Leadership
3i Co-Directors are advised by a Scientific Advisory Board and and Executive Board, while supported by staff members of the University of Utah Health Research Office.
Daniel Leung
Jaclyn M. Winter
Co-Director, 3i Initiative
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Maia Andam
Events & Communications Coordinator
Bridget Hughes
Senior Director, Research Program Development
Samantha Weeks
Events & Communications Manager
The 3i Initiative Executive Committee is comprised of faculty members from key stakeholder departments in the initiative and meets semi-annually (more often as needed) to discuss high-level initiative needs. Members of this committee are department chairs, division chiefs, program directors, or other senior faculty members and investigators.
Key areas of focus are:
- Initiative strategic planning
- Funds flow and sustainability
- Faculty recruitment (vetting, embedding candidates)
- Facilitate development/advancement opportunities
- Organizational design and infrastructure (board size, rotation, make-up)
Brian Evavold
Executive Committee Chair; Chief, Division of Microbiology and Immunology; Professor of Pathology
Alfred Cheung
Chief, Division of Nephrology; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Internal Medicine; Professor of Internal Medicine
Sheri Holmen
Professor of Surgery
Robert Silver
Chair, Department of Obstetrics/ Gynecology; Professor of Obstetrics/ Gynecology
Wesley Sundquist
Chair, Department of Biochemistry; Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
Sankar Swaminathan
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases; Professor of Internal Medicine
Alana Welm
Senior Directorof Basic Science at the Huntsman Comprehensive Cancer Center; Professor of Oncological Sciences
Karen Wilcox
Chair; Pharmacology and Toxicology Department; Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
The 3i Initiative Scientific Advisory board is comprised of faculty members from key stakeholder departments within the initiative and meets quarterly to discuss initiative efforts and activities. Members of this committee are often highly engaged faculty members from 3i departments. Key areas of focus are:
- Initiative strategic planning Faculty recruitment (recruit/recommend potential candidates)
- Seed grant portfolio management (review committee)
- Invitation of guest speakers to facilitate research collaborations and grants (guest speaker visits)
- Events, symposia, and workshops to augment research funding and collaborations across the university (event organization)
- Assist in the formation and development of core research focus groups to target programmatic funding opportunities (research teams)
Anne Blaschke
Professor of Pediatrics
Tracy Frech
Adjunct Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Kathryn Peterson
Professor of Internal Medicine
June Round
Professor of Pathology
Tyler Starr
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Scott Summers
Chair and Professor, Nutrition and Integrative Physiology
Matthew Van Brocklin
Associate Professor of Surgery
Melodie Weller
Assistant Professor of Dentistry