KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Organized retreat to promote collaborative science.

• Increased the number of multi-PI grants from 9 to 12.

• New research commons are fully functional and all lab spaces are occupied/in use.

• Established a review committee for oversight and facilitation of clinical trials.

• Developed research space policy.

• More than 50% of research laboratories use electronic notebooks.

• Hired the first data scientist at the school.

• Designed and utilizing health history, sedation, and implant consent forms.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

• Address concerns related to understaffing in the Office of Research.

• Improve focus on postdoctoral trainees in partnership with Rackham.

• Further improve research spaces, with plans to renovate the Research Tower.

• Develop ways to foster appreciation and value with basic, translational, and clinical research approaches.