BIRN Key Personnel
The BIRN is made up of three test beds and the Coordinating Center.
Personnel involved in coordinating and managing the test beds include, but are not limited to, the following. For information on members of each participating site, see the organization pages of each test bed, or visit the contacts page.
Funding Agency
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| Michael Marron NIH-NCRR Director, Biotech Division (310) 435-0753 marron@nih.gov |
Anthony Hayward NIH-NCRR Director of Clinical Research (301)435-0790 HaywardA@mail.nih.gov |
Greg Farber NIH-NCRR BIRN Program Officer (301)435-0778 farberg@mail.nih.gov |
Elaine Collier NIH-NCRR Division of Clinical Research (301) 435-0794 CollierE@mail.nih.gov |
BIRN-CC
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| Mark Ellisman Director UCSD (858) 534-0726 mellisman@ucsd.edu |
Mark James Project Manager UCSD (858) 822-0766 mjames@ncmir.ucsd.edu |
Jeffrey Grethe Scientific Coordinator UCSD (858) 822-0703 jgrethe@ncmir.ucsd.edu |
Function BIRN
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| Jessica Turner Project Manager UC Irvine (949) 824-3331 turnerj@uci.edu |
Steve Potkin Principal Investigator UCI BIC (949) 824-8040 sgpotkin@uci.edu |
Jim Fallon Scientific Coordinator UCI BIC (949) 824-4559 jfallon@uci.edu |
Morphometry BIRN
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| Karl Helmer Project Manager Harvard (617) 724-9602 helmer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu |
Bruce Rosen Principal Investigator Harvard (617) 726-8542 bruce@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu |
Randy Gollub Scientific Coordinator Harvard CFNT@MGH (617) 724-9602 rgollub@partners.org |
Mouse BIRN
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| Seth Ruffins Project Manager CalTech (626) 395-2026 sruffins@loni.ucla.edu |
Art Toga Principal Investigator UCLA LONI (310) 206-2101 toga@loni.ucla.edu |
Maryann Martone Scientific Coordinator UCSD (858) 534-8332 maryann@ncmir.ucsd.edu |
BIRN Data Repository (BDR)
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| Christine Fennema-Notestine Director UCSD (858) 822-3198 BDR_info@nbirn.net |
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