The RTRN Steering Committee is the main governing body of the cooperative network. The role of the Steering Committee is to facilitate all RTRN activities as it relates to conducting research studies, promote network collaborations, and oversee RTRN processes and procedures to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.

Steering Committee Meeting Dates

• February 17, 2011
• May 19, 2011

Steering Committee Chairperson

Emma Fernandez, PhD | Professor of Pharmacology, RCMI Program Director
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

(787) 763-9401 | e.fernandez@upr.edu

Steering Committee Members

Norris, Dr. Keith | RTRN Prinicpal Investigator , Vice President of Research ,
Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science
323-249-5703 | keith.norris@rtrn.net

Perkins, Dr. James | Associate Dean, Research & Corporate Relations, Jackson State University
601-979-0334 | james.perkins@rtrn.net

Yanagihara, Dr. Richard | RCMI Program Director, University of Hawaii
808-692-1610 | yanagiha@pbrc.hawaii.edu

Barnett, Dr. M. Edwina | Program Director, RTRN DTCC, Jackson State University
601-979-0335 | m.edwina.barnett@rtrn.net

Gibbons, Dr. Gary | Co-Chair, Director of Cardivascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
404-752-1545 | ggibbons@msm.edu

McClure, Dr. Shelia | Director, RCMI Program , NCRR, National Institutes of Health
301-451-6536 | mcclursh@mail.nih.gov

Liu, Dr. Yanping | COBRE Program Officer, Division of Research Infrastructure,
National Institutes of Health
301-480-3770 | liuyanp@mail.nih.gov

Sayre, Dr. Michael | Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Research Infrastructure,
National Institutes of Health
301-435-0962 | sayrem@mail.nih.gov

Arora, Krishan K. | Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Research Infrastructure,
National Institutes of Health
301-435-0760 | arorak@mail.nih.gov

Douthard, Dr. Regine | Scientific Officier, Division of Research Infrastructure, National Institutes of Health
301-435-1759 | douthardr@mail.nih.gov

Carlo, Dr. Jose | RCMI PI and Chancellor, University of Puerto Rico
787-758-4417 | jcarlo@rcm.upr.edu

Jones, Loretta | Executive Director, HAAFII, Charles Drew University
323-292-2002 | ljonesHAAF@aol.com

Lewis, Dr. Henry | Dean, Florida A & M, School of Pharmacy
850-599-3301 | henry.lewis@famu.edu

Sodeke, Dr. Stephen | Interim Director, Center for Bioethics, Tuskegee University
334-724-4870 | sodeke@tuskegee.edu

Southerland, Dr. William | RCMI Program Director, Professor of Biochemistry, Howard University
202-806-9711 | wsoutherland@howard.edu

Taylor, Dr. Herman | Principal Investigator, Jackson Heart Study,
Jackson State University/University of Mississippi Medical School
601-979-8744 | htaylor@medicine.umsmed.edu

Zorrilla, Dr. Carmen | Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Puerto Rico
787-766-0025 | czorrilla@rcm.upr.edu