Leadership & Contact

Physical Address

Biomedical Partnership Center
1001 William Moore Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606

Contact Us

Sarah O’Connor, Executive Assistant
Phone: 919-515-8113
Email: compmedinst@ncsu.edu

Leadership

Dr. Jorge Piedrahita

Co-Director

Dr. Piedrahita is charged with co-Directing a research institute involving faculty representing multiple departments and several colleges within NC State, plus Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest. He supports interactions between clinical and basic research groups by developing mechanisms that encourage and facilitate those interactions. When investigators come together, learn about each other’s research, and discover areas of collaboration, veterinary and human patients receive the benefits of this scientific community. In addition, he is committed to student mentoring and directs two CMI-based training grants, an NIH T32 for graduate students and an NIH T34 for undergraduates.

Email: japiedra@ncsu.edu

Joshua Pierce

Co-Director

Professor of Chemistry and University Faculty Scholar, Dr. Pierce employs synthetic chemistry to tackle problems in chemical biology and drug discovery. Through the development of novel reactions he aims to synthesize complex natural products and use targeted modifications to lend insight into their biological mechanism of action. Ultimately, these efforts will uncover novel drug lead compounds for further development. Dr. Pierce is also the Director of the Integrative Sciences Initiative.

Phone: 919-513-1480

Email: jgpierce@dwkoch

Leadership Contacts

Melanie Simpson, Co-Director, Chemistry of Life Division: msimpso3@ncsu.edu

Yevgeny Brudno, Co-Director, Chemistry of Life Division: ybrudno@ncsu.edu

Cristina Lanzas, Co-Director, Emerging & Infectious Diseases Division: clanzas@ncsu.edu

Frank Scholle, Co-Director, Emerging & Infectious Diseases Division: fscholl@ncsu.edu

Lauren Schnabel, Co- Director, Functional Tissue Engineering Division: lvschnab@ncsu.edu

Rohan Shirwaiker, Co-Director, Functional Tissue Engineering Division: rashirwa@ncsu.edu

Michael Nolan, Co-Director, Translational Pharmacology & Physiology Division: mwnolan@ncsu.edu

Santosh Mishra, Co-Director, Translational Pharmacology & Physiology DIvision: skmishra@ncsu.edu

Thomas Theis, Director of Entrepreneurship: ttheis@ncsu.edu

Ashley Brown, Director of Education & Training: aecarso2@ncsu.edu

Eleanor Hawkins, Clinical Research Representative: echawkin@ncsu.edu

Matthew Fisher, Musculoskeletal Group Head & Program Manager, Comparative Molecular Medicine Training Program: mbfisher@ncsu.edu

Carolyn Veale, Program Manager, U-TEAM Undergraduate Training Program: cpveale@ncsu.edu

Associate Member Committee Representatives:

Hisham El-Shaffey–Chemistry: helshaf@ncsu.edu

Jacob Thompson–Biomedical Engineering: jdthomp5@ncsu.edu

Alejandro Valdes–Chemistry: mvaldes@ncsu.edu

Andrew Ratchford–Microbiology: awratchf@ncsu.edu