Planning Committee
Thank you to the members of the 2017 Quest for Research Excellence Program Committee for their critical contributions.
Hilda Bastian
Lead for the PubMed Health and PubMed Commons teams, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Jacquelyn Bendall
Director of Research Compliance and Administration, Council On Governmental Relations (COGR)
Stephanie Bird, PhD
Co-Editor-in-Chief of Science and Engineering Ethics
Monica Bradford
Executive Editor of Science
Ann Bradley, JD
Associate University Counsel, Duke University
Anne Coghill
Manager of Peer Review Operations, American Chemical Society
Jeffrey Engler, PhD
Dean-in-Residence, Council of Graduate Schools
Sheila Garrity, MPH, MBA
Associate Vice President for Research Integrity and Research Integrity Officer, George Washington University
Kate Heffernan, JD
Partner, Verrill Dana, LLP
Les Hollie, JD
Assistant Inspector General for Investigations (AIGI), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
David Hudson, PhD
Senior Associate VP for Research and Research Integrity Officer, University of Virginia
James Kroll, PhD
Director of Research Integrity and Administrative Investigations, NSF
Patricia Mantoan, JD
Attorney, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Kenneth Pimple, PhD
Subject Matter Expert, Research Integrity and Responsible Conduct of Research
Lauran Qualkenbush, PhD
Director of the Office for Research Integrity and Research Integrity Officer, Northwestern University
Debra Schaller-Demers, MSOM
Director of Research Outreach and Compliance, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Emily Schriver, JD
Associate General Counsel, Ohio State University
Sharon Shriver, PhD
Director of Programs, PRIM&R
Nick Steneck, PhD
Co-Chair of the Fifth World Conference on Research Integrity
Patricia Valdez, PhD
Extramural Research Integrity Officer, NIH
Kalliat Valsaraj, PhD
Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Louisiana State University
Elizabeth Wager, PhD
Co-Editor-in-Chief of Research Integrity and Peer Review, Former COPE Chairperson
Kristin West, JD, MS
Associate Vice President, Director of the Office of Research Compliance and Senior Associate General Counsel, Emory University
