABI research and disseminating information to the public; and for facilitating research results into commercial, alternate technological, and other applications.

The ABI Science and Industry Advisory Committee members were recently announced by the Board. This group of nationally and internationally recognized experts meets at least once each year and their expertise is used to guide the research focus of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.

ABI Science Advisory Committee

James J. Giovannoni, Ph.D.
Research Molecular Biologist, USDA ARS Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Mary L. Good, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Information Science and Systems Engineering
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR

Rowena G. Matthews, Ph.D.
The G. Robert Greenberg Distinguished Professor of Biological Chemistry
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

John C. Peters, Ph.D.
Director, Nutrition Science Institute
Proctor & Gamble Company
Cincinnati, OH

ABI Industry Advisory Committee

Edwin J. Anderson, Ph.D.
Coordinator - Laboratory Automation Group
Technology Integration Services Department
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Des Moines, IA

Barry Holtz, Ph.D.
President and CEO, InterveXion Therapeutics
Dallas, TX

Don McCaskill
Vice President for Research, Riceland Foods, Inc.
Stuttgart, AR

Richard Roop, Ph.D.
Senior Vice-President, Science and Regulatory Affairs
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Springdale, AR