ROC RETREAT February 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

GENOMIC SCIENCES Infectious 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

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