Research Advisory Committee

The Research Advisory Committee peer-reviews applications submitted by Upstate faculty for Intramural Research Grant and other campus research funding programs. The committee is comprised of Upstate faculty with expertise in diverse basic and clinical research.

Research Advisory Committee Members

  • Christopher Turner, PhD, Chair
    Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Steve Taffet, PhD, Vice Chair
    Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
  • David Amberg, PhD
    Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Timothy Endy, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
  • Eileen Friedman, PhD
    Professor, Department of Pathology
  • Wendy Kates, PhD
    Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Paul Massa, PhD
    Professor, Department of Neurology
  • Frank Middleton, PhD
    Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience & Physiology
  • Andras Perl, MD/PhD
    Professor, Department of Medicine
  • Paula Rosenbaum, PhD
    Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Janet (Jana) Sobczak, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, RN
    Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
  • Robert Sunheimer, MS, MT
    Professor of CHP-Clinical Laboratory Sciences