Mark Lang, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professor
Director, Oklahoma C. difficile U19 Program
Director, Oklahoma IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence
OUHSC Graduate College Faculty
Member, Stephenson Cancer Center
940 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BMSB 1021
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405.271.2193
mark-lang@ouhsc.edu
Dr. Lang recently assumed the role of Principal Investigator of the Oklahoma IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (OK-INBRE) award which has been running since 2004. Dr. Lang is a tenured full Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at OUHSC and holds a Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professorship. Dr. Lang is an internationally recognized expert in the immune response to C. difficile infection and is Principal Investigator and Director of the NIH-funded Oklahoma C. difficile U19 program which aims to identify good candidates and strategies for vaccination. Dr. Lang brings a 21-year history of continuous NIH funding as a COBRE Project Leader, and PI or co-investigator on several NIH RO1 and R21 proposals. His research focuses on mechanisms governing antibody-mediated immunity against bacterial pathogens. Dr. Lang also has extensive successful administrative experience, serving in numerous capacities on the OUHSC campus since 2006. He has chaired the OUHSC Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, the OUHSC Rodent Oversight Committee, and has served on the OUHSC Faculty Senate and chaired faculty searches in his home department. Dr. Lang has a long-standing track record of service to the scientific community including several years as a chartered member of the NIH VMD study section, and in several capacities with the American Association of Immunologists. He has sustained involvement with the OK-INBRE program as a grant reviewer and faculty mentor and serves as a mentor for different NIH COBRE programs across campus. Dr. Lang has an extensive graduate teaching portfolio, serving as Director of Immunology for his department, contributing to Graduate Medical Education and the Microbiology and Immunology graduate curriculum and teaching. He trains PhD students in his laboratory and has served on 56 thesis committees to date.
Developmental Research Project Program Director
Karla Rodgers, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Director, OK-INBRE Developmental Research Project Program (DRPP)
940 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BMSB 1005
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405.271.8001 Ext. 34530
karla-rodgers@ouhsc.edu
Bioinformatics Core Director
David Dyer, Ph.D.
Professor
Microbial Pathogenesis and Microbial Genomics
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Biomedical Research Center, Room 1106B
975 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405.271.1201 x1
David-dyer@ouhsc.edu
Biomedical Data Sciences Center Director
Courtney Montgomery, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Biomedical Data Sciences
Director, Sarcoidosis Research Unit
Professor, Genes and Human Disease Research Program
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
825 NE 13th Street
Research Tower, Suite 2315
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405.271.2468
Courtney-Montogomery@omrf.org
Proteomics Core Director
Michael Kinter, Ph.D.
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
825 NE 13th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
mike-kinter@omrf.org
STAFF
Amy Tucker, Ph.D
Outreach Director and Internal Evaluator
940 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BMSB 1053C
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405-271-2133 x 46621
amy-tucker@ouhsc.edu
Senior Program Manager
940 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BMSB 374
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405-271-2133 x 46614
ktaylor9@ouhsc.edu
Program Manager
865 Research Parkway, Ste. 450
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405-271-2133 x 46613
quintin-cox@ouhsc.edu
Christopher Horton, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (GPiBS)
Assistant Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Programs (SURP)
Graduate College, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
941 Stanton L Young Blvd, BSEB 123
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405-271-2489
christopher-horton@ouhsc.edu
www.ouhsc.edu/gpibs