WKU LEAD FACULTY

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心，不一定是研究者所在机构。来自西肯塔基州大学的INBRE首席教师代表负责监督与该计划相关的机构活动，代表指导委员会和其他INBRE-related小组委员会的机构，并作为INBRE计划的行政核心与WKU的教师调查员和管理人员之间的联络人。在这个预算年度，首席教师代表在成功招聘神经科学家到生物学系在WKU（终身助理教授职位）发挥了核心作用。首席教师代表还成功地获得了NSF-EPSCoR研究启动赠款，以协助为新聘请的神经科学助理教授提供启动资金。该教师职位的增加将使WKU能够加强其在神经科学领域的研究能力，使该机构能够更充分地参与肯塔基州INBRE研究网络。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The INBRE Lead Faculty Representative from Western Kentucky University is responsible for overseeing institutional activities related to the program, represents the institution on the steering committee and other INBRE-related subcommittees, and serves as a liaison between the Administrative Core of the INBRE program and the faculty investigators and administrators at WKU. In this budget year, the Lead Faculty Representative played a central role in the successful recruitment of a Neuroscientist to the Department of Biology at WKU (Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position). The lead faculty representative was also successful in obtaining an NSF-EPSCoR Research Start Up grant to assist in providing set-up funds for the newly hired neuroscience assistant professor.The addition of this faculty position will allow WKU to strengthen its research capacity in the area of Neuroscience, enabling the institution to more fully participate in the Kentucky INBRE research network.