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Teams
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| Name | Team | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Browning | CEBS COBRE Leadership | Ph.D., CEBS COBRE PD/PI |
| Ken Cornell | CEBS COBRE Leadership | Ph.D., CEBS COBRE Co-PD/PI |
| Jim Browning | Administrative Core | Ph.D., PD/PI |
| Ken Cornell | Administrative Core | Ph.D., Co-PD/PI |
| Paul Davis | Administrative Core | Ph.D., Director, FaCT Core |
| Diane Smith | Administrative Core | Assessment and Reporting |
| Rhiannon Wood | Administrative Core | Accountant |
| Tracy Yarnell | Administrative Core | Program Coordinator |
| Ken Cornell | Professional Development Committee | Ph.D., Co-PD/PI |
| Stephen Crowley | Professional Development Committee | Ph.D., Science of Team Science |
| Karen Marker | Professional Development Committee | Grant Development Coordinator |
| Tracy Yarnell | Professional Development Committee | Program Coordinator |
| Carolyn H. Bohach | External Advisory Committee (EAC) | Ph.D., Professor, Director Idaho INBRE, Animal, Veterinary and Food Sciences (AVFS) Distinguished Professor, University of Idaho |
| Scott A. Minnich | External Advisory Committee (EAC) | Ph.D., Professor, co-Director Idaho INBRE, School of Food Science, University of Idaho |
| David W. Grainger | External Advisory Committee (EAC) | Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Chair, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Dept. Molecular Pharmaceutics, Ole & Marty Jensen Endowed Chair, School of Dentistry, University of Utah |
| Dawn Elliott | External Advisory Committee (EAC) | Ph.D., Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Delaware |
| Jim Browning | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Ph.D., PD/PI |
| Ken Cornell | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Ph.D., Co-PD/PI |
| Julie Oxford | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Ph.D., IAC Chair, PI, COBRE in Matrix Biology, Director, Biomedical Research Institute |
| Marie-Anne de Graaff | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Ph.D., Associate Dean of Research, College of Arts and Sciences |
| JoAnn Lighty | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Ph.D., Dean, College of Engineering |
| Nancy Glenn | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Ph.D., Vice President of Research |
| Brett Adkins | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Director, Office of Technology Transfer |
| Tracy Yarnell | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Grants Administrator, CEBS COBRE |
| Diane Smith | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Reporting and Assessment Coordinator, CEBS COBRE |
| Rhiannon Wood | Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) | Accountant, CEBS COBRE |
| Paul Davis | FaCT Core | Ph.D., Director FaCT |
| Linda Parrish | FaCT Core | FaCT Core Business Manager |
| Ken Mieding | FaCT Core | FaCT Core Equipment Technician |
| Karthik Chinnathambi | Boise State Center for Materials Characterization (BSCMC) | Ph.D., Senior Research Engineer |
| Corey Efaw* | Boise State Center for Materials Characterization (BSCMC) | Ph.D. Research Engineer |
| Gunes Uzer | Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) | Ph.D., Director |
| Sean Howard | Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) | Ph.D., Research Scholar, Senior |
| Pete Miranda | Ph.D., Director | Manager |
| Travis Gabel | Ph.D., Research Scholar, Senior | Technician Support Engineer |
* also supports RME effort
Research Investigators
| Investigator | Role | Title | Project Title | COBRE support | Major Awards Received by Investigator | COBRE Graduation; career advancement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Mannen, PhD | Research Project Leader | Associate Professor, Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering | Development and validation of a smart harness to study babies with developmental dysplasia of the hip. | 2023 – 2025 | 2024, PI NIH R01, R01HD113921 | Graduated 2025 |
| Ben Johnson, PhD | Research Project Leader | Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering | Optimizing Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease. | 2023 – 2024 | 2023, PI NSF Career, 2236238 | Assoc. Professor, ECE; Graduated 2024 |
| Tyler Brown, PhD | Research Project Leader | Assistant Professor, Kinesiology | Emerging Technologies for Early Detection of Distal Leg Stress Fracture. | 2023 – current | NA | Assoc. Professor, KIN |
| Z. “Dan” Deng | Research Project Leader | Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering | Development of wearable dual-mode piezoresistive and piezoelectric sensor for muscle activity monitoring | 2024 – 2025 | 2024, PI US DOE, DE-NE0009501 | Graduated 2025 |
| Daicong Da | Pilot Project | Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering | Advancing Artificial Limbs: Striving for Strength, Comfort, and Sustainability | 2024 – 2025 | 2024, PI Battelle Energy Alliance, 268948-16 | |
| Daniel Fologea | Pilot Project | Kinetics Exclusion Assay Sensor for Cardiac Biomarkers | 2024 – 2025 | 2024, PI IGEM25-001 | ||
| Olga Mass | Pilot Project | Materials Science & Engineering | Development of a Fluorescent Readout for Ultrasensitive Nucleic Acid Detection | 2024 – 2025 | NA | |
| Karthik Srinivasan | Recruitment Support | Electrical & Computer Engineering | N/A | 2023 | NA |
Last updated 9/27/24