WKU LEAD FACULTY

本子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能已经从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是中心的，不一定是研究者的机构。来自西肯塔基大学的INBRE首席教师代表负责监督与该项目相关的机构活动，代表该机构参加指导委员会和其他INBRE相关小组委员会，并作为INBRE项目的行政核心与西堪萨斯大学的教师调查员和管理人员之间的联络人。在本预算年度，首席教师代表在成功招募一名神经科学家到西堪萨斯大学生物系（终身助理教授职位）中发挥了核心作用。首席教师代表还成功地获得了NSF-EPSCoR研究启动基金，以协助为新聘用的神经科学助理教授提供启动资金。该职位的增加将使西堪萨斯大学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.