LOCAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

The CfNN Local Advisory Council (LAC) consists of faculty and executive leadership from our academic affiliates. The Director of the PVAMC HSR&D COIN, James Rudolph, MD, is the current Chair. The LAC helps CfNN to work productively and efficiently with CfNN’s academic and hospital affiliates; assists CfNN leadership and research investigators in setting priorities for programmatic growth and maintenance; and provides trusted feedback on CfNN’s research program.

Local Advisory Council Members

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James Rudolph, MD (Chair)

  • Director, Center of Innovation on Long-Term Services & Supports PVAMC
  • Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University
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Vicki Colvin, PhD

  • Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry and Engineering
  • Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering Brown University

Tejal A. Desai, PhD

  • Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering, Brown University
  • Dean of Engineering, Brown University
  • Professor of Engineering, Brown University

Mukesh K. Jain, MD

  • Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University
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Robert Kirsch, PhD

  • Director, Cleveland FES Center Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC
  • Chair, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
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Diane Lipscombe, PhD

  • Professor of Neuroscience Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science
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Jill Pipher, PhD

  • Vice President for Research Brown University

Kasim Yarn

  • RI Director of Veterans Services