IRACDA Participating Institutions

Alabama | California | Georgia | Illinois | Kansas | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Pennsylvania | Texas | Virginia

Alabama

Lisa M. Schwiebert
University of Alabama at Birmingham
LHL G03K, UAB
1720 2nd Ave. South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0013
Tel: 205-934-3970​
Fax: 205-975-9028
Email: lschwieb@uab.edu
http://www.uab.edu/meritprogram/

Partner Institution: Lawson State Community College
Coordinator: Tracy Wilson
Tel: 205-929-3461
Email: twilson@lawsonstate.edu

Partner Institution: Oakwood University
Coordinator: Kenneth LaiHing
Tel: 256-726-8463
Email: laihing@oakwood.edu

Partner Institution: Stillman College
Coordinator: Moses Darpolor
Tel: 205-349-4240
Email: mdarpolor@stillman.edu

Partner Institution: University of Montevallo
Coordinator: Houston Byrd
Tel: 205-665-6484
Email:byrdh@montevallo.edu

California

Michael Carey, Ph.D., Co-Director
Professor and Vice Chair,
Department of Biological Chemistry
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Email: mcarey@mednet.ucla.edu
https://www.biomedpostdoc.ucla.edu/pages/uplift

Claudio Villanueva, Ph.D., Co-Director
University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor
Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology
UCLA College, Division of Life Sciences
Tel: 310-825-4369
Email: cvillanueva@g.ucla.edu

Lynn Talton, Ph.D., Coordinator
University of California, Los Angeles
Director, Office of Postdoc Affairs in Biosciences
Geffen Hall #300, David Geffen School of Medicine
Tel: 310-825-1391
Email: ltalton@mednet.ucla.edu

Partner Institution: California State University, Los Angeles
Coordinator: Katrina Yamazaki
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Natural and Social Sciences
Tel: 323-343-2086
Email: kyamaza@calstatela.edu

University of California at Santa Cruz
Camilla Forsberg, co-PI
University of California at Santa Cruz
Co-director, Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC)
Professor, Department of Biomolecular Engineering
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Email: cforsber@ucsc.edu

Lindsay Hinck, co-PI
University of California at Santa Cruz
Co-director, Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC)
Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Email: lhinck@ucsc.edu

Austin Jelcick, Program Director
Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC)
Biomedical Sciences Building, Room 444
Mail stop SOE2
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Tel: 831-459-1399
Email: ajelcick​@ucsc.edu
https://ibsc.ucsc.edu/postdoc-training/iracda

Partner Institution: California State University at Monterey Bay
Aparna Sreenivasan, co-PI
California State University at Monterey Bay
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Chapman Science Academic Center, E307
100 Campus Center Drive
Seaside, CA 93955
Tel: 831-582-3210
Email: asreenivasan@csumb.edu

University of California, San Diego
JoAnn Trejo, Ph.D., MBA
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Faculty Affairs
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0636
La Jolla, CA 92093-0636
Tel: 858-246-0150
Email: joanntrejo@ucsd.edu

San Diego IRACDA Scholars Program: http://iracda.ucsd.edu/wordpress/
SD IRACDA Education Coordinator: ofc-iracda-sd@health.ucsd.edu

Partner Institutions: San Diego State University
Cathie Atkins, Ph.D., Co-director
Associate Dean for the College of Sciences
Email: catkins@ucsd.edu

Partner Institutions: San Diego City College
Randy Barnes, Ph.D., Co-Director
Dean School of Engineering, Technologies, Mathematics, Sciences & Nursing
Email: rbarnes@sdccd .edu

Holly A. Ingraham
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
1550 Rock Hall Room 284F
Campus Mail Box 2611
San Francisco, CA 94143-0523
Tel: 415-514-4852
Fax: 415-514-0844
Email: holly.ingraham@ucsf.edu
http://iracda.ucsf.edu

Coordinator: Anne Sufka
Tel: 415-514-9434
Email: anne.sufka@ucsf.edu

Partner Institution: San Francisco State University
Co-Director: Raymond Esquerra
Tel: 415-338-3444
Email: esquerra@sfsu.edu

Coordinator: Jennifer Breckler
Tel: 415-338-2340
Email: jbreck@sfsu.edu

Georgia

Lou Ann Brown, Ph.D., Co-Director, PI
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
2015 Uppergate Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email: lbrow03@emory.edu
https://med.emory.edu/education/postdoctoral-training/first/index.html

Anita Corbett, Ph.D., Co-Director, co-PI
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biology
O. Wayne Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email: acorbe2@emory.edu

Arri Eisen, Ph.D., Co-Director
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biology
O. Wayne Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email: arri.eisen@emory.edu

Angela Shennette, Program Coordinator
Emory University School of Medicine
1462 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email: ashenn2@emory.edu

Partner Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Coordinator: Joann Powell
Tel: 404-880-6794
Email: jpowell@cau.edu

Partner Institution: Morehouse College
Coordinator: Triscia Hendrickson, Ph.D.
Tel: 470-639-0221
Email: triscia.hendrickson@morehouse.edu

Partner Institution: Morehouse School of Medicine
Coordinator: Peter MacLeish, Ph.D.
Tel: 470-756-5786
Email: pmacleish@msm.edu

Partner Institution: Spelman College
Coordinator: Tiffany Oliver, Ph.D.
Tel: 404-270-5727
Email: toliver4​@spelman.edu

Co-Coordinator: Mark Lee
Tel: 404-270-5718
Email: marklee@spelman.edu

Illinois

Joanna E. Burdette, Co-director
UIC College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
3202 Molecular Biology Research Building (MBRB)
Chicago, IL 60612
Tel: 312-996-9613
Email: joannab@uic.edu
https://www.burdettelab.com​

Larisa Nonn, Co-director
UIC College of Medicine
Department of Pathology
6137 COMRB (MC 847)
909 S Wolcott Ave.
Chicago, IL 60612
Tel: 312-996-0194
Email: lnonn@uic.edu
https://nonnlab.pathology.uic.edu/home

Lindsey McQuade, Coordinator
UIC College of Pharmacy
Email: lmcquade@uic.edu
http://iracda.uic.edu

Partner Institution: Governor's State University
Coordinator: Pam Guimond
Tel: 708-534-4546 x4546
Email: pguimond@govst.edu

Kansas

Roberto N. De Guzman
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Department of Molecular Biosciences
1567 Irving Hill Road
Lawrence, KS 66045
Tel: 785-864-4923
Fax: 785-864-5321
Email: rdguzman@ku.edu
https://iracda.ku.edu

Partner Institution: Haskell Indian Nations University
Coordinator: Bridgett Chapin
Tel: 785-832-6696
Email: bchapin@haskell.edu

Maryland

Sridevi V. Sarma, Co-Director
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Hackerman Hall, Rm. 315
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218-2625
Tel: 410-516-4381
Email: ssarma2@jhu​.eduhttps://iracda.jhu.edu/​

Partner Institution: Morgan State University
Lisa D. Brown, Co-Director
Department of Biology
School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251-0001
Tel: 443-885-3631
Email: lisa.brown@morgan.edu

Partner Institution: Coppin State University
Hany F. Sobhi, Co-Director
Department of Natural Sciences
2500 W. North Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21216-3698
Tel: 410-951-4113
Email: hsobhi@coppin.edu

Massachusetts

Claire Moore, Co-Director
Tufts University, School of Medicine
Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology
136 Harrison Ave.
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: 617-636-6935
Email: claire.moore@tufts.edu
Program Email: IRACDA@tufts.edu
https://gsbs.tufts.edu/academics/TuftsIRACDA

Mitch McVey, Director
Tufts University, School of Arts & Sciences
Department of Biology
200 Boston Ave. - STE 4700
Medford, MA 02155
Tel: 617-627-4196
Email: mitch.mcvey@tufts.edu
Program Email: IRACDA@tufts.edu
https://gsbs.tufts.edu/academics/TuftsIRACDA

Jordan Wilkinson, Program Certified Research Administrator
Tufts University, Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Department of Research Administration & Development
136 Harrison Ave.
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: 617-636-6754
Email: jordan.wilkinson@tufts.edu
Program Email: IRACDA@tufts.edu
https://gsbs.tufts.edu/academics/TuftsIRACDA

Partner Institution: University of Massachusetts, Boston
Coordinator: Brian White​
Department of Biology
​Tel: 617-287-6630
Email: brian.white@umb.edu
Co-Coordinator: Megan Rokop
UMB Honors College
Tel: 617-287-5520
Email: Megan.rokop@umb.edu​

Partner Institution: Bunker Hill Community College
Coordinator: Elizabeth Dunphy
Tel: 617-228-3258
Email: edunphy@bhcc.mass.edu

Michigan

David Sept, Co-Director
University of Michigan College of Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110
Tel: 734-615-9587
Email: dsept@umich.edu
http://iracda.umich.edu

Susan V. Brooks, Co-Director
University of Michigan Medical School
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
2029 Biomedical Science Research Building
109 Zina Pitcher Pl
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200
Tel: 734-936-2147
Email: svbrooks@umich.edu

Heather A. MacFarland, Co-Program Administrator
University of Michigan Medical School
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
6811 Medical Sciences II
1137 E. Catherine St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5622
Tel: 734-647-9393
Email: hmacfarl@med.umich.edu

Patricia Metzler, Co-Program Administrator
University of Michigan College of Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
2200 Bonisteel
Gerstacker 1131
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110
Tel: 734-763-7540
Email: metzlerp@umich.edu

Partner Institution: Henry Ford College
Coordinator: Janice Gilliland
Tel: 313-845-9740
Email: jlgilliland@hfcc.edu

Partner Institution: Wayne County Community College District
Coordinator: Christian Nwamba
Tel: 313-434-9835
Email: cnwamba1@wcccd.edu

Minnesota

Carrie M. Wilmot
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
140 Gortner Lab of Biochemistry
1470 Gortner Ave.
St Paul, MN 55108
Tel: 612-624-2406
Fax: 612-625-5780
Email: wilmo004@umn.edu
https://cbs.umn.edu/info/postdocs/about/TREM

Sarah L. Dittrich
Program Administrator
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
6-160 Jackson Hall
321 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: 612-625-5179
Email: sdittric@umn.edu

Partner Institution: Minneapolis College
Coordinator: Rehka Ganaganur
Tel: 612-659-6004
Email: ganaganur.rekha@minneapolis.edu

Partner Institution: Normandale Community College
Coordinator: Debra Carlson
Tel: 952-358-8441
Email: debra.carlson@normandale.edu

Partner Institution: North Hennepin Community College
Coordinator: Tinna Ross
Tel: 763-488-0271
Email: tross@nhcc.edu

New Jersey

Martha Soto, Co-Director
Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
675 Hoes Lane, Room 231
Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635
Tel: 732-235-4424
Fax: 732-235-4825
Email: sotomc@rwjms.rutgers.edu
http://rwjms.rutgers.edu/research/inspire/home

Gary Brewer, Co-Director
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
675 Hoes Lane West, Room 736
Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635
Tel: 732-235-3473
Fax: 732-235-5223
Email: brewerga@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Partner Institution: Medgar Evers College of CUNY
Coordinator: Edward Catapane
Tel: 718-270-6203
Email: catapane@mec.cuny.edu

Partner Institution: New Jersey City University
Coordinator: Cindy Arrigo
Tel: 201-200-2341
Email: carrigo@njcu.edu

Partner Institution: William Patterson University
Coordinator: Emily Monroe
Tel: 973-720-2792
Email: monroee@wpunj.edu

New Mexico

Angela Wandinger-Ness, PI and Research Director
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine
MSC 08-640
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel: 505-272-1459
Email: awandinger-ness@salud.unm.edu
http://hsc.unm.edu/research/brep/postdoctoral/asert/index.html

Sherry Rogers, Education Director
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
School of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Albuquerque NM, 87131
Email: srogers@salud.unm.edu

Partner Institution: Central New Mexico Community College
Coordinator: Karen Strunk Riley
Tel: 505-224-4000 Ext:50928
Email: kstrunk@cnm.edu

Partner Institution: New Mexico State University
Coordinator: Michèle Shuster
Tel: 575-636-3916
Email: mshuster@nmsu.edu

Partner Institution: Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Coordinator: William Schaedla
Tel: 505-792-4556
Email: william.schaedla@bie.edu

New York

Dianne Cox, Co-Director
Barbara K. Birshtein, Co-Director
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Ave.
Bronx, NY 10451
Tel: 718-430-4005
Fax: 718-430-8996
Email: dianne.cox@einstein.yu.edu
Email: barbara.birshtein@einsteinmed.org

Partner Institution: Hostos Community College, CUNY
Coordinator: Nelson Nunez Rodriguez
Tel: 718-518-4137
Email: nnrodriguez@hostos.cuny.edu

Partnering Institution: Lehman College
Coordinator: Stephen Redenti
Tel: 718-960-2236
Email: stephen.redenti@lehman.cuny.edu

Jorge Benach
Stony Brook University
130 Life Sciences
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Tel: 631-632-4225
Fax: 631-632-4294
Email: jorge.benach@stonybrook.edu
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/iracda

Partner Institution: Brooklyn College
Coordinator: Louise Hainline
Tel: 718-951-5610
Email: louiseh@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Partner Institution: SUNY Old Westbury
Coordinator: Duncan A. Quarless, Jr.
Tel: 516-876-2734 or 2706
Email: quarlessd@oldwestbury.edu

Partner Institution: Suffolk County Community College
Coordinator: Candice J. Foley
Tel: 631-451-4302
Email: foleyc@sunysuffolk.edu

Steve Dewhurst, Co-Director
University of Rochester
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave., Box 672
Rochester, NY 14642-0672
Tel: 585-275-3216
Fax: 585-473-9573
Email: stephen_dewhurst@urmc.rochester.edu

Coordinator: Scott R. Smith
Tel: 585-475-6573 (voice to ASL interpreter only)
Email: srsnts@rit.edu
http://deafpostdoc.urmc.edu

Richard Doolittle, Co-Director
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Health Science and Technology
1 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Tel: 585-475-5972
Fax: 585-475-4460
Email: richard.doolittle@rit.edu

Partner Institution: National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Coordinator: Scott R. Smith
Tel: 585-475-6573 (voice to ASL interpreter only)
Email: srsnts@rit.edu

North Carolina

Linda Dykstra, Co-Director
Donald Lysle, Co-Director
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Behavioral Neuroscience Program; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
235 E. Cameron Ave.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3720
Tel: 919-537-3748
Email: ldykstra@unc.edu
Email: dlysle@email.unc.edu
http://spire.unc.edu

Partner Institution: North Carolina A&T State University
Coordinator: Mary Smith (Biology)
Tel: 336-285-2160
Email: smithma@ncat.edu

Partner Institution: North Carolina Central University
Coordinator: Greg Cole
Tel: 919-530-6034
Email: gcole@nccu.edu

Partner Institution: Johnson C. Smith University
Coordinator: Tim Champion
Tel: 704-378-1155
Email: tchampion@jcsu.edu

Partner Institution: University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Coordinator: Robert Poage
Tel: 910-522-5745
Email: bob.poage@uncp.edu

Pennsylvania

Janis K. Burkhardt
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
3615 Civic Center Blvd. ARC 816D
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 267-426-5410
Email: jburkhar@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
http://www.med.upenn.edu/pennport

Elena Cruz, Programs Administrator
Tel: 215-590-9190
Email: pennport@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Partner Institution: Delaware County Community College
Coordinator: Mark Schwartz
Tel: 610-355-7150
Email: mschwartz9@dccc.edu

Partner Institution: Lincoln University
Coordinator: Anna Hull
Tel: 484-365-7510
Email: ahull@lincoln.edu

Partner Institution: Rutgers University at Camden
Coordinator: Daniel Shain
Tel: 856-225-6144
Email: dshain@camden.rutgers.edu

Texas

James D. Lechleiter, Co-Director
UT Health San Antonio
Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
School of Medicine
8403 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 8253
San Antonio, TX 78229-3904
Tel: 210-562-4043
Fax: 210-562-4146
Email: lechleiter@uthscsa.edu

Linda M. Mcmanus, Co-Director
UT Health San Antonio
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7750
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Tel: 210-567-4071
Fax: 210-567-2303
Email: mcmanus@thscsa.edu

Babatunde O. Oyajobi, Co-Director
UT Health San Antonio
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology
School of Medicine
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7762
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Tel: 210-567-0909
Fax: 210-567-3803
Email: oyajobi@uthscsa.edu
https://www.uthscsa.edu/

Alicia Bibbs, Program Administrator
UT Health San Antonio
Tel: 210-450-8041
Email: bibbs@uthscsa.edu
https://opa.uthscsa.edu/saber/teach

Partner Institution: Our Lady of the Lake University
Coordinator: James S. Hall
Tel: 210-434-6711
Email: jhall@ollusa.edu

Partner Institution: St. Mary's University
Coordinator: Ahmad Galaleldeen
Tel: 210-436-3502
Email: agalaleldeen@stmarytx.edu

Virginia

Joyce A. Lloyd, Co-Director
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Human and Molecular Genetics
401 College St.
Goodwin Research Lab
Richmond, VA 23298-0035
Tel: 804-628-2182
Email: joyce.lloyd@vcuhealth.org

John J. Ryan, Co-Director
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Biology
Trani Life Sciences Building
1000 W. Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23284
Tel: 804-828-7401
Email: jjryan@vcu.edu
https://healthdisparities.vcu.edu/researchtraining/postdoctoral-programs/iracda/

Partner Institution: Virginia State University
Coordinator: Leslie Whiteman
Tel: 804-524-5722
Email: lwhiteman@vsu.edu

Partner Institution: Virginia Union University
Coordinator: Anthony Madu
Tel: 804-257-5614
Email: amadu@vuu.edu

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