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Vice President for Research<\/h1>\n

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Dr. Neelam Azad serves as the Vice President for Research at Hampton University (HU), a role she assumed on July 01, 2022. In this position, she oversees HU\u2019s research enterprise and manages units responsible for administration of sponsored projects, research and regulatory compliance, as well as interdisciplinary academic research centers.<\/p>\n

Dr. Azad is a native of Mumbai, India where she completed her Bachelor of Pharmacy degree in 2001. She graduated with a doctoral degree in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University (WVU), prior to joining HU School of Pharmacy (HUSOP) in 2008 for her first academic appointment. She is a tenured Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at HUSOP and was recently named as an Endowed University Professor of Pharmacy. She possesses a wide range of experiences across many facets of the academic enterprise having served as the Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences for eight years, and briefly as the Assistant Vice President for Research and Director of the Cancer Research Center.<\/p>\n

Dr. Azad has secured funding for multiple investigator-initiated research projects, multidisciplinary grants, student training programs, and community outreach projects. Dr. Azad is well-published and has trained several undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and research technicians. Throughout her career, Dr. Azad has earned numerous honors, including the inaugural Hampton University President\u2019s Ambassador for Academic Excellence, Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research award from American Association for Cancer Research for three consecutive years, \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d award from the University\u2019s School of Pharmacy for three consecutive years, and the Provost\u2019s Academic Excellence Faculty Award. Dr. Azad is a Leadership Fellow with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n

Dr. Azad\u2019s focus is on the current and future health of the University\u2019s research enterprise. As part of her strategic initiatives portfolio, she organizes faculty teams on developing new ideas and works with them on securing funding. Dr. Azad is committed to developing interdisciplinary research initiatives and establishing core resources with the goal of strengthening and expanding the research capacity at Hampton University.<\/p>\n

neelam.azad@hamptonu.edu; 757-727-6580<\/p>\n

Assistant Vice President for Research<\/h1>\n

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Dr. Eric Sheppard is the Assistant Vice President for Research at Hampton University and is educated as an aerospace engineer. He has served the engineering education community as a faculty member and chair of the Aerospace Science Engineering Department at Tuskegee University, as Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology at Hampton University, and twice as a Program Officer in educational programs at the National Science Foundation, including managing the Graduate Research Fellowship Program from 2000 to 2003.<\/p>\n

His interests are in aerospace design, propulsion, STEM education, and research partnerships amongst and including MSIs.<\/p>\n

Ericj.sheppard@hamptonu.edu<\/a>, (757) 728-6580<\/p>\n

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