Lead Institutions
Steering Committee Representative | Executive Committee Representative | |
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Lawrence Cornett, Chair, PI/PD Jerry Ware, PC | Lawrence Cornett, Chair, PI/PD Jerry Ware, PC |
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | David McNabb, Associate Dean | Feng Wang, Professor |
Primarily Undergraduate Institutes (PUIs)
Steering Committee Representative | Executive Committee Representative | |
Arkansas State University | Travis Marsico, Vice Provost | Robert Shields, Assistant Professor |
Arkansas Tech University | Sarah R. Gordon, Dean | Newton P. Hilliard, Professor |
Central Baptist College | Terry Kimbrow, President | Mi-Seon Seong, Professor |
Harding University | Michael McGalliard, Associate Provost | Cindy White, Professor and Chair |
Hendrix College | Karen Peterson, President | Andrew Schurko, Professor and Chair |
John Brown University | Robert Norwood, Vice President | Ken Hahn, Dean |
Lyon College | Anthony K. Grafton, Provost | Irosha Nawarathne, Associate Professor |
Ouachita Baptist University | Tim Knight, Dean | Nathan Reyna, Professor |
Philander Smith University | Duane A. Jackson, Chair | Mahfuzul Hasan, Assistant Professor Samuel Abassah-Oppong, Assistant Professor |
Southern Arkansas University | Abdel Bachri, Dean | Daniel McDermott, Associate Professor |
University of Arkansas, Fort Smith | Toni Alexander, Dean | Jason Ortega, Assistant Professor |
University of Arkansas, Little Rock | Brian Berry, Vice Provost and Dean | Anindya Ghosh, Professor |
University of Arkansas, Monticello | Crystal Halley, Vice Chancellor | Shuneize Slater, Dean |
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff | Mansour Mortazavi, Vice Chancellor | Grant Wangila, Professor |
University of Central Arkansas | Michael B. Hargis, Provost | Stephen Addison, Professor and Dean |
University of the Ozarks | Richard L. Dunsworth, President | Janie Diels, Vice President |
COBRE-Recipient
Steering Committee Representative | Executive Committee Representative | |
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute | Peter Mourani, President | Mario Ferruzzi, Professor and Director |

Contact PI/Director
Administrative Core Director
(501) 686-5441 | Email

Program Coordinator and Developmental Research Project (DRP) Program Director
(501) 526-6096 | Email

INBRE Liaison for PUI Faculty
(501) 686-5823 | Email

Research Technology Core
Director
(501) 686-8152 | Email
Updated 1/7/25