{"60212":{"#nid":"60212","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ravi Bellamkonda Named Associate Vice President for Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERavi Bellamkonda, a professor in the Wallace\nH. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named an associate\nvice president within the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research\n(EVPR). The three-year appointment, which begins on August 1, enables\nBellamkonda to divide his time evenly between his own research and the\nadministrative responsibilities of this new position.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn announcing the appointment, Executive\nVice President for Research Steve Cross said, \u201cI worked closely with Ravi\nduring the strategic planning process of the past year and was pleased to learn\nof his continued interest in supporting Georgia Tech research on an\ninstitutional level. Ravi is a first-rate scientist with excellent intellectual\ncuriosity and temperament, and I am excited about his joining our leadership\nteam.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Cancer Coalition\nDistinguished Scholar, Bellamkonda directs the Neurological Biomaterials and\nCancer Therapeutics Laboratory and a National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32\ntraining program in the Rational Design of Biomaterials. He also served as\ndeputy director for research at the Georgia Tech \u0026amp; Emory Center for\nRegenerative Medicine (GTEC).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThough the appointment is part time,\nBellamkonda\u2019s portfolio will be substantial, supporting the EVPR both in terms\nof oversight and coordination of the Institute\u2019s research strategy as well as\nin establishment and growth of partnerships that further Tech\u2019s research\nmission.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe breadth of expertise at Georgia\nTech, and the associated research converging at the intersection of disciplines,\nhas created a unique opportunity.\u201d Bellamkonda said. \u201cI am grateful for the\nopportunity to have direct involvement in shaping our research program and in\nhelping build an institutional culture that will define the technological\nresearch university of the 21st century.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Three-year appointment allows continuation of research agenda"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERavi Bellamkonda, a professor in the Wallace\nH. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named an associate\nvice president within the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research\n(EVPR). The three-year appointment, which begins on August 1, enables\nBellamkonda to divide his time evenly between his own research and the\nadministrative responsibilities of this new position.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Biomedical Engineering Professor Ravi Bellamkonda has been named associate vice president for research."}],"uid":"27309","created_gmt":"2010-07-26 11:25:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:11","author":"Daniel Treadaway","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"47260":{"id":"47260","type":"image","title":"Ravi Bellamkonda","body":null,"created":"1449175107","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:38:27","changed":"1475894442","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:42","alt":"Ravi Bellamkonda","file":{"fid":"101184","name":"tva90215.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tva90215_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tva90215_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1146917,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tva90215_0.jpg?itok=NzvxjfbU"}}},"media_ids":["47260"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2548","name":"biomedical"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"7850","name":"EVPR"},{"id":"2471","name":"Ravi Bellamkonda"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"167299","name":"strategic planning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matt.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}