OK-INBRE Leadership and Staff

Darrin R. Akins, Ph.D. Vice Present for Research Professor, Microbiology & Immunology Director, Oklahoma IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence 940 Stanton L Young BLVD, Room 1064 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 darrin-akins@ouhsc.edu 405.271.2133 x46640 Dr. Akins has been Principal Investigator of the Oklahoma IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (OK-INBRE) award since 2009. Dr. Akins is the Vice President for Research and tenured full Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at OUHSC. Dr. Akins is an internationally recognized expert in Lyme disease and is an established biomedical research scientist with an excellent history of past and current NIH R01 research funding. Dr. Akins also has extensive successful administrative experience as the current Vice President for Research, previous Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Research, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Medicine, and Assistant Dean of the Graduate College, where in each position he had the ultimate responsibility for enhancing research programs on the OUHSC campus. Dr. Akins’ laboratory for the past two decades has primarily focused on identifying novel Lyme disease vaccine candidates or other disease modulating therapeutics. Most recently, his laboratory discovered two novel protein export systems in the organism that causes Lyme disease, which are currently being evaluated for the roles they play in this complex disease. He has been continually funded by multiple NIH awards since 2005 for his Lyme disease studies, and his peers have consistently recognized his work with national and regional awards. 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 Proteomics Core Director Michael Kinter, Ph.D. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 825 NE 13th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73104 mike-kinter@omrf.org STAFF Dawn Hammon Grant Manager 940 Stanton L Young Blvd, BMSB 374 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405.271.2133 x46613 dawn-hammon@ouhsc.edu Kristina Taylor Program Manager 940 Stanton L Young Blvd, BMSB 374 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-271-2133 x 46614 kristina-d-taylor@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