The 大象传媒 Eshelman School of Pharmacy has appointed its new Assistant Dean for Research. Lisa Tarantino, Ph.D., will join the School and its research enterprise on July 1.听听
Tarantino has her own lab in the 大象传媒, Department of Genetics, but in her role as the faculty director of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program听(BBSP), she discovered her interest in working on an administrative level.听听
鈥淔or the last four years, I鈥檝e been the faculty director for the medical school鈥檚 biomedical graduate program,鈥� said Tarantino. 鈥淭hrough that role, I realized that I really enjoyed learning how the University functions from an administrative perspective.鈥�听
In her new role, Tarantino will spearhead efforts to further develop and strengthen the research enterprise and, among other responsibilities, provide scientific guidance for the School鈥檚 centers, cores and recharge facilities.听听
鈥淭he School has grown so much in research funding in the last five years 鈥� my hope is to facilitate research growth by supporting faculty in their efforts to apply for larger funding opportunities that support collaborations within and outside of Carolina,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 also hope to develop and implement project management resources that support larger projects from the planning stages to implementation.鈥�听
Tarantino earned her Ph.D. in Genetics from Pennsylvania State University in 1998. She was a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania before joining the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation in San Diego in 2000 as a Staff Scientist and Group Leader.听听
In 2007, Tarantino was appointed as an assistant professor in the 大象传媒 Department of Psychiatry. She was then promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2014 in the Department of Psychiatry and moved to the Department of Genetics in 2016 where she was promoted to full professor in 2021. She has held a secondary appointment in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics in the School since she joined Carolina faculty almost 17 years ago.听
Tarantino is an accomplished behavioral geneticist. Her research, funded by NIH since 2006, is focused on addiction, anxiety, stress and depression, with the primary goal of identifying genes involved in behaviors that model psychiatric disease. She currently serves as vice chair for the 大象传媒 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and served as the faculty director of the BBSP in the 大象传媒 for four years.听
Although she will continue in her research and manage her lab, she鈥檚 excited for this new venture.听听
鈥淚鈥檓 excited to meet with all the faculty and learn more about research efforts across the school so that I can envision how groups can work collaboratively and pursue grants jointly,鈥� she said. 鈥淚鈥檓 also looking forward to building processes that are useful for faculty in their research, and ultimately, seeing the impact of growing research programs and the research portfolio of the School.鈥�听
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