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From its earliest days, the GCC has led the development of high-impact, multi-institutional research collaborations that extend across geographic and institutional boundaries. It has been a privilege to work with more than 4,000 faculty, clinicians, trainees, and research scientists who design and implement innovative programs that leverage our shared resources and infrastructure. Together we achieve far more together than any single institution could alone.

Our collaborative environment is open to all researchers, and we recognize that diversity across institutions, backgrounds, and career stages is central to our impact. We are deeply grateful to the GCC Research Team, program leaders, and Steering Committee members whose dedication makes this work possible.

We continue to welcome talented new and early-career investigators to the region and invite you to connect with us to learn more.

One of the GCC’s most essential functions is bringing multiple institutions together to form powerful, domain-specific research consortia.

Organized by areas of interest, these focused partnerships catalyze interactions and provide a supportive environment for collaborative research programs requiring expertise beyond that which is possible by any single institution.

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Funding Opportunities

The Gulf Coast Consortia (GCC) is pleased to announce the RFA for the John S. Dunn Foundation Collaborative...

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Aging and Geroscience

The Aging and Geroscience Consortium brings together premier aging-focused institutions...

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Antimicrobial Resistance

A collaboration of leaders in antimicrobial resistance researchers from all of GCC institutions...

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Cellular and Molecular Biophysics

Molecular biophysics is a broad area of research that includes studies on macromolecular...

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Innovative Drug Discovery and Development

Formerly the John S. Dunn Gulf Coast Consortium for Chemical Genomics (GCC CG) which...

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Immunology

The principal goals of the GCCIC are to 1) promote awareness among participating...

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Junior Faculty

Between the Keck Center and our many Research Consortia, the GCC has many opportunities...

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Mental Health Research

The term “mental health” encompasses an extremely large landscape, including the classic psychiatric...

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Integrative Development, Regeneration and Repair

Developments in regenerative medicine are making it possible for patients or athletes to live...

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Rare Diseases

The mission of the Gulf Coast Consortium for Rare Diseases (GCC RD) is to drive...

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Rigor and Reproducibility

“Two of the cornerstones of science advancement are rigor in designing and performing scientific...

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Single Cell & Spatial Omics

Single-cell omics is a rapidly growing new field that provides many advantages over traditional...

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Translational Pain Research

The mission of the Gulf Coast Consortium for Translational Pain Research (GCC TPR) is to alleviate...

Executive Research Consortia Committee

Aging and Geroscience
Alan Landay, PhD

UTMB
allanday@utmb.edu

Antimicrobial Resistance
Natasha Kirienko, PhD

Rice University
kirienko@rice.edu

Cellular and Molecular Biophysics
Mehmet Sen, PhD

University of Houston
msen@uh.edu

             
Immunology

Weiyi Peng, PhD

University of Houston
wpeng2@central.uh.edu

Innovative Drug Discovery and Development
David Kummer, PhD

MDACC
dakummer@mdanderson.org

Mental Health Research


Anilkumar Pillai, PhD

UTHealth Houston
anilkumar.r.pillai@uth.tmc.edu

Integrative Development, Regeneration, and Repair
Amy Sater. PhD

University of Houston
asater@uh.edu

Rare Diseases

Thomas Kent, MD

Texas A&M IBT
tkent@tamu.edu

Single Cell and Spatial Omics
Ken Chen, PhD

MDACC
kchen3@mdanderson.org

Single Cell and Spatial Omics
Andrew Shepherd, PhD

MDACC
AJShepherd@mdanderson.org

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