{"id":1477,"date":"2025-06-25T15:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cobre\/?page_id=1477"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:50:50","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cobre\/committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id1477_a45159-40{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:60px;}.kb-row-layout-id1477_a45159-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1477_a45159-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1477_a45159-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id1477_a45159-40{background-image:linear-gradient(60deg,rgb(8,46,88) 47%,rgb(65,118,161) 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.kt-sc1477_869498-5c .kt-sc-textcol{min-height:450px;}.kt-sc1477_869498-5c .kt-sc-textcol{padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-sc1477_869498-5c .kt-sc-imgcol, .kt-sc1477_869498-5c .kt-sc-textcol{min-height:450px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"aligncenter kt-sc1477_869498-5c wp-block-kadence-splitcontent\"><div class=\"kt-split-content-wrap kt-sc-media-side-left\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><div class=\"kt-sc-imgcol kt-sc-imgcol-bg-auto kt-sc-img-side-left\"><figure class=\"kt-split-content-media-image wp-image-container-1479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cobre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/681\/2025\/06\/IMG_6046-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kt-split-content-img wp-image-1479\" 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846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cobre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/681\/2025\/06\/IMG_6046-951x1268.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/cobre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/681\/2025\/06\/IMG_6046-1268x1691.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"kt-sc-textcol kt-sc-text-valign-center kt-sc-text-halign-left\"><div class=\"kt-sc-innter-col\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meet twice yearly (at least once in person), with one of these in conjunction with the annual retreat, to&nbsp;evaluate overall program components and provide strategic program guidance and mentorship to the Program Director\/PI&nbsp;provide written critiques and recommendations twice annually<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assist in professional development program implementation and evaluation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review pilot projects and approve final project selection prior to seeking NIGMS approval<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review replacement projects and approve final project selection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Steering Committee<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Steering Committee&nbsp; will report to the PI and provide guidance in program administration, mentoring, and evaluation. All committee members are established scientists who represent GSBSE institutions that participate in IDeA programs. All have confirmed their commitment to the proposed COBRE over a five-year period as a means of growing GSBSE and Maine\u2019s biomedical research capacity. The Steering committee will meet in person twice a year and ad hoc as needed. Meetings will occur with a minimum of 4 of the 6 members present. 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PhD<\/strong> is a UMaine Research Professor of Medicine and Director of the UMaine Institute of Medicine.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>He has extensive experience as an investigator, administrator, and mentor. He was Professor of Physiology and Medicine and Associate Dean at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) prior to his current appointment at UMaine. His funding history with NIH includes 40 years of continuous R01 funding. He has been cited by NIH as being in the top 5% of funded investigators over a 25-year period. He has served as principal investigator on multiple P01 grants. Dr. Harder retired from MCW in 2019 as Professor Emeritus. His role at UMaine is to enhance the biomedical sciences research environment, with a focus on mentoring early career faculty and establishing professional development opportunities. His role in this COBRE will be to advise and assist Dr. Henry in mentoring activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-3 kt-pane1477_1424b4-0a\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>Lucy Liaw, PhD<\/strong> is a Senior Scientist at Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI) and is the Director of MMCRI\u2019s Research Education and Training Programs.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Dr. Liaw is PI of the COBRE in Mesenchymal and Neural Regulation of Metabolic Networks at MMCRI. Dr. Liaw is Co-PI of the GSBSE T32 with Dr. Henry, and has worked closely with Dr. Henry on growing biomedical research education in Maine. Dr. Liaw is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, and has held leadership roles within that association, serving as past member of the Board of Directors of the Founders Affiliate (2007-2011), Chair of the Vascular Wall Biology study section (2010-2012), and as a member of the Research Committee (2009-2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-4 kt-pane1477_d41db8-d2\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>Robert Burgess, PhD<\/strong> is a Professor at The Jackson Laboratory.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>In 2020, he was named a Javits Neuroscience Investigator by NINDS for his work on mouse models of neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Burgess has served in leadership roles within GSBSE for over a decade and is currently Chair of the GSBSE&nbsp; Curriculum Committee. He is on the scientific advisory boards of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association, the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation, and the Talia Duff Foundation, and he served as Chair of the NIH study section for Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neurodegeneration (2018-2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-5 kt-pane1477_50856c-04\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>Dustin Updike, PhD<\/strong> is an Associate Professor at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>How do stem cells maintain pluripotency \u2014 the capacity to become other cell types in the body? 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